This force comprises all our best trained and out finest troops including scores of thousands of those who have already measured their quality against the germans and found themselves at no disadvantage. we have under arms at the present time in this island over a million and a quarter men. which audience appeal does churchill most clearly use? a.pathos b.kairos c.logos d.ethos

C. Logos.

Explanation:

Rhetoric strategies, ethical strategies or the modes of persuasion are the devices used by the speaker to appeal to his audience. They are:

Ethos - also known as "ethical appeal". In this the speaker convince his audience of his credibility, or trustworthiness, or his character.  Logos - also known as "appeal to logic" or "appeal to reason" is the appeal that the speaker makes to its audience based on facts and statistics. Pathos - an "appeal to emotions". In this strategy, speaker is able to persuade its audience both in positive ans negative manner. Kairos- This rhetoric strategy is used to appeal at the opportune time. Used mostly in ads and sales.

These words have their origin from Greek.

So, according to the definitions provided, the correct answer to the question is option C, Logos. Churchill is making a logical and facts based appeal to his audience.

the issue of whether or not swift goes too far in "a modest proposal," is an issue of taste.  it's a satire, of course, so the speaker has much freedom in what he writes.  he also uses irony.  both satire and irony often use exaggeration as tools to accomplish their purposes.  so, again, the writer has a great deal of  freedom to work with.

the question is, though, even within the accepted norms of satire and irony, whether or not what swift does is in bad taste.  his proposal and his descriptions, etc., are certainly grotesque, and his central idea strikes at the core of humanity--cannibalism. 

ultimately, however, though the essay probably is in bad taste, swift decides that using bad taste is worth the risk.  the essay shocks the reader, and probably would not have done so if it weren't in bad  taste.    the bad taste of the proposal is part of the point.

in the end, each reader probably decides whether the essay is in bad taste, whether it goes too far.  i love the wit and the  humor  and the satire and the irony.  but that doesn't mean another person wouldn't find the essay in bad taste.