Question

“The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.”

These lines from the Declaration of Independence are an example of the use of _______________.

ethos

pathos

theme

thesis

Answer 1

@mathmale

Answer 2

guess what I'm going to ask you to do first?

Answer 3

lol hold up

Answer 4

I thinkits Ethos because it establishes credibility in my opinion by showing something from histroy

Answer 5

@mathmale

Answer 6

Guess what I'm going to ask you to do first? Eliminate the crummiest answers. have you done that yet?

Answer 7

From the same source (dictionary.com), I've copied and pasted the definition of ethos:

"e·thos [ee-thos, ee-thohs, eth-os, -ohs] Show IPA
noun
1.
Sociology . the fundamental character or spirit of a culture; the underlying sentiment that informs the beliefs, customs, or practices of a group or society; dominant assumptions of a people or period: In the Greek ethos the individual was highly valued.
2.
the character or disposition of a community, group, person, etc."

Does it still seem to you that "ethos" establishes credibility? For example, does "belief in God" (an ethos) establish credibility in the eyes of the "man on the street" (the common man)?

Answer 8

After deeply thinking i think it theme. @mathmale

Answer 9

I think we could safely eliminate ethos and pathos.
Which do you think is stronger, a theme or a thesis, and why?
What does theme mean to you?
thesis?

Answer 10

wait thesis because it =smaking it argument @@mathmale

Answer 11

@mathmale

Answer 12

@mathmale

Answer 13

that's right, and "thesis" is a stronger concept than is "theme." Agreed. Bully for you.
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