Read the excerpt from Walden by Henry David
Thoreau.
This was an airy and unplastered cabin, fit-to entertain
a travelling god, and where a goddess might trail her
garments. The winds which passed over my dwelling
were such as sweep over the ridges of mountains,
bearing the broken strains, or celestial parts only, of
terrestrial music. The morning wind forever blows, the
poem of creation is uninterrupted, but few are the ears
that hear it. Olympus is but the outside of the earth
every where
How does Thoreau's allusion to Greek mythology
support his rhetorical appeal?
It supports pathos by highlighting how heavenly his
surroundings are
It supports pathos by describing how luxuriously
furnished his home is
It supports ethos by proving how informed he is
about religion
It supports logos by showing nature's harsh impact
on the author's home.