Question

What rhetorical effect does the personification of the word Prudence have in the following excerpt from the Declaration of Independence?

Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.

Answer 1

A) It ironically appeals to the religious sentiments of the audience.
B) It sarcastically criticizes the colonists’ desire to form a new government.
C) It directly emphasizes an appeal to the reader’s emotions.
D) It effectively enhances the logos and ethos of the argument.

Answer 2

Do you still need help?

Answer 3

Yes, please

Answer 4

@Marilyn_Manson, would you mind helping please? I've been stuck on this question for quite a while.

Answer 5

Yeah

Answer 6

Easy. It's B :)

Answer 7

Would you mind explaining how?

Answer 8

I wouldn't mind. For A, there is nothing religious in the passage. C, it would throw in more details to be true. and D,sounds like it would be right BUT, if there was a fight you would be reading 2 people yelling at each other.

Answer 9

Thank you very much.

Answer 10

B was definitely wrong

Answer 11

not d or c so has to be A