Question

Select the correct text in the passage. Which words in this excerpt from the Declaration of Independence are emotionally charged? Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the

Answer 1

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justice, magnanimity and usurpations.

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Answer 2

The words that are emotionally charged in this excerpt from the Declaration of Independence are justice, magnanimity and usurpations.

Emotionally charged words are words that inspire emotion in the person who is reading or listening them. These words are used to appeal to emotion and; therefore, to provoke a reaction. Emotionally charged words are often included in speeches pronounced by politicians. In this case, the words 'justice', 'magnanimity' and 'usurpations' are emotionally charged because they seek to engage the readers and to make them take a position. These words are also used to evoke empathy and to give the impression that the people that signed the Declaration of Independence were only defending the citizens' right to be free.