Cleland's Last Speech Analysis

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Cleland relies heavily upon the persuasive technique of pathos-targeting the emotions of his readers. He uses this technique to convince his audience that more needs to be done for U.S veterans. For example, he states “Imagine… a bomb splitting a humvee apart… and taking your leg with it.” Cleland paints this gruesome picture to target emotions of his reader. He does this in order to encourage his audience to believe such horrendous events experienced by our soldiers warrants our attention and action for/to those who return. Cleland also states, “Forty years after I had left the battlefield, my memories of death and wounding, were suddenly as fresh and present as they had been in 1968.” Again, Cleland uses pathos to convince his readers and

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