Read the excerpt from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad.

She had told them about the place where they would stay, promising warmth and good food, holding these things out to them as an incentive to keep going.

Which rhetorical appeal is Tubman primarily using in this excerpt to convince people to continue?

A. an appeal to the audience’s wants and needs
B. an appeal based on the authority of the speaker
C. an appeal to the audience’s sense of logic
D. an appeal based on the speaker’s credibility