Question

read the excerpt from president woodrow wilsons speech, \war message to congress.\ we have no quarrel with the german people. we have no feeling towards them but one of sympathy and friendship. it was not upon their impulse that their government acted in entering this war. it was not with their previous knowledge or approval. which best states the type of appeal that is in the excerpt? force, an appeal based on the audiences fear of harm logos, an appeal based on logic or reason ethos, an appeal based on the speakers character pathos, an appeal based on emotion

Explanation:

The speaker expresses sympathy and friendship towards the German people, aiming to evoke an emotional response. This is characteristic of pathos, an appeal based on emotion.

Answer:

pathos, an appeal based on emotion