Question

question 3 of 20
read the following excerpt from frederick douglasss autobiography:

i was seldom whipped by my old master, and suffered little from any thing else than hunger and cold. i suffered much from hunger, but much more from cold.

which one of these did douglass use to establish ethos?

a. subjectivity

b. objectivity

c. slang

d. emotional language

Explanation:

To establish ethos (credibility), Douglass uses objectivity. He presents factual - like accounts of his suffering (hunger, cold, rare whipping) without overly emotional or subjective language. Subjectivity would involve personal biases/feelings dominating, but his tone is matter - of - fact. Slang is informal language not used here, and emotional language is more about evoking feelings, not establishing credibility via objective reporting. So the correct option is B.

Answer:

B. Objectivity