Thomas Jefferson Declaration Of Independence Rhetorical Analysis

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Thomas Jefferson wasn’t just the writer of the Declaration of Independence, he was a lawyer, a delegate for the House of Burgesses, and was a governor in Virginia, but he was his best as a writer. In the mid-1700, the American colonies were on the verge of a revolutionary war with Britain. Many colonists had already had that thought of a revolution, so all they would need was a push to fight for their Independence. Then, in 1776, Thomas Jefferson and other committee members presented the Declaration of Independence and was later ratified. This essay influenced many of the colonies, which sparked a greater response towards the revolution. In Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence, the most effective persuasive appeal is a Logical appeal, which is created through the literary devices Parallelism, Repetition, and Charged Words. …show more content…
For example, here he states, “He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burned our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.” Which means metaphorically and literally that he, the king, has caused nothing but pain and sorrow to the colonies by burning houses and stealing from the colonists. Another example would be the closing statement of the essay, which says “And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.” The end of the essay means that it just isn’t Thomas Jefferson pledging his life, it’s one united force. The use of parallelism towards a fact based essay emphasizes and provokes the ideas and actions of the writer and makes the reader think about their reasoning toward that