Read the excerpt from “How the Internet and Other Technologies Came About.”In a scenario of two dazed boxers lying flat on their
backs, slowly regaining consciousness, the winner of World War III would be that country which could stand on its feet first (and so go on to win World War VI). Therefore, the pentagon’s priority was to provide scientists with a way to rebuild the country as fast as possible, unimpeded by unnecessary restrictions.Which type of rhetoric is used most in this excerpt to convince readers of the author’s point of view?an appeal to logican appeal to the author’s characteran appeal to emotionan appeal to ethics
Explanation: When writing, an author can use several rhetorical devices in order to persuade, inform or impact the audience in the desired way. Three of the must used rhetorical devices are ethos, logos, and pathos. Ethos is an appeal to the audience's ethics, logos is an appeal to the audience's logic and pathos is an appeal to the audience's emotions. In the given excerpt from “How the Internet and Other Technologies Came About" we can see an example of an appeal to logic, because of the use of formal language and the fact that the excerpt focuses on the scientists and their necessities to rebuild the country.
It makes the reader wonder who the author is talking about when she says “they”. Both sentences are describing a type of person. The reader is meant to question themselves.
