Question

What rhetorical appeal is seen in the following passage from "Puerto Rico"?

"Had Puerto Rico been a state at the time, it would have had two U.S. senators and proportional representation in the House of Representatives ready to plead the case for redress in Washington D.C."


A. Ethos

B. Pathos

C. Generalization

D. Logos

Answer 1

The answer is D) Logos.

The speaker uses logic to describe what necessarily would have been true at the time (Puerto Rican statehood = voting representation in Congress) and uses this to assert what the speaker believes would have happened (Puerto Rican reps would have plead the case for redress in Washington).