Question

1.1.8 quiz: analyze rhetoric
wherefore, since nothing but blows will do, for gods sake, let us come to a final separation, and not leave the next generation to be cutting throats, under the violated unmeaning names of parent and child.
which is the most prominent kind of rhetorical appeal thomas paine uses here?
a. parallelism
b. ethos
c. diction

Explanation:

Ethos is an appeal to ethics. The phrase "for God's sake" and the concern for the next - generation's well - being based on the violated relationship of parent and child appeal to moral and ethical values. There is no clear parallelism (repetition of grammatical structures) or distinct focus on diction (word choice) as the main appeal here.

Answer:

B. Ethos