A Rhetorical Analysis Of Hillary's Speech

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Hillary incorporates both inductive and deductive logic into her speech. She uses inductive reasoning to support her claim that something needs to be done about citizens in debt. “I met—yes, I see hands! Everywhere I go, I see hands. Saw one in the back there.” Hillary uses her present audience the debate as evidence of the people who are impacted by the college system and uses these examples as a reasoning to vote for her. She induces a general rule about why things need to change and with this the audience gives her their support from what they believe in. Then she switches over to deductive logic when she begins elaborating on her plan and strategies. She uses the basic rule that when people work together, problems get resolved faster. “So

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