Why is it that the enemy have left the new england provinces, and made these middle ones the seat of war?

what is the persuasive effect of this statement?

it builds the speaker's credibility through appeals to emotion.
it engages the audience and call for a response.
it emphasizes the speaker's confusion about his point of view.
it surprises the audience and create a humorous tone.

The persuasive effect of the statement is that it engages the audience and call for response.

Persuasion is a literary technique employed by writers in order to present their ideas by the use of reason and logic, seeking to influence the audience. Persuasion can use an argument to persuade the readers, or sometimes may persuade readers to perform a certain action. To put it simply, it is an art of effective speaking and writing in which writers make their opinions believable to the audience by usisng logic, by invoking emotions, and by proving their own credibility.

thats exactly the right answer

tending to cause harm