USA HISTORY

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783

THOMAS PAINES COMMON SENSE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the rhetorical device that uses logic, reason, and proof?
A
Ethos
B
Pathos
C
Logos
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Logos is the persuasive technique that aims to convince an audience by using logic and reason.

Detailed explanation-2: -Logos. Logos or the appeal to reason relies on logic or reason. Logos often depends on the use of inductive or deductive reasoning. Inductive reasoning takes a specific representative case or facts and then draws generalizations or conclusions from them.

Detailed explanation-3: -Logos, the appeal to logic, is used to convince an audience with reason. Logos would contain a clear message and cite facts, statistics, authorities, and literal analogies.

Detailed explanation-4: -Logos appeals to reason. Logos can also be thought of as the text of the argument, as well as how well a writer has argued his/her point.

Detailed explanation-5: -There are three different rhetorical appeals-or methods of argument-that you can take to persuade an audience: logos, ethos, and pathos.

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