Rhetorical Analysis Of Bill Clinton

Clinton and Sanders both defend their arguments with personal connections and rhetorical techniques. Clinton makes an effective use of personal connections. For example, Clinton defends herself by saying that no one “has had more money spent against her” (Clinton) than herself when Sanders argued that she did not represent the working class. She also uses many other examples, such as which issues she supports and which ones she has worked on. This has an effect on the audience because they would rather hear support from personal connections rather than ones from other resources (besides statistics she uses as evidence, of course). One of the rhetorical techniques that Clinton uses in her argument is the three appeals. Clinton uses pathos to

Similar to Clinton, Sanders uses personal connections in his argument. When Clinton says she has a better track record to get problems solved, Sanders defends himself when he talked about how hard he fought against Greenspan. He also gives his opinion on

When he gives his view on America, it’s something much of the audience can resonate with, while Clinton’s were more self-focused. Sanders also uses the three appeals in his claim. He appeals to the audience’s sense of pathos when he says, “…your medicine can be doubled tomorrow…” (Sanders). This directly affects the audiences’ emotions because he refers to them in the second person point of view. It also shows bias on how he feels about America, and if anyone else in the audience feels the same, then they will be more deeply affected than someone who doesn’t feel the same. His other views on other topics, such as climate change, will have this same effect on the audience. Sanders also appeals to logos. He mentions a lot of evidence in his argument; for example, the lobbying and campaign contributions on Wall Street. He also says “…no Republican has the guts to recognize that climate change is real” and “…Coke brothers and Exxon Mobile pouring huge amounts of money into the political system” (Sanders). These appeal to logos because he uses real-life examples to persuade the