The Girl that Silenced the Word in Five Minutes

Analyse text to identify examples of ethos, pathos and logos.

Persuasive strategy	Yes / No	How the author used it?
Claim – States the main   point or stance	Yes	The beginning of her speech she used a series of short strong statements to grab the attention of the audience. The speaker used statements like “You adults must change your ways!” and “I am fighting for my future!”.
Big Names –  Mentions experts and important people to support the argument	No
Logos – Uses logic, numbers, or   facts to support the argument	Yes	She used facts about what is happening around us e.g animals and plants are going extinct every day,  there are holes in the ozone and fish in Vancouver with cancer. With her facts she mentions people that have nothing and people who have everything and her statement “even  when we have more than we need we are still afraid to share.”
Pathos – Appeals to the audience’s emotions	Yes	Using the audience the speaker address their relationships as fathers, mothers, aunts, uncles and most importantly that they are someone’s child. She used facts to make her audience feel  angry, upset, worried and frightened like her.
Ethos – Tries to build trust and credibility	Yes	In parts of her speech she says statements directly to her audience like “Did you have to worry about this when you were my age!”,
Kairos – Builds a sense of urgency   for the cause	Yes	She continues to use short statements like “ If you can’t fix it don’t break it!” This statement reinforces her argument and possibly make the adults in the argument think about what they can do to improve the situation.