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After reading Robert f Kennedy speech, which

rhetorical device was more effective? Ethos or
Pathos? Cite one example and explain why it was
more effective.

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Answer:

First of all, note that ethos is the ethical appeal and pathos attempts to invoke sympathy and make the reader feel what the author wants them to feel.

Step-by-step explanation:

Antithesis - contrast of ideas or words in parallel structure.

He used this frequently and used the pronouns you, let us, we observe, and also he talked about Not as a call to bear arms, not as a call to battle, but to bear the burden of others...

Metaphor - jungle of suspicion, bonds of mass misery, and the chains of poverty

alliteration: Let us go forth, Pay any price, bear any burden

All of these point to pathos - he wants you to think with your heart

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