Question

read the following excerpt from wongs testimony to congress.
the movement reached a turning point on july 21. that night, pro - beijing thugs with suspected ties to organized crime gathered in the yuen long train station and indiscriminately attacked not just protesters returning home, reporters on the scene, but even passersby. the police refused to show up despite repeated emergency calls, plunging hong kong into a police state with mob violence.
why does wong use an appeal to pathos in this part of his speech?
○ to inspire the audience to feel outrage about the human rights violations in hong kong
○ to provide concrete evidence that can be fact - checked by the audience
○ to manipulate the audience to vote based on emotion rather than facts or evidence
○ to show his personal involvement in the cause to prove why it is important to him

Explanation:

Pathos is an appeal to emotion. The description of the incident (thugs attacking, police inaction) is meant to evoke outrage in the audience about the situation in Hong Kong. Option A aligns with this - inspiring outrage (an emotion) about human rights violations. Option B is about concrete, fact - checkable evidence (more like logos or ethos with evidence), not pathos. Option C is about manipulating to vote on emotion (the excerpt doesn't mention voting), and Option D is about personal involvement (the excerpt focuses on the event, not his personal stake).

Answer:

A. to inspire the audience to feel outrage about the human rights' violations in Hong Kong