Question

which is the most prominent kind of rhetorical appeal Thomas Paine uses? a) diction B) parallelism c) pathos D) ethos

Answer 1

The correct answer is C - The most prominent kind of rhetorical appeal that Thomas Paine uses is pathos. Pathos is an appeal to emotional reasoning, and Paine's use of this can be noted throughout his writing. The intention for this is a call for his audience to connect with and understand the things he wrote on a deeper level.

Answer 2

Read this excerpt from Common Sense:

The Continent hath at this time the largest body of armed and disciplined men of any power under Heaven: and is just arrived at that pitch of strength, in which no single colony is able to support itself, and the whole, when united, is able to do anything.

Which is the most prominent kind of rhetorical appeal Thomas Paine uses here?

A. Logos

B. Figurative language

C. Pathos

D. Personification

The Answer is A logos