Words are a powerful way for people to express themselves, especially to persuade others to think a certain way. Since communication is so vital to the human race, different techniques have been developed through the course of time to help strengthen the art of persuasion. In various speeches that were evaluated, all authors use ethos, pathos, and logos, along with other persuasive techniques to convince their audiences to believe in their cause. After analyzing “The American Crisis Number One” by Thomas Paine and “Everybody Dies, But Not Everybody Lives” by Prince Ea, it is evident that the present day speech from Prince Ea uses more effective appeals that persuades the readers compared to John Quincy Adams and Thomas Paine.
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In the example, “Everybody Lives, But Not Everybody Dies” by Prince Ea, he uses almost every technique possible into motivating his audience to live their life and have no regrets. One impactful thing that he says is, “It is not death most people are afraid of. It is getting to the end of life, only to realize that you never truly lived” (Ea 1). The technique used in this particular quote is pathos. The reason that this is pathos is because many people live an average life where they are stuck in a boring, never ending cycle. Given this, when people are on their deathbed, they think about all of the things they should have done, and now cannot. Another example of persuasive technique that Ea uses is logos in the quote, “There was a study done, a hospital study on 100 elderly people facing death close to their last breath. They were asked to reflect about their life’s biggest regret. Nearly all of them said they regretted not the things they did but the things they didn’t do” (Ea 3). By looking at this, it is evident that the elderly people in the statistics regret not taking an opportunity presented to them, showing that a person should seize every waking moment. Throughout the whole speech, Prince Ea consistently uses different metaphors, personification, allusions, and rhetorical questions to further strengthen his point. One solid question he asks the audience is, “So the question I’m getting to is, do you have the courage to grab the dream that picked you? That befit you and grips you; or will you let it get away and slip through?”(Ea 12). This device makes the audience ponder what they will do from that point on. Will they take the risk? Or will they watch it disintegrate before their own eyes and wonder what it could have been? As Prince continues using these strong devices in his speech, he ignites the reader’s hearts and minds when he finally says, “You cannot go
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In the example, “Everybody Lives, But Not Everybody Dies” by Prince Ea, he uses almost every technique possible into motivating his audience to live their life and have no regrets. One impactful thing that he says is, “It is not death most people are afraid of. It is getting to the end of life, only to realize that you never truly lived” (Ea 1). The technique used in this particular quote is pathos. The reason that this is pathos is because many people live an average life where they are stuck in a boring, never ending cycle. Given this, when people are on their deathbed, they think about all of the things they should have done, and now cannot. Another example of persuasive technique that Ea uses is logos in the quote, “There was a study done, a hospital study on 100 elderly people facing death close to their last breath. They were asked to reflect about their life’s biggest regret. Nearly all of them said they regretted not the things they did but the things they didn’t do” (Ea 3). By looking at this, it is evident that the elderly people in the statistics regret not taking an opportunity presented to them, showing that a person should seize every waking moment. Throughout the whole speech, Prince Ea consistently uses different metaphors, personification, allusions, and rhetorical questions to further strengthen his point. One solid question he asks the audience is, “So the question I’m getting to is, do you have the courage to grab the dream that picked you? That befit you and grips you; or will you let it get away and slip through?”(Ea 12). This device makes the audience ponder what they will do from that point on. Will they take the risk? Or will they watch it disintegrate before their own eyes and wonder what it could have been? As Prince continues using these strong devices in his speech, he ignites the reader’s hearts and minds when he finally says, “You cannot go