Question

select the correct text in the passage.

which words in this excerpt from the declaration of independence are emotionally charged?

nor have we been wanting in attentions to our british brethren. we have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. we have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. we have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. they too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. we must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends.

Explanation:

In the provided excerpt from the Declaration of Independence, the highlighted words and phrases carry strong emotional weight designed to evoke feelings of shared heritage, betrayal, and moral outrage:

• native justice and magnanimity: Appeals to the shared sense of fairness, decency, and generosity that the British brethren should have shown.
• usurpations: A highly charged political term implying the illegal, forceful seizure of power and rights.
• consanguinity: Refers to blood relationship or kinship, emphasizing the painful emotional betrayal of family-like ties.
• Enemies in War: A stark, dramatic phrase that emotionally solidifies the complete breakdown of relations and the necessity of conflict.

Answer:

native justice and magnanimity, usurpations, consanguinity, Enemies in War