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Rhetorical Analysis
Rhetorical Analysis
Rhetorical Analysis
Rhetorical Analysis
Rhetorical Analysis
Rhetorical Analysis
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Attached.
Introduction
Intro
Into to topic: Courage is an important virtue for human development and growth. People need
courage to overcome their fears and reach levels that they never thought of before.
Thesis statement: My video “Motivational Speeches Every Day | COURAGE - Powerful
Motivational Speech” supports the importance of courage in human life.
Intro the video
Speaker: The speaker in of the video is T.D Jakes, a well-known Bishop.
Additional information: T.D Jakes has made many videos on various concepts of life that have
influenced people from his church and on the outside world.
Rhetorical Analysis
Rhetorical analysis is a criticisms of the symbolic artifacts such as words, phrases, and images of
a written text or a speech and how they are used to convey a message (Reynolds, 2000).
A rhetorical analysis is conducted to determine how an author or speaker persuades or convinces
an audience of his/her arguments.
Ethos
Example 1: The video uses ethics and credibility to convince the audience. In the beginning of the
video, there is a written quote by Sandy Thom. “Your heart is a just beatbox for the song of your life.”
Example 2: The speaker establishes authority by mentioning God, the highest authority there is.
“If you are more concerned of people than you are God, then neutralize everything He put in
you…”
Pathos
Example 1: The speaker makes use of rhetorical questions to get the audience thinking about
their lives. He asks the question “D...
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