Question

edward abbey uses pathos to appeal to the readers emotions in \the damnation of a canyon.\ which excerpt best demonstrates this technique? a. hite marina, at the mouth of narrow canyon, will probably have to be abandoned within twenty or thirty years. after that it will be the turn of bullfrog marina. and then rainbow bridge marina. and eventually, inevitably, whether it takes ten centuries or only one, wahweap. b. as a result the volume of water in the reservoir is continually being increased or decreased according to the requirements of the basin states compact and the power - grid system. c. i have had the unique opportunity to observe first - hand some of the differences between the environment of a free river and a power - plant reservoir. d. much of the shoreline of the reservoir consists of near - perpendicular sandstone bluffs, where very little flora ever did or ever could subsist, but the remainder includes bays, coves, sloping hills and the many side canyons, where the original plant life has been drowned and new plant life cannot get a foothold.

Explanation:

Pathos aims to evoke emotions. Option D describes the sad state of plant - life being drowned and unable to grow, which is likely to stir emotions in the reader. Options A, B, and C are more factual or observational statements without strong emotional appeals.

Answer:

D. Much of the shoreline of the reservoir consists of near - perpendicular sandstone bluffs, where very little flora ever did or ever could subsist, but the remainder includes bays, coves, sloping hills and the many side canyons, where the original plant life has been drowned and new plant life cannot get a foothold.