On May 26, 2015, Bernie Sanders announced his candidacy for president of the United States of America. During a time of political corruption, economic inequality, and social unrest, the American people hope to elect a president that will fix the country’s issues and improve upon the current state of the nation. Primary elections will occur within the coming months, and the general election will take place soon after, so candidates, Sanders included, have begun to campaign. By utilizing the rhetorical appeals of ethos, pathos, and logos; emphasizing his most important points through his word choice, voice, and body gestures; and establishing himself and American citizens as equal, Bernie Sanders explains in his speech his plans and hopes for America and strives to gain popularity and votes from …show more content…
For example, he makes use of repetition multiple times throughout, such as during his discussion of income and wealth inequality; he repeats the phrase “[t]here is something profoundly wrong,” followed by facts about unequal distribution of wealth (2). Repeating the phrase helps him convey to the audience the outrage that he feels due to the unfair inequality, which then lets the people know that he will work to rid the country of this issue. Continuing with the conversation of wealth inequality, Sanders uses descriptive words that express his disgust, saying that “[t]his grotesque level of inequality is immoral… This type of rigged economy is not what America is supposed to be about” (2). The negative connotations of the words “grotesque,” “immoral,” and “rigged” generate feelings of discontent among the people due to current unpleasant circumstances, which in turn kindle a desire for change. Word choices are essential to the impact of Sanders’s speech because people will remember them over the many months that lead up to the
In Martin Luther King Jr. “I Have a Dream” speech; he used a bunch of repetition such as a hundred years later; I have a dream; we must; and let freedom ring. When doing this it makes the reader understand that the author is trying to get his point across. He used
In the final rhetoric, Bernie Sanders uses a lot of cause and effect statements as well as short, simple statements to demonstrate the logic behind what he want to do. He makes use of appropriate facts and statistics relating to specific issues. In regards to income and wealth inequality, he states how “ninety-nine percent of all new income goes to the top one percent” (Sanders, Para.10, 2015). Other such facts and statistics are mentioned when Sanders discusses economics, climate change, health care, unemployment, creating jobs, and raising the minimum wage. They are all used to appeal to reason and are great examples of logos. Sanders’ main objective is to give his audience a reason why certain changes have to be
Ronald Reagan adeptly utilizes Ethos Pathos and Logos in his Brandenburg Gate address, he attempts to sway the audience of the importance of success of the marshal plan and western values as a whole, and convince the leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, to open up the barrier which had divided West and East Berlin since 1961. Reagan begins his speech by addressing the people present and recognizing the “freedom” and “feeling of history” of the city of Berlin has. He makes his first reference to previous speakers by saying, “Twenty four years ago, President John F. Kennedy visited Berlin, and speaking to the people of this city and the world at the city hall. Well since then two other presidents have come, each in his turn to Berlin. And today, I, myself, make my second visit to your city,”( Reagan 361) His first usage of pathos is when he addresses the east berliners who were separated from the westerners by the Berlin wall and tells them, “I join your fellow countrymen in the West, in this
Donald Trump’s presidential nomination acceptance speech relies heavily on the three rhetorical strategies of pathos, logos, and ethos. While Trump employs all three strategies in his speech, he primarily relies on pathos to garner support from the crowd.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech “There Comes a Time when People get Tired” is more persuasive when compared to Robert F. Kennedy’s Eulogy for Martin Luther King Jr. speech. Pathos and logos used in MLK Jr.’s speech. MLK Jr. uses pathos to tell his audience that their peaceful protest is lawful and acceptable. He uses logos when he explains situations in his speech, whereas Robert F. Kennedy mostly uses pathos in his speech. He uses his own emotion to try and tell people that there is a problem with segregation and while you can tell someone your feelings doesn’t mean that they are going to share them. Specific events are talked about in MLK Jr.’s speech, events such as the Montgomery bus boycott, the Rosa Parks incident, that started the boycott,
Bernard “Bernie” Sanders, is one of the best candidates for this years 2016 presidential election. He is the junior United States Senator from Vermont. He has demonstrated his passion towards an equal and stabilized country. Sanders is a man who believes in a country that is equal and all voices should be heard. Socioeconomic issues are to be heard of by all people because these issues are what make the people and the country. His propositions to a better socioeconomic country will better the relationships we have with one another. Voting for Bernie Sanders, means voting for a country that will be equal to all the people living here. A country deserves to be united by all the people living here regardless of race. We are all human, we all deserve
equality. His speech highlights his main points of his speech while using rhetorical devices that the
Cesar Chavez published an article in a religious magazine on the tenth anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s death. Chavez’s message is delivered with a humble yet serious tone, as he shows compassion in his writing to emphasize his purpose, which is to bring attention to the importance of non-violent acts over violent acts, and to overall strive to gain the support of his audience, which generally those devoted to helping those in need. The persona of the author helps the audience create a stronger connection with and be further persuaded by Chavez because the audience can infer that he has experienced and is a strong supporter himself of nonviolence by the use of his examples and his points of view. By using rhetorical strategies such
Who do you believe should be the winner for the 2016 presidential election? Is Donald Trump the next Adolf Hitler? Ignore the second question, everybody knows the answer is yes. I know that Bernie Sanders is the best option for president for many reasons that I’m about to state and explain. According to my research on Bernie Sanders, he promotes to make America better in many ways. He has plans to recover child poverty rate, make collage debate free, gain wealth with policy and restore democracy, create fair-paying jobs, racial justice, fight for women’s rights, give medicare to all, ect. I am about to define many of his ideas.
Martin Luther King Jr., sparks emotion amongst the readers, through the use of pathos in attempt to create an emotional feel. His diction and vivid language makes this appeal successful. He writes on his scratch paper given to him in jail “I guess it is easy for those who have never felt the stinging darts of segregation to say "wait" (Longager & Walker, 2011, p. 270). The phrase “I guess” conveys the irony and absurdity of his claim. “Stinging darts” is also powerful, and truly makes the audience feel sorrow for those facing racial segregation. His strong diction is also depicted through anaphora. The repetition of phrases and words such as “when you have seen vicious mobs lynch your mother,” “when you have seen hate filled policemen curse” and “see tears welling up in her eyes” provide the reader with a sense of sadness. By emphasizing “you,” he forces the reader to put themselves in the position that he is in, and experience it with him. Using anaphora creates a sense of memorability and urgency, all while remaining in the pathos category (Longager & Walker, 2011, p.256). Strategically used repetition not only forces the reader to focus on an idea, but also assists in conveying his intended message. The logos appeal is also in effect here. He utilizes the logos appeal to argue a non-violent protest is a wise decision. He details the daily life of an African American man, using words such as
King uses in his speech is Pathos, which is the appeal to someone 's emotions or beliefs. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. presented a strong feeling towards African-American people about how they were treated as equal individuals “But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination” (King par. 3). Another example of pathos that Dr. King used was when he uses vocabulary and phrases, such as “I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream” (King par. 12). He uses the appeal of emotion, especially the word of choice and diction to let his audience’s know what he would like to see in the
He does this most often with “I have a dream”, and it truly puts this idea in your head that his vision of equality could come true. He lets us know that he truly believes in his dream and wants it to become reality. He repeats “I have a dream” eight times in a row which means he not only understand rhetoric but he has mastered rhetoric. Good speakers understand rhetoric and use it but great speakers have mastered it. It conveys their message behind the speech so better and cleaner for the audience to understand. Great speakers speak clearly and speak with a type of authority and power as well as a confidence and leadership aura. He goes through six different states of where he believes his dream can reach but he says this because four these states are Confederate states. They are included because nobody believes racism can be pushed out of these southern states which just adds to the magnitude of his
Repetition is useful to show the audience the importance of the subject and the urgency to react. King’s historic speech in 1963 has held great symbolic value not only for the African Americans, but also for all of the equal rights supporters of every age and race. He was the first one who really fought for the same rights of African Americans and therefore inspired other people to live his dream and to continue his work for racial equality. Work Cited King, Martin Luther Jr. “I Have a Dream”.
Bernie Sanders wants “Medicare for All: Leaving no one behind.” He wants a federally administrated single payer health care program. An integrated system. This would allow the government to stand up to drug companies, negotiate air prices, no copayments, and no more deductibles. It would be income based health care premium, paid by employers.
On July 27, 2004, Barack Obama made arguably his most important speech, “The Audacity of Hope”, at the Democratic National Convention Keynote Address. These conventions are for political parties to announce a winner for nomination. All the way through his piece, Obama focuses on connecting Americans and himself to the audience. In fact, at the time, Barack Obama was a US Senate candidate for the United States president, and in making this speech, was offered a window for raising his popularity. Throughout “The Audacity of Hope” speech, Barack Obama implements three main devices to raise his political popularity: repetition, abstract language, and structure.