Pathos is a literary device that stirs up emotions of pity,sympathy, and sorrow. This is done by careful selection of words,the use of simile etc eg"If we don't leave this place soon, we will die. There's no oneto help us here, let's get out now" - This statement evokesemotions of fear.orReferring to a country as "the motherland" stirs up patrioticfeelings in individuals who live in or come from that countryAn example from literature:"He had meant the best in the world, and been treated like adog-like a very dog. She would be sorry someday-maybe when it wastoo late. Ah, if he could only die TEMPORARILY!" -- Tom Sawyer"been treated like a dog" arouses feelings of pity in the mindsof the reader