The blood of his children shall curse his cowardice, who shrinks back at a time when a little might have saved the whole, and made them happy.

What persuasive technique is used in this passage from The Crisis by Thomas Paine?

appeal to authority
appeal to emotion
appeal to ethics
appeal to logic

Question

The blood of his children shall curse his cowardice, who shrinks back at a time when a little might have saved the whole, and made them happy.

What persuasive technique is used in this passage from The Crisis by Thomas Paine?

 	
	appeal to authority
	appeal to emotion
	appeal to ethics
	appeal to logic

anonymous · Answer

I'd have to go with appeal to emotion. It uses powerful words and displays tragic thoughts meant to make the reader feel for it. I certainly feel a bit of anger and a shred of sadness from this lol

anonymous · Answer

thanks