16. Which excerpt from the Declaration of Independence seeks to influence readers by the use of emotionally charged words?
He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights.
He has kept among us in times of peace standing armies without the consent of our legislatures.
We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us.