Read the excerpt from Lincoln's Second Inaugural
Address.
Each [party] looked for an easier triumph, and a result
less fundamental and astounding. Both read the same
Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His
aid against the other. It may seem strange that any
men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in
wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's
faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged. The
prayers of both could not be answered. That of neither
has been answered fully. The Almighty has His own
purposes.
Which statement best describes Lincoln's use of
rhetorical appeal?
O He relies on pathos to stir listeners' anger and
outrage.
O He uses logos to explain the historical significance
of war.
O He relies on pathos to reveal his own conflicted
emotions about war.
O He uses ethos to illustrate the similarities between
North and South.