How did Douglass move an audience? Behind the July 5 address is a toolkit of rhetoric — ethos, pathos, logos, and irony. Read the clues and crack all four locks.
Persuasion has a structure. In this breakout you’ll identify the rhetorical appeals Douglass used in his 1852 address — ethos, pathos, logos — and the irony that sharpened it. Support each answer with the evidence.
Tap each clue to read it. (You can reopen them anytime.)
Solve each lock using the clues above.
You named the appeals and techniques behind a persuasive civic speech — and tied each one to the evidence in the text.