Question 7 • 25-26 JISD TX EOC English II IGC Requirement
Read the passage from "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience,” by Henry David Thoreau.Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments are sometimes, inexpedient. The objections which have been brought against a standing army, and they are many and weighty, and deserve to prevail, may also at last be brought against a standing government.
Answer
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Thoreau uses repetition of government to appeal to readers’ sense of patriotism before showing that patriotism is misguided.
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Thoreau establishes logos by using reasoning to compare the objections to a standing army and to a standing government.
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Thoreau establishes pathos by using hyperbole and an extended metaphor to show that governments are often inexpedient.
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Thoreau calls upon readers to embrace their belief in the value of a competent and expedient government.
Explanation
Thoreau reasons that if people have valid objections to a standing army, those objections can also apply to a standing government. This comparison is a logical argument, or logos. Choice B correctly identifies his reasoning; the passage does not use an extended metaphor or appeal to patriotism.
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