Could you should the excerpt?
The correct answer is: Option A. The appeal praises the virtues of the writers of the document Taney uses as evidence.
The appeal consists of a set of virtues deticated to those who are responsible for the declaration. Nothing but admiration is delivered to these writers from the speaker, praising their literacy, honorable behaviour, and staying true to their own values.
Personification: The act of making a nonhuman object (inanimate) have human features (animate). Basically what this question is asking is what is the action emphasizing. So in this case the human action is shivered, what was shivering? the stars.
