Which lines from Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address appeal to pathos? Check all that apply. [A]ll thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it, all sought to avert it. One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the southern part of it. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with or even before the conflict itself should cease. Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained.

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Rodrigo Jackson

16 October, 15:02

Which lines from Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address appeal to pathos? Check all that apply. [A]ll thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it, all sought to avert it. One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the southern part of it. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with or even before the conflict itself should cease. Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained.

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Pathos is an approach that uses statements to reach out to people through emotions. They use words to get some kind of reaction from their readers. Any statement that portrays emotion appeals to pathos. The answers are:

All thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war.

Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away.