Which appeal does martin luther king jr. use in the following line from his "i have a dream" speech?

"now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksand's of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. now is the time to make justice a reality for all of god's children."

a. logos and ethos
b. pathos
c. ethos and pathos
d. logos

Pathos.

Explanation:

Pathos is an appeal to the emotion of an audience. In this form of persuasion, a speaker tends to persuade his/her audience based on emotions such as sympathy, anger, sorrow, etc.

The word pathos is derived from the Greek word pathea which means 'suffering' or 'experience.'

In the given speech, delivered by Martin Luther King Jr., he has used the rhetoric of pathos. It is because the device that he has used in the speech, parallelism, in 'now is the time' evokes emotions and appeals to the audience's emotions that they need to rise against segregation and move towards the path of racial justice. The words such as 'segregation,' 'racial justice,' 'brotherhood' all contribute to this rhetorical device of pathos.

So, the correct answer is option B.

1.the hosts on two opposing mountains stood,  

2.thick as the foliage of the waving wood;  

3.between them an extensive valley lay,  

4.o'er which the gleaming armour pour'd the day,  

5.when from the camp of the philistine foes,

6. dreadful to view, a mighty warrior rose; in the dire deeds of bleeding battle skill'd,

she swerves to avoid the turtle.