Declaration of Independence Rhetoric

This term refers to an argument that appeals to logic

• Logos
• Ethos
• Pathos
• Rhetorical Fallacy

This term refers to an argument that appeals to one's emotions

• Logos
• Pathos
• Ethos

"He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of people." (Declaration of Independence)

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

"whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to abolish it, and institute new government..." (Declaration of Independence)

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

"The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world..."

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

“A prince, whose character is this marked by every act which may define a tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people”

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

What type of an appeal is the following line?

"that all men are created equal"

• ethos

• logos

• pathos

What type of an appeal is the following line?

"That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed"

• ethos

• logos

• pathos

Which type of rhetoric is the appeal to the values of the people?

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

The part of the Declaration that gives the wrongs subjected on the colonists by the King of England.

• List of Grievances

• Summary

• Preamble

• Declaration