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- read the following excerpt from susan b. anthonys speech on womens right to vote and think about the persuasive methods anthony uses. \it was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the union. and we formed it, not to give the blessings of liberty to peopl them; not to the half of ourselves and the half of our posterity, but to the whole people - women as well as men. and it is a downright mockery to talk to women of their enjoyment of the blessings of liberty while they are denied the use of the only means of securing them provided by this democratic-republican government - the ballot.\ what two types of persuasive techniques does anthony use in this excerpt? appeals to reason and counterarguments appeals to reason and appeals to emotion
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Susan B. Anthony's speech “On Women's Right to Vote” is a persuasive text. In the given excerpt, she uses logical reasoning (appeals to reason) by discussing the nature of the democratic - republican government (the ballot as the means of securing rights) and also addresses counterarguments. For example, she refutes the idea that only a part (men) of the people should have the right to vote when the government is supposed to represent the whole people (including women).
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