Question

Read this passage from President Reagan’s speech to Holocaust survivors to identify an appeal.

We must see to it that the immeasurable pain of the Holocaust is not dehumanized, that it is not examined clinically and dispassionately, that its significance is not lost on this generation or any future generation. Though it is now a dry scar, we cannot let the bleeding wound be forgotten. Only when it is personalized will it be real enough to play a role in the decisions we make. Those victims who cannot be with us today do a vital service to mankind by being remembered. But we must be their vessel of remembrance. This reunion is part of our duty to them.

–Speech to Holocaust survivors, Ronald Reagan

Which type of appeal does Reagan use in this passage?

Which pair of words or phrases from the passage best indicates the type of appeal used?

Answer 1

In this passage, Reagan talks about the pain that the Holocaust go through.

Explanation:

The most important fact that has been talked about in this passage by the President Reagan is about the pain that the Holocausts have gone through in their lives.

They said that even though the wounds have dried up now but still the pain and the wound will not be forgotten ever. Those holocausts have done a really important and significant service to the mankind and they will never be forgotten for this service.

Answer 2

The type of appeal used in the mentioned passage is “pathos”.

The words or phrases that indicate pathos appeal are:

“Though it is now a dry scar, we cannot let the bleeding wound be forgotten”,

“immeasurable pain”,

“Only when it is personalized will it be real enough to play a role in the decisions we make”.

Explanation:

Pathos is a type of appeal which shows and evokes emotions in the audience or the people to whom the speech or talk is being given to.

In the presented passage given by Ronald Reagan makes a loud and clear appeal to the people to feel and empathize with the Holocaust survivors and the deceased, who suffered unimaginable pain.

This type of appeal pulls at one's heart and reaches out to them on an emotional level.