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    British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain gave this speech to the House of Commons on September 1st‚ 1939‚ hours after Hitler’s troops had invaded Poland. Chamberlain and others had spent years negotiating with Hitler in order to prevent another war in Europe. The point of this speech is too inform people of what Hitler has done and of what the British response will be. In the beginning of his speech‚ Neville Chamberlain reminds you of his qualifications and actions as leader by stating‚ “Eighteen

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    can be conveyed with words‚ pictures‚ and actions. Pathos are essential to provide an argument thru emotional situations. The 9/11 terrorist attack left many american citizens in a psychological trauma. During President Bush’s speech‚ he portrayed pathos to convey the effects of this horrifying experience that impacted each and every one of us. In the 9/11 Address to the Nation speech Bush mentioned‚ “The pictures of airplanes flying into buildings‚ fires burning‚ huge -- huge structures collapsing

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    In his emotionally charged speech given to the 2018 graduating class at Lesley University‚ Jason Reynolds inspires and encourages his audience through the telling of a personal story and the repetition of similar sounds to share the importance of being there for others while still striving to be their best. Jason Reynolds tells a personal story in order to catch the interest of his audience. He tells the story of a high school teacher who taught him that “sometimes doing the right thing has consequences”

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    Emmeline Pankhurst gave this speech to raise awareness for women’s rights. The audience of this speech was mostly women that fought for the same cause. However‚ it was aimed at politicians‚ anyone who could make a change for the better. The tone is very serious as is it is aimed to help make a change in the government. Pankhurst uses both allusions and discussions on how her movement has been labeled to help establish her points. Initially‚ Pankhurst alludes to two main historical events to help

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    until 1942 and we knew what was going on. He questions the indifference we had. The author had many historical facts brought into his speech for backing up his facts making a strong backbone for the body of his speech. His facts alone can stand but he adds tension to make the audience grasp towards what he was feeling. Many of his facts

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    1905‚ Kelley gave and impeccable speech at the Convention of National American Woman Suffrage Association in Philadelphia about child labor laws. To successively persuade her listeners‚ Kelley used versatile amounts of strategies‚ ranging from repetition of key words‚ to ethical appeal and even inserting political allusions. Florence Kelley utilized persuasive techniques to convey her message that she is dearly passionate about. Kelley used repetition in her speech to show that children are deprived

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    In his speech to University High School’s graduating class of 1951‚ William Faulkner establishes that the only thing standing against man in the battle of good and evil is fear. He persuades these young people that they have the power to fight against fear by using allusions to past and present events‚ and by appealing to the students’ sense of hope and confidence. In the speech‚ Faulkner references the Cold War‚ the major global conflict at that time and for many years to come. He proves that the

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    In 1963 Martin Luther King gave the most powerful and famous speech in the history of the United States. 40 years later‚ no other speech has been able to overcome the effect that this speech has had on the American people generation after generation. Despite the fact that the message of the speech is perhaps the most enduring aspect of the speech‚ the rhetorical strategies Martin Luther King used were instrumental in captivating the attention of millions people then‚ and now. The purpose of “I have

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    On November 19‚ 1863 the 16th President Abraham Lincoln recited a speech long to be remembered in the great nation of America. Lincoln makes major statements throughout the duration of the speech; He also shifts from the focus of honoring the soldiers with this ground to telling the people that “we” as the people need to honor this nation by committing to its survival. In this speech Lincoln states at the end of the second paragraph “We have come to dedicate a portion of that field‚ as a final resting

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    and Pixar‚ Steve Jobs presents his speech‚ about finding and doing what you love‚ to the Stanford graduating class of 2005. Job’s purpose in his commencement speech was to convince and encourage the graduates to follow their heart in their pursuit of happiness‚ no matter what obstacles get in their way. Throughout his speech he adopted a serious tone as he convinced them to “…find what you love…” (4)‚ through anecdotes‚ pathos and ethos. Jobs begins his speech by pouring the most underprivileged

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