The word choice in this paragraph impacts readers by engaging their sense of ethics. Wilberforce uses strong descriptors like "enormous," "dreadful," and "wickedness" to emphasize the moral implications of the slave trade, prompting readers to reflect on the ethical dimension of the issue.
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"Wilberforce 1789 abolition speech"
by William Wilberforce
The number of deaths speaks for itself, and makes all such enquiry superfluous. As soon as ever I had arrived thus far in my investigation of the slave trade, I confess to you sir, so enormous so dreadful, so irremediable did its wickedness appear that my own mind was completely made up for the abolition.
How does the word choice in this paragraph impact readers?
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It uses a fallacious statement to persuade them.
It gives them something to consider logically.
It engages their sense of ethics
It appeals to their emotions
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