Question

select the correct answer from the drop - down menu.
read the sentence from a student’s rhetorical analysis.
using both pathos and ethos to convince her audience, the argument appeals to the audience’s sense of right and wrong and their emotions.
which word corrects the dangling modifier?
using both pathos and ethos to convince her audience, the
appeals to the audience’s sense of right and wrong and to their emotions.
(there is a drop - down menu with options: text, argument, author, speech and a “next” button below it)

Explanation:

The sentence is about a rhetorical analysis of how an argument (or text, author, speech) uses pathos and ethos. The dangling modifier "Using both pathos and ethos to convince her audience" needs a subject that performs the action. The logical subject here should be the "author" because the author is the one who makes the argument and uses rhetorical appeals. Let's check:

• "text": A text is a medium, not the one using appeals actively.
• "argument": An argument is the content, not the agent doing the appealing.
• "author": The author is the one who crafts the argument and uses rhetorical strategies like pathos and ethos to convince the audience.
• "speech": A speech is a delivery format, not the agent.

So the correct word to correct the dangling modifier is "author" as it is the one who would be using pathos and ethos to convince the audience.

Answer:

author