Question

Read the excerpt from Susan B. Anthony’s “On Women's Right to Vote.”

It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union. And we formed it, not to give the blessings of liberty, but to secure them; not to the half of ourselves and the half of our posterity, but to the whole people—women as well as men.

In this excerpt, Anthony mostly uses which kind of persuasive technique?

an appeal to emotions
logical reasoning
evidence of facts
an appeal to ethics

Answer 1

In the given excerpt, Anthony mostly uses the persuasive technique of an appeal to emotions.

• In the excerpt given, the author addresses the audience emotionally by stating that they were initially the ones who led the fight.
• They had fought for some reason, so it is time to fulfill the goals in the true sense, she catches the emotion by addressing people, including herself in it.
• Through examples like half-to-full and male-to-female, Anthony illustrates the scope of the rights of the Constitution, which are for all people irrespective of gender.

Answer 2

Answer:

D

Explanation:

I got it right on edge