Which excerpt shows the clearest example of pathos ? A. It is often stated that the dam and its reservoir have opened up to the many what was formally restricted to the few, implying in this case that what was once expensive has now been made cheap. B. The Glen Canyon float trip was an adventure anyone could enjoy, on his own, for a cost less than that of spending two days and nights in a Page motel. C. One should admit at the outset to a certain bias. Indeed I am a "butterfly chaser, googly eyed bleeding heart and wild conservative." D. In that twelve-mile stretch of living green, singing birds, flowing water and untarnished canyon walls sights and sounds a million years older and infinitely lovelier than the roar of motorboats . . .

D.

Explanation:

Pathos is a form of literary device used by the writer to appeal to the emotions of readers or the audience. The term 'Pathos' can be defined as 'suffering' or 'experience' or a state that evokes the emotions of pity or compassion.

'The Dam-nation of a Canyon' is an essay written by Edward Abbey. The essay is a persuasive essay written to persuade his audience to restore the state of Glen Canyon before the dam was built on it. He persuaded his audience using the persuasive tools.

The device of pathos can be seen in the excerpt stated in option D. In this passage the author is stating the before state of Glen Canyon when it was a  place of having adventures and how this trip of adventure has been lost. By doing so, the author is invoking an emotion of pity or an appeal of emotions.

Thus the correct answer is option D.

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