Rhetorical Appeal To Logos In The Third 2016 Presidential Debate

Logos is an appeal to logic or reason in order to prove a point which essentially serves as a way of persuading an audience. In the third 2016 Presidential Debate, both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump strategically appealed to logos in effective ways to really grasp their audience’s attention as well as their future votes for this upcoming election in November. In the opening segment of the first 10 minute discussion, Chris Wallace asked Hillary why she felt that the Supreme Court was wrong about the second amendment on the right to bear arms. Clinton shared her opinion and later stated ".... we have thirty three thousand people a year who die from guns. I think we need comprehensive background checks, need to close the gun show loophole." (Hillary Clinton) She utilized the rhetorical appeal to logos and further displayed an example of inductive reasoning.Inductive reasoning is when the speaker starts with individual facts and makes general assumptions based on it. The effect of the thirty three thousand death results in the urgency to zero in on the background checks …show more content…
For example, she stated,”You know, back in the 1970s, I worked for the Children 's Defense Fund. And I was taking on discrimination against African-American kids in schools…..And on the day when I was in the Situation Room, monitoring the raid that brought Osama bin Laden to justice, he was hosting the "Celebrity Apprentice." In addition, she stated,“You know, I 've had the great honor of traveling across the world on behalf of our country.”(Hillary Clinton) This implies she is well knowledge about various worldly situations and know what it takes to and handle several duties of what being president entails.She shows that has numerous experience in the political field and that shows it 's plausible that she can make right decisions if she ever becomes the