In this excerpt from lincoln's first inaugural address, he argues that the divided northerners and southerners must stay united:

we are not enemies, but friends. we must not be enemies. though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. the mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.

which type of appeal does president lincoln use in this excerpt?
emotional appeal
ethical appeal
logical appeal
moral appeal

Option A. In his first Inaugural Address, President Lincoln uses an emotional appeal.

Explanation:

On March 4th, 1866Abraham Lincoln swore as President of the United States and with it gave his first inaugural speech. In the excerpt President Lincoln addresses the audience about the country's need for reconciliation between the North and the South, and he uses an emotional appeal to try convince the audience. The President invokes feelings such as passion and affection, and even mentions the soldiers lost in battlefield on both ends, and how everyone should honor them in life.

An emotional appeal is a logical fallacy, in which the speaker tries to sway the emotions of the audience to make them support his/her argument.