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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.
a) it ironically appeals to the religious sentiments of the audience.
b)it sarcastically criticizes the colonistsā€™ desire to form a new government.
c)it directly emphasizes an appeal to the readerā€™s emotions.
d)it effectively enhances the logos and ethos of the argument.

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