Rhetorical Analysis Of Angelina Jolie's Address To The UScurity Council

Angelina Jolie uses about three rhetorical devices. Throughout her speech to the UN Security Council in 2009. She uses anaphora, imagery, and anecdote in her speech to prove to the council on why the need to shift their focus onto helping Syria. By using all of these devices throughout the speech, it creates a certain feel to have people want to go out and help. Make them want to volunteer their time and stand up for the people of Syria. By using imagery Jolie demands that the UN helps Sryia . Imagery helps to create a picture in the reader's head while they are reading so they can get a sense of what that experience was like. A certain example of this is when she said “She could tell you what it is like to try to live after your young