Pathos

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 * D** **efinition::**
 * 1) That quality or property of anything which touches the feeling or excites emotions and passions, esp., that which awakens tender emotions, such as pity, sorrow and the like; contagious warmth of feeling, action, or expression; pathetic quality.
 * 2) A writer's attempt to persuade an audience through appeals involving the use of strong emotions not strictly limited to pity.

( Wiktionary)
 * Origin::** From Ancient Greek ( pathos, “ suffering ” ).


 * Examples** from text:

1) Pathos is found in every version of LRRH when she is questioning the Wolf/Grandma on why her eyes are so big...why her teeth are so big. Once the wolf says "for better to eat you with", the feeling of fear is instilled in the reader. Pathos is found whenever a piece of literature plays on a reader's emotions.

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