Read this passage from the Declaration of Independence. What persuasive technique is MOST evident in this passage?

When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another,

and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent

respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

Appeal to ethics

Appeal to authority

Appeal to logic

Appeal to emotion

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Jaidyn Mayer

5 February, 01:20

Read this passage from the Declaration of Independence. What persuasive technique is MOST evident in this passage?

When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another,

and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent

respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

Appeal to ethics

Appeal to authority

Appeal to logic

Appeal to emotion

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Reagan Gamble · Answer 1

The persuasive technique that is MOST evident in the passage is to Appeal to authority.

Option b

Explanation:

These lines were written by Thomas Jefferson in Declaration of Independence. There was a bit of rift among the thirteen colonies about the taxation without Representation during the Revolutionary War. He is stating that the colonies have their own right and authority to govern themselves like how they saw fit.

And the colonies should be polite enough to explain King George how he manipulated and looted them for which they have broken his shackles and taken up the govern by themselves for their betterment.