“Howe is now weaker than before, and every shot will contribute to reduce him. You are more immediately interested than any other part of the continent: your all is at stake; it is not so with the general cause; you are devoted by the enemy to plunder and destruction: it is the encouragement which Howe, the chief of plunderers, has promised his army.”

Why is the repetition of “you” in this sentence an effective rhetorical technique?
A. It evokes a sense of guilt in readers that they have not been giving enough to the American war effort.

B. It reminds readers that they each have a personal interest in America’s success in the war.

C. It evokes a sense of panic because the British are advancing on American interests.

D. It reminds readers that colonists who oppose American independence will be held personally responsible if the colonists lose.