Modes of persuasion are rhetorical appeals used in writing to persuade an audience (Worthington 58). The rhetoric appeals are divided into three categories; ethos, pathos and logos. Writers and speakers alike must have the ability to use the three appeals within a text to persuade a particular audience. Ethos refers to the author’s or writer’s credibility. The writer or the author has to establish his or her credibility for the audience to consider his or her views. Pathos is appealing through the audience’s emotions. As an author or speaker, it is important to create a certain sense of curiosity and imagination in the audience’s minds in order to have them identify with the speech’s or text sentiments. Logos is the most important of the three …show more content…
Malcom gave this speech on April 12, 1964 during the civil rights movement. He had been invited to the King Solomon Baptist Church by Reverend Cleage, Milton and Richard Henley. His audience was mostly black people in Michigan and several white people who supported the civil rights movement (Campbell, Huxman, and Burkholder 54). The main aim of this speech was to enlighten African Americans to rise and empower themselves rather than keep relying on the white men who were continually oppressing them. Malcom was against the idea of integration and nonviolence. Though he never directly called for black people to take to arms, he challenged them to create their own political, economic and social systems and communities and assist one another as the black community. Malcom was trying to influence the black community to cease being passive and docile and instead be proactive in order for them to get their human …show more content…
He maintains a sense of elation and emotion as well as imagination throughout his speech. This he does through his description of economic and political philosophies that black people should adopt. He continually insist that for black people to rise out of oppression, they should desist integration and focus on separation. Just as the white people control all of the economic aspects in white community, black people should also control the economy in the black neighborhoods. He encourages black people to open up business, begin small and grow through self-help like the white people do in their neighborhoods. Malcom X was at this particular moment a Muslim minister in a new Mosque. This gives him authority as a respected head of an institution to speak on this particular issue. He cleverly disengages religion from the context and concentrates on the main issue which is Black Nationalism. Having been in the civil rights movement for a long time, the audience respect and give him undivided attention. This is the use of ethos rhetoric
Malcom X speech “Black Man’s History” is very intersting as it sheds light on controversial issues and also attempts to awaken the masses. It is clear that this speech was an attempt to bring in people to join Islam and to also increase faith in the leader Elijah Muhhameds teachings.this speech does have some strengths and weaknesses within it. The first strength is how Malcom X urges the black population to seek knowledge of their history. He tells the people that the white people are powerful because they know their religion and that black people can only become powerful after they find out about their religion. I found this to be true as most of the black population does not know its religion. I am a believer of how knowledge leads to
In Neil Postman’s novel, Amusing Ourselves to Death, he argues that rationality in America has become dictated by television. Through the use of ethos, pathos, and logos, Postman demonstrates that his claim is valid and reliable. These are three forms of persuasion that are used to influence others to agree with a particular point of view. Ethos, or ethical appeal, is used to build an author’s image. Ethos establishes a sense of credibility and good character for the author (Henning). Pathos, or emotional appeal, involves engaging “an audience's sense of identity, their self-interest, their emotions” (Henning). If done correctly, the power of emotions can allow the reader to be swayed to agree with the author. Logos, or logical appeal,
Malcom X delivered his speech on April 3, 1964. By it being the year of a presidential election, X anticipated his speech would encourage politicians to support black rights. In addition to
He was prepared to win Civil Rights for African-Americans through whatever means he saw fit. He believed violence and retaliation was the only way to get whites to pay attention to the demands African-Americans and change the unjust, segregated society. He advocated for African-Americans to “cast off the shackles of racism by any means necessary including violence” (Times Herald). He advocated for African-Americans to put aside their religious beliefs and differences so they could be fully united as one. He believed African-Americans needed to stand up to white oppression instead accepting it and keeping their grievances to themselves. In his “Ballot or Bullet” speech, he advised African-Americans to become politically intelligent so as to make good choices as to whom they choose to govern them. He also advised them to stick together and help each other. He did not want the black community to be separated because he believed it would lead to their downfall. He strategy instilled fear among whites because they thought there was going to be a violent and bloody uprising, He advocated for a violent revolution to establish an independent black nation if the whites refused to grant civil rights to African-Americans. He later advocated for a bloodless revolution after he witnessed several
Pathos/ethos/logos A lot of pathos were used a lot by Donald trump in the debate. For example, trump was trying to persuade to the people that the stop and frisk law would work. He was coming off in the debate, like that would be the only thing that stops the crime in the inner cities. Hillary was also trying to convince to the crowd how trump was a racist (which is true) and how he disrespects women. Donald trump also began interrupting Hillary while she was talking in her debate, when he felt she was saying something that got to him.
On 3rd April 1964, Malcom X addressed the Negro community assembled in Cleveland over the controversial issue of the civil rights movement. “The Ballot or the Bullet” speech of Malcom X can be considered as a direct response to “I have a Dream” speech of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Malcom X and Dr. Martin were taking a stand for the true freedom of the same community but with a diagonally opposite philosophies. Dr. Martin chose a non-violent approach inspired from an Indian freedom fighter Gandhi, whereas Malcom X’s approach was radical and violent. The aim of Malcom’s speech was to invoke a need for action amongst the African-American community while at the same time generating a fear of civil war amongst the Whites.
For many heroes like Martin Luther king, Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglas that fought against ending racism and inequality among the black community in the United States, Malcolm X, a prominent and a true Muslim minister, also during his life has influenced, urged and advocate for the black patriotism and right and freedom for the black American people. He achieved this through a message he passed at a meeting which was sponsored by the militant labor forum in New York. In his speech, he addressed several concerns and issues such as integration, black Americans reuniting to prevent white oppressors, having control over the American soil, and as well as solving economic issues. Malcolm X speech, until today, has really impacted and influenced many black communities. On the other hand, many others have heavily condemned him as a racist individual due some negative connotations he used during his speech. Throughout Malcolm x speech, he was convincing, made good use of rhetoric techniques and relied on Pathos in order to get the attention of his audience. He had the skills and the ability to arouse the emotions of his audience, therefore, in his speech, it seemed like most of his audience and supporters were enraptured by his story.
Ethos, pathos, and logos are three means of persuasion used in written and oral communications. Ethos, also known as the ethical appeal, is a technique used to convince an audience whether or not the writer or speaker is creditable. When an auto mechanic describes a problem with a car’s engine, he uses ethos to persuade the owner of the car that a new air filter is needed. The next mode of persuasion is pathos, which uses emotion to influence an audience. By creating a common sense of identity, a writer can reach a reader on an emotional level.
An intro to Available means Every single article, newsletter, or statement has a different purpose and impact on us. It is important to always know what is the whole point of reading and understanding the text. Many authors and writers aim for appealing to ethos, pathos, and logos. The reason to this is that their main goal is to gain trust, impact emotions, and use logic to get the reader to believe in them.
“I'm a Black Nationalist freedom fighter.” In “The Ballot or the Bullet (April 12, 1964), Malcom X, a Muslim and civil rights advocate, argues that the black community should take charge and come together as one. Malcom X supports his claim by calling out black community for not being proactive and being complaint with the community they are living in. Malcom X’s purpose is to bring the black population together. Malcom X is informing a crowd of African Americans about how they need to become knowledgeable in politics so they can elect officers that will only benefit the black community. In Malcom X’s speech, he uses tone in order to persuade a variety of listeners that the black population is disregarded, to stress the importance of
The different backgrounds of the two civil rights leaders have led them to take non-identical routes to racial equality. MLK sought for racial integration and never believed in the need to carry out violent movements whereas Malcom sought for greater civil rights for African Americans that may involve violent movements without pushing for racial integration. Inasmuch as their beliefs may not be of the same page, it cannot be ignored that racial discrimination significantly decreased because of how they led their followers in Civil Rights Movement. Without their charisma and indomitable spirit, African Americans and other minorities may still be subject to abuses of White extremists that simply do not have room in today’s modern society. However, there must be a continuing follow through on what MLK and Malcolm started as racial discrimination is still
Malcom then exclaimed,”1964 threatens to be the most explosive year America has ever witnessed. The most explosive year. Why? It’s also a political year.” This meant that the white politicians would go to black communities and force the people to vote them into office. Malcom told the people not to be afraid of the white man anymore, to be their own person, and exercise their constitutional right to vote for whoever they wanted most. Upon doing so, they discovered that when whites are evenly divided, blacks can be the swing vote to make the final decision of what administration will be put in office. Malcom then commented, “Cast a ballot or you’re going to have to cast a bullet. Time has run out” X Was pushing blacks to practice black nationalism and stand up for themselves. He used pathos to explore and appeal black nationalism as a rhetoric strategy to bring to light racial inequality and voting rights. He was an excellent speech writer and could get his audience excited about the subject matter of his speeches. He then begins to analyze racial inequality and how it relates to black nationalism and the fight for civil rights. Racial inequality and biased is a heavy topic that is shows up constantly throughout Malcom’s speech. In the article “A Rhetorical Analysis of The Ballot or The Bullet Speech by Malcom X” Gerald Huggins talks about how blacks have been dealing with this oppression and
envisions an America where black and whites will be able to get along ending all the violence that was going on in that country at the time.The speech influenced many American to bring the country together.It taught people that if we are able to ignore the pigments of our skin and realize that the same blood runs each of us then America would be better than how it was . People understood that when everyone is united that prepares the children for an even better tomorrow . No matter what background you are from we all are we subjected to treat others with respect and equality,everyone goes to the same bathroom, everyone drinks from the same water fountain, and no one should feel less than what they are. In speech Martin Luther King Jr states “Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children.” This explains that Dr.King felt that we should come together and turn away from the racial injustice within the country and work together to create the spirit of brotherhood and love, making everyone happy by bringing justice to the
To start the two men’s philosophies on the civil rights were polar opposites. Where Martin Luther King’s civil disobedience advocated non violence and peace, Malcom X’s platform advocated “by any means necessary”. Another difference was MLK’s want to integrate with Whites and Malcom wanted a separate state for Black’s. Last difference but not the least was MLK’s trust in the system of the government to work in his favor if he followed the guidelines of the law. Malcom believed that all government of the United States were corrupt. The only seeming similarity was their goal of the liberation of the Black’s from oppression.
One of the main points of the speech was that blacks of America cannot give up and they need to come together and keep fighting (Dr. Martin Luther King, 1968). I think that is true for today too but not one hundred percent true. I think in today's society the blacks and whites need to come together and become united. The world would be a whole lot become if