rhetoric in declaration of indepencence

In his "Declaration of Independence," Thomas Jefferson used rhetorical tactics to deliver his message, which is to proclaim that the colonies have opted to dissolve their ties with the King and Great Britain, and to explain why they have done so. Parallelism was one of the most common tactics he employed to express his message.

Jefferson often employs repetition to emphasise his points. Some may believe that his use of restatement clarifies his views even more; nonetheless, they are mistaken. To convey the reasons for the Colonists' determination to dissolve their ties with the King and Britain, Jefferson used rhetorical strategies such as parallelism and repetition. The use of parallelism by Jefferson clarified his point to the King.

Some of the King's acts are explained by Jefferson in order to persuade people to surrender to him. These are some of the reasons why the colonists chose to dissolve their ties with the United Kingdom. Another example is: We believe these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal, that their Creator has endowed them with certain unalienable Rights, among them are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.

That governments are established among men to guarantee these rights, deriving their legitimate powers from the consent of the governed, and that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these aims, the people have the right to change or abolish it.

Jefferson used repetition by using the same phrases to educate the King about their convictions, in the hopes that these beliefs will persuade the King to concur with the Colonists' resolve to secede without bloodshed.

The goal of the repeated statements was to convey Jefferson's views about changing the King's attitude of maintaining the colonists as resources for Britain and allowing them to have their independence. Finally, Jefferson used repetition; some believe he did so successfully because it clarifies his argument and emphasises essential points.