The correct answer is: c. vile
An appeal to pathos can be defined as a rhetoric technique, where a writer or speaker persuades the audience of his or her point of view by using emotional appeal. In order to elicit emotions in their readers, writers use pathos in the following ways:
i) Emotionally charged words or sentences (such as "vile")
ii) Vivid imagery and descriptions
iii) Personal anecdotes or experiences.
