Rhetorical Devices To Deliver The Purpose Of Speech By Sitting Bull

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Sitting Bull uses many rhetorical appeals and devices to deliver the purpose of his speech to his audience. Sitting Bull’s speech uses personification and ethos to effectively get his point across to his audience that the White men are taking the buffalo country from the Native American people.

In paragraph 1, Sitting Bull begins his speech using personification to bring a sense of joy to his speech. He uses joyfulness to bring the audience in and make them want to listen to his immensely important speech. Also, the effect of personification brings a vivid picture of the words Sitting Bull is speaking. He combines joyfulness and personification in the first paragraph and explains that “the earth has gladly received the embraces

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