“In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.” These lines from the Declaration of Independence are an example of the use of .

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I'm stuck between Ethos and Purpose. The purpose of the document was to list their grievances and declare independence, which the excerpt does. But the excerpt also explains why the government is tyrannical by giving examples, giving credibility which is ethos.