Question

Consider the following quotation from the first paragraph written by James Madison

in the Federalist Papers, published between the end of the American Revolutionary
War and the adoption of the United States Constitution. Madison was a founding
father and later president of the United States. Which one of the answers best
describes the type of rhetoric employed by Madison?
"AMONG the numerous advantages promised by a well-constructed Union, none
deserves to be more accurately developed than its tendency to break and control the
violence of faction. The friend of popular governments never finds himself so much
alarmed for their character and fate, as when he contemplates their propensity to
this dangerous vice. He will not fail, therefore, to set a due value on any plan which,
without violating the principles to which he is attached, provides a proper cure for it.
The instability, injustice, and confusion introduced into the public councils, have, in
truth, been the mortal diseases under which popular governments have everywhere
perished; as they continue to be the favorite and fruitful topics from which the
adversaries to liberty derive their most specious declamations" (Madison, 1787).
OA) Persuasive fiction
OB) Descriptive non-fiction
OC) Descriptive fiction
OD) Persuasive non-fiction

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

OD) Persuasive non-fiction.

Madison's language in this excerpt is persuasive and argumentative in nature, as he is attempting to persuade the reader of the necessity of a well-constructed Union to control the violence of faction. He uses logical reasoning and appeals to the reader's concern for the fate of popular governments to support his argument. This type of writing is characteristic of persuasive non-fiction.