Rhetorical Analysis Of John Kasich's South Carolina Primary Speech

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John Kasich the man who help pull America out of debt during his time as chairman to the House Budget Committee during president Bill Clinton’s time in office. Today he is the governor of Ohio and is running for the republican nomination. Kasich has had a tough journey, he started as one of the least popular republican candidates, and now he is a forerunner. After his second place victory in New Hampshire Primary, Kasich was off to South Carolina to persuade voters. Kasich uses rhetorical strategies in his South Carolina Primary speech to rally his constituents. John Kasich use the rhetorical strategies logos to establish his credibility. His entire speech is aimed at motivating his constituents, and to establish more credibility. He establishes his credibility when he describes his journey from the bottom to the forerunners. He uses logos to show his victory over Donald Trump in “Dixville Notch with 60 percent of the …show more content…

When Kasich explains his financial circumstances at the beginning of his campaign he said, “we got a lot of money out of a lot of piggy banks.” This touches on peoples emotions, because many people have had piggy banks while growing up, and it also emphasis the amount of work Kasich devoted to accomplish what he has today. Kasich also, uses the pronoun we to a great extent throughout the essay. He could of used the pronoun I, but it doesn’t have the same effect as we. The pronoun we has a sense of coming together as a whole. This touches on peoples emotions, because it makes them feel part of a greater good and part of something that is bigger than themselves. Lastly, Kasich ends on an appeal to pathos when he says, “people look forward to the rest of this century for their children and their grandchildren.” This touches the emotions of the older generations, because they envision a prosperous America, and their kids and grandchildren are the recipients of this new

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