The rhetorical device most clearly used in the excerpt is C. Ethos. Ethos refers to the ethical appeal or credibility of the speaker. In this context, the authors are appealing to a sense of justice, morality, and shared values, addressing their audience's sense of fairness and connection by referencing their common kindred and the importance of disavowing unjust actions.
Read this excerpt from the Declaration of Independence: We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations... Which of these rhetorical devices is most clearly used here? A. Kairos B. Inductive reasoning C. Ethos D. Parallelism
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