Atticus Finch Rhetorical Analysis

Atticus Finch used ethos, pathos, logos, anaphoras, and rhetorical questions in his closing argument to make the jury think about their opinion based on the evidence. He uses these to persuade the jury to believe that Tom was in fact innocent. He appealed to the jury's sense of reason, logic, emotions, and the overall appeal of the speaker or writer himself. He makes the jury think about the facts, and think about the credibility of Bob and Mayella side of the story. Even though the facts show that Tom Robinson is innocent the jury still found him guilty.
Anaphora was the most used in the closing statement in the trial of Tom Robinson. An anaphora is the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines.