Question

What rhetorical appeal is seen in the following sentence from Gandhi's "Quit India"? "That party did not play its due part in the freedom's struggle; why should it have all the power?" A. Ethos B. Pathos C. Logos D. Kairos

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Logos

Explanation:

Gandhi was appealing to the logic in this sentence, for that reason, we can confirm that the rhetorical appeal that he used was the logos.

Logos means word, speech or reason. It is the use of reason and reasoning, whether inductive or deductive, to construct an argument. In persuasion, logos is the logical reasoning behind the speaker's statements. Logos refers to any attempt to appeal to the intellect, to logical arguments.