Question

Which of the following sentences from Susan B. Anthony's speech "After Being Convicted of Voting" best demonstrates her use of pathos to build her argument?

A. No barriers whatever stand today between women and the exercise of their right to vote save those of precedent and prejudice, which refuse to expunge the word "male" from the constitution.
B. The early journals of Congress show that, when the committee reported to that body the original articles of confederation, the very first one which became the subject of discussion was that respecting the equality of suffrage
C. Here is no shadow of government authority over rights, or exclusion of any class from their full and equal enjoyment.
D. And it is a downright mockery to talk to women of their enjoyment of the blessings of liberty while they are denied the use of the only means of securing them provided by this democratic–republican government the ballot.

Answer 1

d

Step-by-step explanation:

And it is a downright mockery to talk to women of their enjoyment of the blessings of liberty while they are denied the use of the only means of securing them provided by this democratic–republican government the ballot.

Answer 2

The correct answer is:

D. And it is a downright mockery to talk to women of their enjoyment of the blessings of liberty while they are denied the use of the only means of securing them provided by this democratic-republican government, the ballot.

Step-by-step explanation:

Susan B. Anthony was a leader on the Women's right movement of the United States. Under her speech After Being Convicted of Voting she gave reasons why women should be able to vote, such as that in the Preamble of the Constitution or the Common Sense pamphlet never specified only the male citizens were entitled to natural rights, but the whole citizens had allienable rights.

Susan used pathos to appeal to her audience emotions by stating that it was a mockery to talk to women of the blessings of liberty while they were being deprived of their right to vote.