Five score years ago, a great american, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the emancipation proclamation. this momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. it came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity. logos, why is it logos? ?

Logos refers to a rhetorical device in which a speaker uses arguments and evidence in order to persuade an audience of a particular opinion. This is one of the most common modes of persuasion, along with ethos and pathos.

In this case, the author can be considered to be using logos because he uses concrete evidence to persuade the audience. This evidence is that of the Emancipation Proclamation and the reference to Abraham Lincoln.

allusion   is the right answer

the correct answer is option d. the nature of democracy. on november 19, 1863, president abraham lincoln delivered his famous gettysburg address in gettysburg, pennsylvania. in his speech, rather than focusing on details of the war (soldiers, casualties, aftermath of battle), lincoln invoked the very nature of democracy, that power ultimately comes from the people, when stating, “government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish”. these words mean that democracy is a government by the people (citizens) in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by the people or by their elected representatives for the benefit of all citizens. the survival of democracy in the united states is one of the reasons why this speech so significant today.