Question

read this passage:

and our only miserable consolation was that we believed
that auschwitz and treblinka were closely guarded
secrets; that the leaders of the free world did not know
what was going on behind those black gates and barbed
wire; that they had no knowledge of the war against the
jews that hitlers armies and their accomplices waged as
part of the war against the allies.

if they knew, we thought, surely those leaders would have
moved heaven and earth to intervene. they would have
spoken out with great outrage and conviction. they would
have bombed the railways leading to birkenau, just the
railways, just once.

• elie wiesel, \the perils of indifference,\ 1999

which sentence best explains how wiesel uses pathos in this
passage?

a. he gives specific examples like \hitlers armies and their
accomplices\ to provide evidence.

b. he establishes his credibility by explaining his \great outrage and
conviction.\

c. he gives the names of \auschwitz and treblinka,\ two known
concentration camps.

d. he uses concrete images like \black gates and barbed wire\ that
create strong emotion.

Explanation:

Pathos is an appeal to emotion. Option D mentions using concrete images ("black gates and barbed wire") which are designed to evoke strong emotions in the reader. Option A is about providing evidence (logos). Option B is about establishing credibility (ethos). Option C is just naming places without the emotional - evoking aspect of pathos.

Answer:

D. He uses concrete images like "black gates and barbed wire" that create strong emotion.