Pathos
<p><b>Pathos</b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" title="Help:IPA for English">/ˈpeɪθɒs/</a>, <small><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English" title="American English">US</a></small> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" title="Help:IPA for English">/ˈpeɪθoʊs/</a>; plural: <i>pathea</i>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%80%CE%AC%CE%B8%CE%BF%CF%82" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:πάθος">πάθος</a>, for "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffering" title="Suffering">suffering</a>" or "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experience" title="Experience">experience</a>;" <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjective" title="Adjective">adjectival form</a>: 'pathetic' from παθητικός) represents an appeal to the emotions of the audience, and elicits feelings that already reside in them.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathos#cite_note-1"><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference">[1]</sup></a> </p>
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Pathos is a communication technique used most often in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetoric" title="Rhetoric">rhetoric</a> (where it is considered one of the three <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modes_of_persuasion" title="Modes of persuasion">modes of persuasion</a>, alongside <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethos" title="Ethos">ethos</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logos" title="Logos">logos</a>), and in literature, film and other narrative art.
Emotional appeal can be accomplished in a multitude of ways:</p>
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<li>by a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphor" title="Metaphor">metaphor</a> or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storytelling" title="Storytelling">storytelling</a>, commonly known as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hook_%28rhetoric%29" title="Hook (rhetoric)">hook</a>,</li>
<li>by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passion_%28emotion%29" title="Passion (emotion)">passion</a> in the delivery of the speech or writing, as determined by the audience.</li>
<li>Personal anecdote</li>
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