Option c. These lines from the Declaration of Independence are an example of the use of logos.
Explanation:
The excerpt from the Declaration of Independence showed in the question is an example of the rhetoric use of logos. More than 2.000 years ago, Greek philosopher Aristotle defined three different types of persuasive rhetoric: pathos, logos and ethos, known as the rhetorical triangle. Pathos is the persuasion through emotions and feelings, ethos is the persuasion through credibility and ethics, and logos is the persuasion through logic and reason.
The excerpt from the Declaration of Independence is an example of the rhetoric of logos, as the writer is using logic statements and facts to prove that the actions of the British King had been the actions of a tyrant against the American people. The use of examples and specific moments and actions that have occurred in time is a call for the audience to agree with what their reading as it is reasonable and logic.
