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Which appeal does Martin Luther King Jr. use in the following line from his "I Have a Dream" speech?

"But there is something that I must say to my people, who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice: in the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again, we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force."

A) Logos and pathos
B) Ethos
C) Ethos and logos
D) Pathos

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Ethos
Ethos
(appeals to ethics)is used as a means of convincing an audience via the authority or credibility of the persuader, be it a notable or experienced figure in the field or even a popular celebrity.
Pathos
(appeal to emotion) is a way of convincing an audience of an argument by creating an emotional response to an impassioned plea or a convincing story.
Logos
(appeal to logic) is a way of persuading an audience with reason, using facts and figures.

The persuasive appeal that Martin Luther King Jr. employs in the given excerpt would be:

B). Ethos

  • "Ethos" is described as the persuasive device in which the author attempts to convince the readers by referring to his own character and reliability.
  • This is reflected through the usage of the word "I" over and again which shows that he invokes the validity of his own character and persaude the readers that he is offering a reliable claim.
  • Thus, option B is the correct answer.

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