Read the excerpt from Queen Elizabeth's Response to Parliament's Request That She Marry.
Which statement best describes Queen Elizabeth's
use of rhetorical appeals in this excerpt?
The realm shall not remain destitute of any heir that
may be a fit governour, and peradventure more
beneficial to the realm, than such offspring as may
come of me: For though I be never so careful of your
well-doing, and mind ever so to be, yet may my issue
grow out of kind, and become perhaps ungracious.
She relies on logos by listing for Parliament some of
her personal reasons for wanting to remain
unmarried and childless.
She relies on pathos by attempting to make the
members of Parliament feel sorry for her and the fact
that she is unmarried and childless.
O She relies on logos by providing reasons why
Parliament should not worry about the fact that she
is unmarried and childless.
She relies on pathos by making the members of
Parliament feel foolish for worrying about the fact
that she is unmarried and childless.