Question

read the excerpt from greta thunbergs speech at the united nations climate action summit. my message is that well be watching you. this is all wrong. i shouldnt be up here. i should be back in school on the other side of the ocean. yet you all come to us young people for hope. how dare you! you have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words. and yet im one of the lucky ones. people are suffering. people are dying. entire ecosystems are collapsing. we are in the beginning of a mass extinction, and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth. how dare you! which type of rhetorical device is used in this excerpt? pathos, because the language used emphasizes the personal nature of the damage that the audience is causing logos, because the speaker uses facts to support her conclusion that the audience is intentionally harming others kairos, because the speaker emphasizes how important it is for the audience to immediately address problems in the environment ethos, because the speaker highlights her qualifications to authoritatively address the audience about how they have neglected to protect the environment

Explanation:

• Pathos: Appeals to emotions. The speaker mentions "You have stolen my dreams and my childhood" and talks about people suffering and dying. These are emotional statements that aim to make the audience feel guilty or empathetic about the personal and collective damage being caused.
• Logos (incorrect): There are no facts or logical reasoning (like statistics or data) presented in the excerpt to support a conclusion. The speaker is not using facts to prove intentional harm.
• Kairos (incorrect): There is no emphasis on the timeliness or urgency in terms of a specific moment to act. While the situation is urgent, the excerpt does not focus on the "right time" aspect of kairos.
• Ethos (incorrect): The speaker does not highlight her qualifications (like academic degrees, professional experience related to climate - change work) to establish her authority. She is speaking as a young person affected by climate change, not as an authority figure with specific credentials.

Answer:

pathos, because the language used emphasizes the personal nature of the damage that the audience is causing