Question

read the excerpt from president woodrow wilsons speech, \war message to congress.\ we have no quarrel with the german people. we have no feeling towards them but one of sympathy and friendship. it was not upon their impulse that their government acted in entering this war. it was not with thei previous knowledge or approval. which best states the type of appeal that is in the excerpt? ethos, an appeal based on the speaker’s character logos, an appeal based on logic or reason pathos, an appeal based on emotion force, an appeal based on the audience’s fear of harm

Explanation:

To determine the appeal type, analyze each option:

• Ethos: Focuses on speaker’s character, but the excerpt doesn’t emphasize Wilson’s character.
• Logos: Relies on logic/reason. The excerpt explains the German people’s lack of involvement in the war’s initiation (not their impulse, knowledge, or approval), using logical reasoning to distinguish the people from their government.
• Pathos: Appeals to emotion, but the excerpt uses reasoning, not emotional language.
• Force: Not a rhetorical appeal (rhetorical appeals are ethos, logos, pathos), so this is invalid.

Thus, the excerpt uses logos.

Answer:

B. logos, an appeal based on logic or reason