The rhetorical strategy used in the paragraph is logos. Wilberforce appeals to logic and reason by presenting factual evidence about the deaths caused by the slave trade, emphasizing the enormous and dreadful nature of its wickedness. This logical appeal is aimed at persuading the audience through rational argumentation.
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.
William Wilberforce's 1789 Abolition Speech
Question
Use the speech excerpt to answer the question.
Which rhetorical strategy does the paragraph use to appeal to readers?
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Responses
logos
logos - no response given
persuasion
persuasion - no response given
ethos
ethos - incorrect
pathos
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