Question

read the excerpt from president woodrow wilsons speech, \war message to congress.\ with a profound sense of the solemn and even tragical character of the step i am taking and of the grave responsibilities which it involves, but in unhesitating obedience to what i deem my constitutional duty... which best expresses the type of appeal in this excerpt?

• pathos, an appeal based on emotions
• logos, an appeal based on logic or reason
• ethos, an appeal based on the speaker’s character
• financial, an appeal based on the audience’s finances

Explanation:

The excerpt uses emotional language ("profound sense of the solemn and even tragical character") to evoke feelings, which is pathos. Logos relies on logic, ethos on speaker character, and financial appeal is unrelated here.

Answer:

pathos, an appeal based on emotions