Question

Read this excerpt from Common Sense:

It is not in the power of Britain to do this continent justice. . . . To be always running three or four thousand miles with a tale or a petition, waiting four or five months for an answer, which when obtained requires five or six more to explain it in, will in a few years be looked upon as folly and childishness — There was a time when it was proper, and there is a proper time for it to cease.
Which of the following best describes the rhetorical appeals being used?


A. Mostly pathos; no logos or ethos

B. Mostly ethos; no pathos or logos

C. A mixture of pathos and logos

D. A mixture of ethos and pathos

Answer 1

A mixture of pathos and logos !!!

Answer 2

Answer: C. A mixture of pathos and logos .

Step-by-step explanation: A rhetorical device is a tool that a writer or a speaker can use to inform or persuade an audience by the use of words that cause an impact. There are many different kinds of rhetorical devices, but the three that are present in the given options are pathos that is an appeal to the audience's emotions, logos that is an appeal to the audience's logic and ethos that is an appeal to the audience's ethics. In the given excerpt we can see a mixture of pathos (for example: "will in a few years be looked upon as folly and childishness") and logos (for example: "It is not in the power of Britain to do this continent justice").