Question

Read this excerpt from a speech given by Elizabeth Cady Stanton at the "Hearing of the Woman Suffrage Association Before the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary.”
We have been speaking before Committees of the Judiciary for the last twenty years, and we have gone over all the arguments in favor of a sixteenth amendment which are familiar to all you gentlemen . . .


What kind of appeal does Stanton make in this part of her speech?


A. She is explaining why she is an authority on the topic.

B. She is providing a logical reason to support voting rights.

C. She is trying to inspire strong emotion in the audience.

D. She is trying to convince the audience by making them laugh.

Answer 1

D. She is trying to convince the audience by making them laugh.