Question

Match a rhetorical device to each excerpt from the Declaration of Independence

Answer 1

Answer: Logos: Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed . . . whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it,

Ethos: Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes;

Pathos: He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance.

Explanation: Ethos or the ethical appeal, means to persuade an audience of the author's credibility or character. Pathos or the emotional appeal, means to convince by appealing to their emotions. Logos or the appeal to logic, means to convince an audience by use of logic or reason.

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