Rhetorical Analysis On Malala Yousafzai

Malala Yousafzai in her speech, to the UN, implies that the boys and girls are not being given the chance to have an education and if they did the children are afraid of the opportunity and at the same time persuading young people to be able to join her cause. She supports her claim by first thanking all the people that supported her during incident that happened in 2012 where she was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman and luckily made a huge recovery, then she mentions the education for boys and girls, and finally she talks about her ideas and pushes everyone to take action. She establishes a persuasive tone for boys and girls to be able to join her cause. Malala uses Ethos, Logos, Pathos and rhetorical devices to support her speech and make it effective for young people to assemble in her purpose.

Which gives her the credibility for her to speak of being given the honor of wearing the mantle of a hero during her speech which is representing ethos. Secondly, she gives thanks to god,her elders,nurses,doctors and to all the young innocent children whose words of prayer gave her hope. As she thanks everyone she sets the tone for an emotional speech. Later on she qoutes “Their right to live in peace. Their right to be treated with dignity. Their right to equality of opportunity. Their right to be educated”. The words “Their right” is an anaphora because it has been repeated at least 4 times to get her point across and making it effective for the