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Rhetorical Analysis Of Emma Watson's Speech About Gender Inequality
"As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest."- Nelson Mandela. Inequality is a problem is our generation, along with many other things. Emma Watsons speech about Gender Inequality informs everyone that it can end with the help from her program HeforShe and everyone supporting it. The speaker (and speech) chose to motivate the youth to improve society by using rhetorical devices and facts and evidence.
One rhetorical device used was allusion. The speaker used this to motivate her audience by including a famous female figure that also agrees with Emma’s opinion about gender inequality. Emma says , “Hillary Clinton..” which is a well-known person. She uses Hillary’s name because she knows

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