Rhetorical Analysis Tony Blair's Speech

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Blair’s Rhetorical Devices
British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, in his speech following September 11, 2001 clarifies the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in 2001. Blair’s purpose is to figuratively explain how America dramatically changed from the attacks, and the improvement of the nation’s safety. Blair’s speech was effective in persuading Americans to be united with our allies in desperate times, and take action on necessary cases because the use of pathos, flashback, and anaphora.
To begin, Blair effectively appeals to pathos to make the reader feel the need to come together with others no matter the circumstances. According to Blair’s speech he states that Utilitarian and Utopian nations are merging for international affairs despite their differences (2). Blair provides an idea that makes readers think about the connection of two nations that are completely different, but are coming together without any sort of conflict inflicted to each other which brings out emotions because the
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As said in the speech, ¨American power affects the world fundamentally. It is there. It is never irrelevant. It can affect the world for good or affect it for bad” (16). Affect being repeated throughout the paragraph displays that there is a cause that is not only important, but should be realized while reading. Also, when a word is repeated that is a signal to the reader to pay attention to what the statement is because not only can the statement change the reader's mind, but realize what problem the author may address. Repeating a word using anaphora powerfully demonstrates the main idea because the main idea is more easily found while reading. As a result, Blair definitely persuades the reader with his use of pathos, flashback, and anaphora throughout his speech. Each rhetorical device displays the ideas more clearer to the audience to get his idea through their