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

The words that are emotionally charged in this passage from Declaration of Independence are:

• Magnanimity
• Justice
• Usurpations

Emotionally charged words are part of loaded language and they are used to trigger an emotional response in the reader or listener. Moreover, they are mainly used by public figures, such as presidents. In this case, "magnanimity", "justice" and "usurpations" are emotionally charged words because they seek to gain support from the reader and, at the same time, to degrade the British Empire.