Question

Nor have we been wanting in attentions to our Brittish brethren. we have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us.

Which of these rhetorical devices is most clearly used here?

A. Logos
B. Deductive Logic
C. Inductive Logic
D. Ethos

Answer 1

Ethos. (Apex class ;)

Answer 2

Answer: D. Ethos.

Explanation: there are many rhetorical devices that can be used to convince an audience or a point or a perspective about a controversial topic. The main ones are pathos, logos and ethos. Pathos is an appealing to the audience's emotions, logos is an appealing to the audience's logic and ethos is an appealing to the audience's ethics. In the given excerpt we can see an example of the use of ethos.