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Read the excerpt from "To the Public” by William Lloyd Garrison.
In Park-street Church, on the Fourth of July, 1829, in an address on slavery, I unreflectingly assented to the popular but pernicious doctrine of gradual abolition.
Which rhetorical appeal is used in this sentence?
ethos
kairos
logos
patho
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Ethos.
Garrison is establishing his credibility and moral character by admitting a past mistake and giving specific context (place and date). This honest self-revelation builds trust with the audience rather than appealing primarily to emotion (pathos), logic (logos), or timing (kairos).
Garrison is establishing his credibility and moral character by admitting a past mistake and giving specific context (place and date). This honest self-revelation builds trust with the audience rather than appealing primarily to emotion (pathos), logic (logos), or timing (kairos).
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