What rhetorical effect does the personification of the word Prudence have in the following excerpt from the Declaration of Independence? Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.
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"The personification of the word Prudence successfully enhances the ethos and logos of the argument.
Logos means a request to any logic or analysis of the people. Ethos means a request to the standing of argument, which is worth listening to and acting upon.
Prudence supports the declaration, as it believes the arguments to appear from PRUDENCE itself - the wisdom, foresight, and common sense will allow evaluating, that the arguments have come from the ethical and logical background.
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It ironically appeals to the religious sentiments of the audience.