Steve Jobs Speech Rhetorical Analysis

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Steve Jobs was the CEO of Apple and Pixar. He made his Commencement speech during the Stanford graduation in 2005. His speech was directed to the graduates of that time and could have also been directed to many others. The purpose of his speech was to inspire these graduates to follow their dreams. The main point in his speech was to never give up and, as printed on “The Whole Earth Catalog”, “beneath a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous” as Jobs said were the words, “Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish”. Throughout his speech, Jobs seemed to feel sentimental.

I feel that pathos was used most effectively in his speech. I feel this because his speech was really

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