Roosevelt

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s to analyze the speech artifact, “The Struggle for Human Rights,” as delivered by Eleanor Roosevelt. What rhetorical devices, such as ethos, logos, pathos, and the rhetorical cannons were used to convince the audience that fundamental human rights were not to compromised? To what extent, if any, was Roosevelt able to create a sense of unity among he audience, persuading them to fight toward universal acceptance of human rights and freedoms.
The critical analysis of a rhetorical artifact might be approached through the Neo-Aristotelian method of criticism. This form of criticism is derived from the teachings of Aristotle. Rhetoric is built on five classical cannons: invention, arrangement, style, memory, and delivery. In dealing with the speech artifact, “The Struggle for Human Rights,” I will use three of these cannons: invention, arrangement, and style. Invention is where the speaker must draw on both specialized knowledge and the sub and general lines of reasoning. The speaker must seek out arguments that could possibly persuade the audience to his/her case. This speaker states her main concern through an example of invention, “I have chosen to discuss it in the early days of General Assembly because t...