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Michelle Obama decides to speak her mind with the U.S. election coming up. She builds her speech on arguments, strong opinions and praise to the citizens of USA.
Michelle portrays Donald Trump in her speech as an enemy or antagonist - she does this by bringing up the fact that he has been extremely reckless towards the global pandemic Corona Virus (COVID-19).
Through this statement from Michelle Obama, it is clear that she wants people to vote for Joe Biden and go out of their way to vote.
The circumstance for the speech is the Democratic National Convention of 2020. Here, Michelle Obama is standing her own house.
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Michelle also uses ethos - simply by the fact that she is one of the most well-known and beloved women in the world.
She is a woman who gains a huge trust and credibility simply by seeming and being honest: “So let me be as honest and clear as I possibly can. Donald Trump is the wrong president for our country.”
Trough the speech Michelle mentions BLM (Black Lives Matter movement) and the global pandemic COVID-19 - she uses these mention in her description of the state and the nation itself.
Clearly, she acknowledges and recognizes the bigger problems in the U.S. in a way with honest manner, by appealing to both pathos and ethos.
Michelle expresses her kindheartedness for the children of the country, and she also appeals to pathos by mentioning:
“But right now, kids in this country are seeing what happens when we stop requiring empathy of one another.”
Statics is also brought up to gain credibility, which appeals to logos. She uses big data (real numbers and facts) to support her statements.
These added numbers in the speech also visualize her statements: “When my husband left office with Joe Biden at his side, we had a record-breaking stretch of job creation.
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