Does Douglas use fallacious reasoning or logical fallacies in "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July"? Use evidence from the text to support your answers.

Douglas uses  fallacious reasoning or logical fallacies in "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July".

Explanation:

A rhetorician would often use logic and a well formed argument to tell the reader that their point is right or they can present an impassioned argument that may imply a sort of logical fallacy here but will get the point across with more emotion and more weight.

It is the second tactic that Douglass uses in "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July".

It was more important for him to get his point across. So when he compares the blacks to the people of Moses in the Egypt he is not making  a logical but an emotional comparison tween the plight of the two.

the price of our current war is high; it costs money and it costs lives.

but it does not cost our pride. it does not cost the guilt that would arise from knowing that we did nothing to intervene while our neighboring nations fell to despotic leaders.

it does not cost the terror of knowing that our allies are unstable. it does not cost the fear that we, too, will be next to fall.

which sentence most accurately explains why the speaker's use of the parallel structure is effective in this passage?

a. it underscores that disagreement will not be tolerated and will be dealt with swiftly.

b. it makes the speaker seem like a decisive and capable leader.

c. it emphasizes reasons to fight and inspires listeners to aid the war effort.

d. it establishes the speaker's credibility by acknowledging the difficulties of war.