Question

rarford, nathanel
*\i will leave it to your imagination to picture to yourselves how you would feel if you had
a case in court, a bill before some legislative body, or a political aspiration, for nearly half
century, with a continual succession of adverse decisions, while law and common justice we
wholly on your side.\ (paragraph 12)
how does this sentence create a rhetorical appeal?
it attempts to move the audience by confessing stanton’s personal frustration.
it reminds the audience that they used to agree with stanton’s position in the past.
it informs the audience about how people have fought to change other laws in the past.

Explanation:

The sentence uses a rhetorical appeal by asking the audience to imagine enduring decades of adverse decisions despite being in the right, which is designed to evoke emotional empathy by connecting to the audience's potential feelings of frustration and unfairness. Option A correctly identifies this as an appeal to emotion through conveying personal frustration to move the audience. Options B and C do not match the text: there is no reference to past agreement or other law-fighting efforts.

Answer:

A. It attempts to move the audience by confessing Stanton’s personal frustration.