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On September 5, 1995 in Beijing China, Hilary Clinton delivered her speech Women’s Rights are Human Rights at the United Nations fourth world conference on women. While giving her speech Clinton spoke forcefully and passionately to a room full of men and women. Clinton made sure to speak from experience and emotion, and that’s how she connected with her audience. In her speech she targeted the government and organizations who don't stand up for their grandmothers, moms, sisters, daughters, and cousins. She even targeted the females, she said, issues women and girls face are ignored and unresolved. Their unresolved and ignored because they are being silenced. Her overall goal of presenting this speech was to state that equally and respect for women throughout the world. She wanted to bring everyone together to support this issue. Hilary Clinton convinces her audience that women’s rights are human rights, through the use of trials and other women’s …show more content…
By using the words she did, it makes it easier to picture and see what she's actually saying. The effect of doing this is, having the readers actually imagine what these women throughout go though on a daily basis. It’s not always happy, sometimes your going to have sad moments too. Her purpose of doing this is to evoke emotion throughout the audience. T Throughout the speech Clinton does make use of rhetorical appeals known as ethos, pathos, and logos. Ethos is the speakers credibility or ethical appeal. Some examples of her using ethos is when she states, “It’s conferences like this that compel governments and peoples everywhere to listen, look, and face the world’s most pressing problems” (Clinton par 6). Another example of her using ethos is when she states, “That is why every woman, every man, every child, every family, and every nation on this planet does have a stake in this discussion that takes place here” (Clinton par

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