Answer:
A Plea for the Oppressed” by Lucy Stanton
What is the speaker’s purpose or point of view?
What is a rhetorical appeal that Stanton makes to advance her purpose or point of view?
How does Stanton use a rhetorical device to advance her purpose or point of view?
Reformers should all work together to end slavery.
Stanton uses a logos appeal to show that the rationale for ending slavery aligns perfectly with their own values.
Stanton uses an extended metaphor that compares slavery to war to show that peace activists must support the abolition of slavery.
Comparing Rhetoric in Stanton’s “A Plea for the Oppressed” and Lewis’s “Speech at the King Memorial Groundbreaking”
How does Stanton’s rhetoric compare with Lewis’s? Lewis has built-in ethos as a representative and friend of King’s. Stanton cannot rely on ethos as much but makes a persuasive case through logos.
