Question

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Consider the following quotes from former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's speech to the fourth World Conference of the United Nations:

“Women comprise more than half the world’s population, 70% of the world’s poor, and two-thirds of those who are not taught to read and write. [. . .] If women are healthy and educated, their families will flourish. If women have a chance to work and earn as full and equal partners in society, their families will flourish.”

“Over the past 25 years, I have worked persistently on issues relating to women, children, and families.”

“Earlier today, I participated in a World Health Organization forum.”

“I have met mothers in Indonesia. I have met working parents in Denmark. I have met women in South Africa.”

What rhetorical appeal did Secretary Clinton use?





Question 16 options:

a)

ethos


b)

pathos


c)

logos


d)

Both A and C

Answer 1

In her speech “Women's Rights are Human Rights”, Hillary Clinton frequently uses enumerations and repetitions, as well as allusions. Direct address, parallelism and imagery are additional devices that add to the rhetorical appeal of the speech.

Rhetorical devices are used with the purpose of making a speech more memorable and appealing. Through various language devices, speakers attempt to catch their audience’s attention and to make them more likely to accept their argum…