Question

question 16 of 20
read the following excerpt from frederick douglasss autobiography:

i was seldom whipped by my old master, and suffered little
from any thing else than hunger and cold. i suffered much
from hunger, but much more from cold.

which one of these did douglass use to establish ethos?

a. emotional language

b. objectivity

c. subjectivity

d. slang

Explanation:

Ethos relies on credibility. Douglass uses factual, unexaggerated details ("seldom whipped," "suffered much from hunger, but much more from cold") to present his experience objectively, which builds trust in his account. Emotional language (A) targets pathos, subjectivity (C) would reduce credibility, and slang (D) is absent here. Thus, objectivity establishes his ethos.

Answer:

B. Objectivity