Hillary Clinton is an American politician whom is a current candidate in the 2016 presidential election. Many people like to neglect the fact that she was the former secretary of this country, and this is why her ethos is unappealed to in a lot of people. In my opinion, I believe that Clinton's speech is extremely effective in appealing to her audience through the use of ethos, pathos and logos. She was the former secretary of the country, as well as being the wife of the former president of this country, Bill Clinton. This is the basis of Hillary Clinton's own ethos, but she also established her own ethos in her presidenital speech when she said, " To all of you whose hard work brought us here tonight and to those of you who joined this campaign this week, thank you". Clinton is establishing her own ethos by putting the fact out there that she has a campaign that funds several different industries, which has raised approximately 516 million dollars, which is truly impressive. Not only that, but she thanks a lot of people throughout the text, such as Barack Obama and Bernie Sanders, therefore whoever supports those famous politicians, then they'll support Hillary as well. Throughout Clinton's speech, she incorporated an abundance of pathos within the text. For instance, Clinton said, "Powerful forces are threatening to pull us apart. Bonds of trust and respect are fraying". This quote from the speech indicates the havoc the United States is currently facing, and how it is affecting our country and our nation. She wants to appeal to the audience by connecting with their emotions, to get them to be melancholic about the situation at hand. By stating the wrongs that are happening, she wants to appeal to the citizens' hearts. Lastly, Clinton uses logos to appeal to her audience effectively. For example, she stated, "Look at what happened in Dallas after the assassinations of five brave police officers...Nearly 500 people applied in just 12 days". With this factual information, Clinton uses statistics to draw her audience closer. This makes her have more morality, as the audience would know that she is not a type of person to lie, and that she is someone who honestly knows what is going on in America, therefore she'd be a suitable president. With this being said, Hillary Clinton was clever in her presidential speech as she uses these three rhetorical devices in order to persuade her audience.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      ~Jessica Wong