What rhetorical appeal is used in the following statement from chief seattle's speech? "yonder sky has wept tears of compassion on our fathers for centuries untold, and which, to us, looks eternal, may change."

a. logos
b. generalization
c. ethos
d. pathos

The rhetoric used is Logos, Ethos, and Pathos.

Logos are thoughts expressed in words, reasoning considerations or meanings.

Ethos is a source of trust. Namely, a speaker must be able to be trusted by the audience.

Pathos is a communication technique that is often used in rhetoric (where it is considered one of the three modes of persuasion, along with ethos and logos), and in literature, film and other narrative arts.

Chief Seattle uses the rhetoric above in delivering his speech. Chief Seattle is a prominent Native American leader who pursued a peaceful path with colonial white settlers in what is now Washington State.

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Class: Middle School

Subject: English

Keywords: rhetoric, logos, ethos, pathos, Chief Seattle

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

i literally just read the book and studied it for months so i could you, but i need to know where these questions are coming from. they are too general.