Question

Use the speech excerpt to answer the question.
"Wilberforce 1789 abolition speech"
by William Wilberforce
How does the word choice in this paragraph impact readers?

(1 point)
Responses

It appeals to their emotions.
It appeals to their emotions.

It uses a fallacious statement to persuade them.
It uses a fallacious statement to persuade them.

It gives them something to consider logically.
It gives them something to consider logically.

It engages their sense of ethics.

Answer 1

It appeals to their emotions.

Wilberforce’s diction uses vivid, charged imagery and sympathetic language to provoke pity and moral outrage, making readers feel the suffering described.