Pathos is a rhetorical technique that aims to convince an audience on something by making an emotional appeal, usually by using words that evoke strong emotions like pity, fear, disgust, sorrow, sympathy, or hope. This is what the author of the Declaration of Independence uses when he employs phrases such as "repeated injuries and usurpations" and "absolute tyranny" to describe the actions of King George III toward the colonists. With these words, the author evokes anger and a feeling of displeasure and convinces the audience that American independence is necessary.
The rhetorical device which has been used here is Pathos.
<u>Explanation:</u>
Rhetorical devices are the devices which are used in the literature. They are used to convince the audiences and to convey the point of the author or the poet. With the use of rhetorical devices or techniques, the author is able to grab the attention of the audience.
There are four rhetorical techniques which are Logos which is used to appeal to logic, pathos used to appeal to emotion, ethos an appeal to ethics and Kairos an appeal to time. Use of these makes the text interesting. The rhetorical technique used here is Pathos.
This is a passeage from a book called "1984" written by George Orwell and it is considered part of the classic literature. This is a political novel that is about how a citizen, a regular and ordinary man who goes by the name of Winston Smith is tired of how the government controls everyone in order for them to have them (the citizens) acting and thinking and living the way they (the government) want. He does not want to be part of that toxic behaviour, so he revels against the government.
