Question

“In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.”

These lines from the Declaration of Independence are an example of the use of _______________.

thesis
ethos
purpose
pathos

Answer 1

the answer is D bc i just took this test

Answer 2

The correct answer is "pathos". Pathos is a communication technique  that appeals to the emotions of the audience to elicit feelings that already reside in them. In these lines from the Declaration of Independence this technique is being applied because the texts evokes the feeling of oppression and lack of sympathy that the citizens of United States already had to elicit their feelings towards asking for Independence.