Read the excerpt from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the
Underground Railroad.
Which best describes how Tubman is using pathos in this
excerpt?
She had never been in Canada but she kept painting
wondrous word pictures of vhat it would be like. She
managed to dispel their fear of pursuit, so that they would not
become hysterical, panic-stricken.

A She is trying to give her audience hope by explaining that
they are not being followed.

B She is trying to soothe her audience by telling them about
her own experiences

C She is trying to soothe her audience by telling them about
a beautiful and hopeful future.

D She is trying to give her audience hope by explaining how
they will reach the North

Option C

Explanation:

Pathos constitutes an appeal to the emotions of an audience which stirs up their emotions, an important tool of persuasion in arguments.

In this excerpt, Tubman was trying to soothe and inspire her audience by telling them about a beautiful and hopeful future.

i believe it to be a democracy

every of the four river valley civilizations, religion played an enormous role in shaping and cultivating each civilization. this essay will briefly discuss how religion formed the river valley people’s government and view on geography. religion dictated how the peoples of the river valley civilizations managed government and geography.

            religious leaders played prominent roles in every river valley civilizations form of government. from ancient egypt and mesopotamia to china’s historic empire and the indus river valley, all the river valley civilizations had significant religious figures. in ancient egypt, the pharaoh was revered as a god and therefore was given his right as supreme governing authority in the eyes of the people. the elusive emperors of china gained there governing rights by a mandate of heaven creating long lines of dynasties until the common people of china felt the dynasty had lost the favor of the gods. chinese emperors were not only governing leaders but also the spiritual leaders of ancient china. mesopotamian and indus river valley priests were referred as has head officials who had vast amounts of authority in these two civilizations primitive forms of democracy. religion shaped the structure and social caste of the four river valley civilizations.

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