Rhetorical Analysis On Emma Watson

Emma Gonzales, a senior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School read a very inspiring speech towards lawmakers and gun advocates. Emma wrote this speech and gave it at a rally to try and get to President Trump and tell everyone it's basically his fault and to make a stop to selling guns to mentally ill people and people that dont need them. Emma created this speech to persuade the audience at the rally of how a school shooter costed her school to lose 17 students and some of them were even teachers. Using the rhetorical appeals to show emotion and showing that these students experienced this tragic event, Emma even shaved her head to show she was grieving. She uses emotion and logic to show emotion and sadness towards the

Stephanie Ericsson categorizes the many ways people lie on a daily basis. She uses a mixture of facts, quotes and opinions to capture the severity of telling a lie. Her article has enabled me to understand the thought process that goes behind telling a lie. She justifies minor lies by using ethos and stating that minor lies prevents hurt feelings and that it is normal to lie. Stephanie frequently asks rhetorical questions to make readers think of the matter at hand. She also uses anaphora to seem more relatable and understanding to her readers. I tell minor lies on a daily basis but I did not realize that there is so many different types of lies. i and many other people often rationalize with ourselves to make our lies seem less harmful when

Watson’s speech depicts feminism as a notion that advocates for equality

With no real audience aside from the general public, Liz Osborn addresses a very serious topic that she has strong feelings on and it is evident throughout her article. Her agenda is stated in the title and is strong and easy to understand from the very beginning. There is no mistake about what she is trying to argue and make others understand and that is that she believes that homelessness should not be a controversial issue and that it should be regarded as a human rights issue. It should be something everyone takes seriously and Osborn believes this fiercely.

The target audience of this video would be teenagers and young adults, around the ages of 11-26, as this age range incompasses most people interested in comic books and superheroes. These are generally people who are more open-minded and likely be believe in fantasy worlds and superpowers, possibly even imagining or role playing themselves in a superhero role. It’s also likely that they too read comic books under the disguise of a textbook! These people will be the ones the plot and main character resonates the most with and who will take the dominant ideology to heart. These are also the people who are either in school or just got out of school, and therefore may have personal connections to bullying at school, thereby drawing them into

Watson uses the rhetorical appeal of ethos and pathos to convince her audience to fight against gender inequality by joining her campaign, HeForShe.

Deconstruction, according to Dictionary.com, is a philosophical and critical movement, that questions all traditional assumptions about the ability of language to represent reality. "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner incites its readers to look for the deeper meaning behind every temporal shift, symbol, and conflict in order to truly understand the author's view about a certain reality.

June 11th, 2004, Margaret Thatcher, Great Britain’s former prime minister, gave a eulogy for Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher had worked together often during his presidency from 1981-1989. In the respectful and reminiscent eulogy, Margaret Thatcher utilizes rhetorical appeals, anaphora, and counterpoints in order to honor Ronald Reagan as a great American leader.

Gonzalez’s main message to her audience was to show the lack of actions of politicians. In her speech, she pledged to work with her peers to pressure lawmakers to change the law. According to the article “Famous Speeches: "We call BS," Emma Gonzalez's speech to gun advocates” it states that- “these people should be home grieving. But instead we are up here standing together because if all our government and President can do is send thoughts and prayers…” To explain, the speech was a response to gun laws, calling for advocacy and empowering young people to speak out against school shootings. Emma Gonzalez used ethos, pathos and logos. According to the article it states that- “again and again!" We did, time and time again. Since he was in middle

Queen Elizabeth I is considered to be one of the most powerful women in history. In 1588, as ruler of England, she was faced with an invasion against Spain for control over trade in the new world. Her “Against the Spanish Armada” speech was addressed to the English Army at Tilbury Fort to help motivate and boost assurance, as well as showing support to her troops over the battle they were about to face. With her passionate words and courageous way, Queen Elizabeth establishes a connection with her soldiers; appealing to their patriotism and emotions through logos, pathos, and ethos. Although she was uncertain of a “famous victory”, Elizabeth instills the reassurance they need to fight against Spain and leading them to victory in the end.

Watson describes women as second-class citizens at the start of the story without directly saying so. Watson comments: “My own

Hundreds of students, parents, and faculty members gathered and created an audience to witness J.K Rowling’s speech at Harvard University in 2008. J.K Rowling is a well-known author, famous for her Harry Potter book series, and much more. Rowling’s speech was well thought out, and delivered excellently, with three main points she addresses throughout the speech. The three points being: failure can lead a person to success, never give up hope on your dreams and aspirations, and lastly Rowling emphasizes the importance of imagination. Sometimes we fail to see that the obstacles in our life help shape the road to our success in the future, and Rowling points out to us that failures and obstacles is what helped us become successful , and to never ignore that.

Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson was born on April 15, 1990, in Paris. Watson is the daughter of Jacqueline Luesby and Chris Watson, both of which are British lawyers. When Watson was five, her parents divorced, and her and her younger brother Alex chose to live with their mother. Watson is most well known for her starring role in the Harry Potter films, but she is also UN Goodwill Ambassador, which partly influences what acting jobs she chooses to take.

What mainly gave rise to Watson addressing this topic was her emotions attached to the burdens people have felt because of gender inequality. Watson used pathos, an appeal to emotion, to grasp the audience’s attention. Watson provides examples of events in her own life such as, “When at 14, I started to be sexualized by certain elements of the media,” which has helped spark her interest in taking steps to end gender inequality (Watson). Watson provided numerous examples of other women, “When at 15, my girlfriends started dropping out of sports teams because they didn’t want to appear muscly,” as well as examples of males (Watson). Watson recognizes the fact that men are typically less likely to join in the fight for gender equality. In order for Watson to later “invite” men to join the

Watson recalls a time from when faced the unsatisfactory of assumptions of young women, when she said “at age [fourteen] I started being sexualized by certain elements of the press” also when her peers began to submit towards the societal intimidation which placed upon them saying, according to Watson, “When at [fifteen] my girlfriends started dropping out of their sports teams because they didn’t want to appear “muscly.”” Watson shared these illustrations to allow her audience to be familiar with someone who has been a target to gender inequality. Without seeing the matter of gender inequality, the problem can be very blind at times; without actually viewing it through the human experiences, it can be lost to statistics and generalizations. Personifying the matter allows it to strengthen the sympathy and compassion from the audience to be felt for the speaker.