Question

Which excerpt from Susan B. Anthony’s speech "On Women’s Right to Vote" is an example of the writer establishing ethos?

A. "The only question left to be settled now is: Are women persons? And I hardly believe any of our opponents will have the hardihood to say they are not. Being persons, then, women are citizens."

B. "To them this government is not a democracy. It is not a republic. It is an odious aristocracy; a hateful oligarchy of sex; the most hateful aristocracy ever established on the face of the globe; an oligarchy of wealth, where the rich govern the poor."

C. "And it is a downright mockery to talk to women of their enjoyment of the blessings of liberty while they are denied the use of the only means of securing them provided by this democratic-republican government—the ballot."

D. "I not only committed no crime, but, instead, simply exercised my citizen's rights, guaranteed to me and all United States citizens by the National Constitution, beyond the power of any state to deny."

Answer 1

Answer:

D "I not only committed no crime, but, instead, simply exercised my citizen's rights, guaranteed to me and all United States citizens by the National Constitution, beyond the power of any state to deny."

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Anthony's goal in this address was to persuade the audience that the Constitution guaranteed women's suffrage just as it did men's. So, option (D) is the correct answer.

What is the example of establishing ethos in the speech?

In the United States, Anthony was a pioneering warrior for women's suffrage. She was the president of the National Woman Suffrage Association from 1892 to 1900.

"I did not do any crime; instead, I just exercised my citizen's rights, which the National Constitution guarantees to me and all United States citizens and which no state can reject."

Therefore, option (D) is the correct answer.

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