Rhetorical Analysis Of Kelley's Speech

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There was once a time in this nation when labor was unfair and very dangerous, especially for the youth and women. People, specifically women, fought for their rights and the rights of children who were simply far too young to be working in such conditions. Children left and right were being used to reach into small spaces, especially where they could get hurt very quickly and women were left to smell toxins that would eventually hurt and possibly kill them. Working was a dangerous part of life before, it was full of dangerous conditions that were unfair and cruel to the people. These conditions were horrible and the people were completely fed up with this, so the people came together at the National American Woman Suffrage Association in Philadelphia …show more content…
As Kelley does this, she uses an incredible amount of pathos to connect with her audience, to make them understand the pain and sadness that those children and people have to go through. Kelley says, “No one in this room tonight can feel free from such participation,” by saying this, she makes the people in the audience feel guilty. When she says this to the people, she connects with them because she is involving everyone with her, by saying that if they do not do something, they all will be full of guilt, she connects with them because if they feel guilty, they are more likely to do something about these unfair laws that the children are forced to commit too, as well as the women and men who have to deal with …show more content…
She stood up for children specifically, who worked 11 hours through the night, for the kids who were working, while everyone slept. She spoke up about the unlawfulness, the unfairness, and the mistreatment they faced, hoping and waiting for better. She used methods of persuasion such as pathos, to connect with the audience to make them understand that it was unfair and cruel and to put themselves in the children's positions so they could understand. She used professional diction to add an informational and serious tone to her speech, to set the mood for the audience who was listening to prove that what they have those people and children doing, was horrific. She also uses an oxymoron to show how unappealing a situation is. She does this all to help and to bring attention to the situation, to bring about change and

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