Read these excerpts.
Which rhetorical appeal do both excerpts use?
Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address."
It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the
unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so
nobly advanced.
logos: the use of logic to convince the audience
pathos: the use of emotional appeals to affect the
audience's feelings
brevity: writing or speaking that is short, brief, and to the
point
ethos: the use of authority to persuade the audience to
act the right way
Whitman's "O Captain! My Captain!".
O
Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells!
But I, with mournful tread,
Walk the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.
Mark this and return
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