Rhetoric in The Declaration of Independence Independence, to many that word means freedom, a fresh start, a place of salvation, free from the tyranny of kings. The Declaration of Independence gives power to the idea that such a nation could form and be successful. This powerful piece of political prose and rhetoric has held strong to these beliefs for years.The introduction consists of a single long sentence that subtlety directs readers toward a favorable view of America. It puts the revolution inside the “course of human events” making it an enormous thing and implying that it’s theories are based on “the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God” raising it even higher to the powers of a ‘greater’ being. It tells the reader that we are entitled “separate and equal station among the powers of Earth”. This brings honor to the Revolution, setting it apart from a petty political dispute to a major historical event. And it does all of this without ever mentioning the two parties involved, England and America. One important word in the introduction is “necessary”. To say that something is necessary implies that it is inevitable and absolutely essential. The Revolution was not only desirable, worthy and justifiable, but also unavoidable, inevitable and necessary.Like the introduction the next part of the Declaration remains dragnet in tone. It does not refer to the two parties, but explains a general idea of government that justifies the reasons for such a revolution. It is a brief, concise and simple statement. The purity, simplicity and directness of this paragraph is so precisely worded that moving a single word seems to disrupt the whole piece. The reader is moved easily from thought to thought, beginning with the creation of mankind, to the institution of governments, the overthrowing of a government when it fails to give the people unalienable rights to the creation o...
