Rhetorical Analysis Essay On The Struggle For Human Rights
Ferdinand Lopez Landrau
Professor Kathrine O'neil
English 102
February 10, 2016
The Struggle for Human Rights For this week forum 6; I had selected The Struggle for Human Rights by Eleanor Roosevelt, and the purpose for this article or speech is to try to persuade the Member States of the United Nations in the General Assembly to adopt the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), and due to the introduction to the Rogerian method of argumentation that can be useful for solving issues which do not have clear right or wrong sides. This method shows an openness and respect to the other side, shows a lack of bias towards this other side, but still attempts to persuade this other side to believe a specific, albeit less absolute, claim. She develops the central claim using these supporting claims: “this …show more content…
3). Reading the article we encounter Roosevelt uses the words “fact” and “testimony” (par. 12) to introduce evidence, which develops logos (an appeal to the Assembly’s logic). Roosevelt repeats the words “common” and “agreement” to emphasize that the UDHR expresses that the Assembly has a shared “aspiration” (par. 12) and uses this to appeal to her audience’s shared ethics. We can perceived the Rogerian method of argumentation when Roosevelt first explains what the UDHR is not, using three short sentences to give examples of what it is not: “It is not a treaty; it is not an international agreement. It is not and does not purport to be a statement of law or of legal obligation” (par. 10). Then, Roosevelt gives a long sentence explaining what the UDHR is: “It is a Declaration of basic principles of human rights and freedoms, to be stamped with the approval of the General Assembly by formal vote of its members, and to serve as a common standard of achievement for all peoples of all nations” (par. 10). Roosevelt uses the phrase “flagrant violation” and references the “Nazi[s] and Fascist[s]” and “world war” (par. 12). By using emotional
Professor Kathrine O'neil
English 102
February 10, 2016
The Struggle for Human Rights For this week forum 6; I had selected The Struggle for Human Rights by Eleanor Roosevelt, and the purpose for this article or speech is to try to persuade the Member States of the United Nations in the General Assembly to adopt the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), and due to the introduction to the Rogerian method of argumentation that can be useful for solving issues which do not have clear right or wrong sides. This method shows an openness and respect to the other side, shows a lack of bias towards this other side, but still attempts to persuade this other side to believe a specific, albeit less absolute, claim. She develops the central claim using these supporting claims: “this …show more content…
3). Reading the article we encounter Roosevelt uses the words “fact” and “testimony” (par. 12) to introduce evidence, which develops logos (an appeal to the Assembly’s logic). Roosevelt repeats the words “common” and “agreement” to emphasize that the UDHR expresses that the Assembly has a shared “aspiration” (par. 12) and uses this to appeal to her audience’s shared ethics. We can perceived the Rogerian method of argumentation when Roosevelt first explains what the UDHR is not, using three short sentences to give examples of what it is not: “It is not a treaty; it is not an international agreement. It is not and does not purport to be a statement of law or of legal obligation” (par. 10). Then, Roosevelt gives a long sentence explaining what the UDHR is: “It is a Declaration of basic principles of human rights and freedoms, to be stamped with the approval of the General Assembly by formal vote of its members, and to serve as a common standard of achievement for all peoples of all nations” (par. 10). Roosevelt uses the phrase “flagrant violation” and references the “Nazi[s] and Fascist[s]” and “world war” (par. 12). By using emotional