Rhetorical Devices

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Have you ever heard an argumentative speech so well-structured or so well-delivered that you had no choice but to agree? Perhaps it was the speaker’s body language, their tone, or even how they appeared. The most likely explanation for this phenomenon is the proper use of rhetorical devices such as ethos, logos, and pathos. These tools are present in every single prominent speech that got its message across successfully. One such speech is Al Gore’s “Global Warming is an Immediate Crisis.” The first rhetorical device that Al Gore used was logos. This was a prominent piece in his speech, and almost all of his arguments were followed up by some form of fact, statistic, or other type of information. For example, on the fourth page of his speech
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