Question 2 of 10 • LPS CR - English Language Arts 12 - B
Read the excerpt from Greta Thunberg’s speech at the United Nations Climate Action Summit. My message is that we’ll be watching you.This is all wrong. I shouldn’t 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 I’m 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!
Answer
A
pathos, because the language used emphasizes the personal nature of the damage that the audience is causing
B
logos, because the speaker uses facts to support her conclusion that the audience is intentionally harming others
C
kairos, because the speaker emphasizes how important it is for the audience to immediately address problems in the environment
D
ethos, because the speaker highlights her qualifications to authoritatively address the audience about how they have neglected to protect the environment