Question

excerpt from \address to the jury\ by emma gokjman \gentlemen of the jury, most of you, i take it, are believers in the teachings of jesus. bear in mind that he was put to death by those who considered his views as being against the law. i also take it that you are proud of you americanism. remember that those who fought and bled for your liberties were in their time considered as being against the law, as dangerous disturbers and trouble - makers. they not only preached violence, but they carried out their ideas by throwing tea into the boston harbor. they said that resistance to tyranny is obedience to god. they wrote a dangerous document called the declaration of independence.\ rhetoric rhetoric is the use of certain skills and techniques to persuade an audience. rhetorical appeals: • ethos - appeals to the audiences character, beliefs, and morals • pathos - appeals to the audiences emotions • logos - appeals to the audiences logic and reasoning what is the positive impact of the rhetoric in emma goldmans speech? it appeals to the audiences beliefs and character to consider her motivation against conscription. it calls upon the emotion of the audience to see how tragic war and conscription are. it calls upon the logic of the audience to recognize the invalidity in the evidence against her.

Explanation:

The speech references Jesus and American revolutionaries (ethos). These are figures the jury likely respects. By associating her cause (implied opposition, as she's addressing a jury, maybe related to her views being against some law - like conscription as a parallel to those seen as against the law in history) with these respected figures (based on the jury's beliefs and character as believers in Jesus' teachings and proud of Americanism), it uses ethos. Ethos is about appealing to the audience's character and beliefs. The other options: there's no strong emotional language (pathos) described in the excerpt like vivid descriptions of tragedy. And there's no logical argument (logos) breaking down evidence invalidity.

Answer:

It appeals to the audience's beliefs and character to consider her motivation against conscription.