Question

Read the excerpt from "African American Women in World War II." This was unheard of. The United States had never drafted women into the military. Yet the army still maintained the limit on African American nurses. The hypocrisy was obvious. Which best describes the rhetorical appeal used in this excerpt?an appeal to logic and reason

an appeal to the reader's emotions
an appeal to the author's authority
an appeal to the author's credibility

Answer 1

Answer: A) an appeal to the reader's emotions.

Explanation: When writing, an author can use several rhetorical devices in order to persuade, inform or impact the audience in the desired way. In the given excerpt from "African American Women in World War II" we can see an example of the use of logos (an appeal to the audience's logic and reason), because the author explains with a logical argument, hypocrisy that represented maintaining the limit on African American nurses in the army.