Exploring the Text

1. Identify appeals to ethos, logos, and pathos in the first paragraph. Which one is most prominent? Explain.

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   Exploring the Text: - Identify appeals to ethos, logos, and pathos in the first paragraph. Which one is most prominent? Explain.
2. How accurately does Jefferson Davis paraphrase the Declaration of Independence at the beginning of the second paragraph? What is the purpose of this reference? How effective is it?

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   Exploring the Text: - How accurately does Jefferson Davis paraphrase the Declaration of Independence at the beginning of the second paragraph? What is the purpose of this reference? How effective is it?
3. Davis states that “the sovereign States here represented have seceded from that Union, and it is a gross abuse of language to denominate the act rebellion or revolution” (par. 2). Apply the Toulmin model (as described in Chapter 3) to his claim. Do you find his argument sound? Would his audience have found it sound? Explain.

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   Exploring the Text: - Davis states that “the sovereign States here represented have seceded from that Union, and it is a gross abuse of language to denominate the act rebellion or revolution” (par. 2). Apply the Toulmin model (as described in Chapter 3) to his claim. Do you find his argument sound? Would his audience have found it sound? Explain.
4. According to Davis, what has changed for the Confederate states? What has remained the same?

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   Exploring the Text: - According to Davis, what has changed for the Confederate states? What has remained the same?
5. What distinctions does Davis make between the North and the South in the third paragraph?

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   Exploring the Text: - What distinctions does Davis make between the North and the South in the third paragraph?
6. Davis writes, “To increase power, develop the resources, and promote the happiness of this Confederacy, it is necessary that there should be so much homogeneity as that the welfare of every portion be the aim of the whole. When this homogeneity does not exist, antagonisms are engendered which must and should result in separation” (par. 8). What are some of the implications of such a position? Do you think it is true that welfare and equality depend on homogeneity? Explain.

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   Exploring the Text: - Davis writes, “To increase power, develop the resources, and promote the happiness of this Confederacy, it is necessary that there should be so much homogeneity as that the welfare of every portion be the aim of the whole. When this homogeneity does not exist, antagonisms are engendered which must and should result in separation” (par. 8). What are some of the implications of such a position? Do you think it is true that welfare and equality depend on homogeneity? Explain.
7. What appeals does Davis make as he concludes his argument? How effective would they have been with his original audience?

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   Exploring the Text: - What appeals does Davis make as he concludes his argument? How effective would they have been with his original audience?
8. If he were able, how might Thomas Jefferson (p. 389) respond to the argument put forth by Davis?

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   Exploring the Text: - If he were able, how might Thomas Jefferson (p. 389) respond to the argument put forth by Davis?