Read This Excerpt: “In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms:

Question:- Read This Excerpt: “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.” Which of these rhetorical devices is most clearly used here.

A. Logic

B. Inductive Logic

C. Ethos

D. Deductive Ethos

Answer: A. Logic

The most evident of the rhetorical devices that Thorndike employs in the given excerpt is logic. The writing makes it clear that the colonists have petitioned repeatedly for restoration of their rights but they are dealt with denial or harm instead. This ends up in the fair argument logically or reasonable perception that the massive and serious unpreventable actions have been going on without a stop. The subsequent passage maintains a clear logical progression, and it uses the examples of the expectable outcome (remedy) that differ from the real one (defiled reaction that causes recurrence of injuries), thus demonstrating that there is no reasonable change to the petitions. The use of logic as a rhetorical device catches the reader’s ear and the emotional sense of the feelings of reason and reasoning, representative the cause-effect relationship which is underline the stance or argument presented .