The correct answer is option letter B (logos). Taken from <em>the United States Declaration of Independence</em> (1776) written by Thomas Jefferson, the excerpt presented above is an example of <u>the use of logos</u>, a literary device that can be an argument or a statement used to convince or persuade the targeted audience. These lines are part of <u>the second part</u> of the Declaration of Independence and here the author explains to the audience <u>why the colonies wanted to separate</u> and <u>all the transgressions the British government made against the colonists</u>.
