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Read the excerpt from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad.Then she told them of her own first vain effort at running away, evoking the memory of that miserable life she had led as a child, reliving it for a moment in the telling.

A
Ethos, because she is using her own experience to build credibility.
B
Logos, because she is appealing to her audience’s sense of reason.
C
Logos, because she is appealing to her audience’s emotional needs.
D
Ethos, because she is using facts and logic to convince her audience.
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Read the excerpt from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad.As they walked along she told them stories of her own first flight, she kept painting vivid word pictures of what it would be like to be free.

A
Pathos, because she is establishing her own authority to her audience.
B
Ethos, because she is appealing to the specific needs of her audience.
C
Ethos, because she is establishing her own credibility to her audience.
D
Pathos, because she is appealing to her audience’s desire for liberty.
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In Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad, why is Tubman turned away from the first farmhouse?

A
The owner does not believe in helping enslaved people escape.
B
The owner is scared that he and the group will be caught breaking the law.
C
The owner is surprised that Tubman is asking for a place to stay.
D
The owner does not understand Tubman’s code words when she knocks.
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Read the excerpt from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad.She told them about Frederick Douglass, the most famous of the escaped slaves, of his eloquence, of his magnificent appearance.

A
She is trying to motivate her audience by telling them about a special person they may meet.
B
She is trying to inspire her audience by telling them about someone else who escaped.
C
She is trying to motivate her audience by telling them they could become very well known.
D
She is trying to inspire her audience by telling them personal stories about herself.
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In which excerpt from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad is Tubman using ethos?

A
“[S]he kept painting vivid word pictures of what it would be like to be free.”
B
“As they walked along she told them stories of her own first flight. . . .”
C
“Once they reached his house in Wilmington, they would be safe.“
D
“But she wanted to remind them of the long hard way they had come. . . .”
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Read the excerpt from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad.As they walked along she told them stories of her own first flight, she kept painting vivid word pictures of what it would be like to be free.

A
Logos, because she is using her own experience as a tool.
B
Pathos, because she is using her own credibility as a tool.
C
Logos, because she is appealing to her audience’s sense of logic.
D
Pathos, because she is appealing to her audience’s needs.
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In Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad, which rhetorical appeal is Tubman using when she explains to the formerly enslaved people why returning to the plantation is not a reasonable option?

A
logos
B
ethos
C
pathos
D
argument
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Read the excerpt from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad.She had told them about the place where they would stay, promising warmth and good food, holding these things out to them as an incentive to keep going.

A
an appeal to the audience’s wants and needs
B
an appeal based on the authority of the speaker
C
an appeal to the audience’s sense of logic
D
an appeal based on the speaker’s credibility
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Read the excerpt from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad.She started talking about William Still and the Philadelphia Vigilance Committee. No one commented. No one asked any questions.

A
Ethos, because she is using her own knowledge as a tool.
B
Pathos, because she is appealing to her audience’s needs.
C
Ethos, because she is appealing to their emotional needs.
D
Pathos, because she is using facts to convince her audience.
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Which excerpt from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad is the best example of Tubman using pathos?

A
“Sometimes she told them about Thomas Garrett, in Wilmington. She said he was their friend even though he did not know them.”
B
“She told them about Frederick Douglass, the most famous of the escaped slaves, of his eloquence, of his magnificent appearance.”
C
“She had told them about the place where they would stay, promising warmth and good food, holding these things out to them as an incentive to keep going.”
D
“She told them the story of William and Ellen Craft and how they escaped from Georgia.”

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