And so they did begin; they founded colleges, and up from the colleges shot normal schools, and out from the normal schools went teachers, and around the normal teachers clustered other teachers to teach the public schools; the college trained in Greek and Latin and mathematics, 2,000 men; and these men trained full 50,000 others in morals and manners, and they in turn taught thrift and the alphabet to nine millions of men, who to-day hold $300,000,000 of property.Which rhetorical appeal is present in this sentence? (2 points)Ethos, because Dubois presents reasons why something is morally right or wrongLogos, because Dubois lists numbers that support the value of educationPathos, because Dubois makes the audience feel sad about a lack of educationThere is no rhetorical appeal present in this passage
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And so they did begin; they founded colleges, and up from the colleges shot normal schools, and out from the normal schools went teachers, and around the normal teachers clustered other teachers to teach the public schools; the college trained in Greek and Latin and mathematics, 2,000 men; and these men trained full 50,000 others in morals and manners, and they in turn taught thrift and the alphabet to nine millions of men, who to-day hold $300,000,000 of property.Which rhetorical appeal is present in this sentence? (2 points)Ethos, because Dubois presents reasons why something is morally right or wrongLogos, because Dubois lists numbers that support the value of educationPathos, because Dubois makes the audience feel sad about a lack of educationThere is no rhetorical appeal present in this passage
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The rhetorical appeal present in this sentence is Logos, because Dubois lists numbers that support the value of education.
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