Analysis Of Persuasive Speech At The World Refugees By Angelina Jolie

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Angelina Jolie’s persuasive speech at the World Refugee day was direct. From the beginning she got straight to the point, “We are here today…millions of desperate families.” She announces the problem that she will be addressing in her first sentence and tells the audience why she is there. Then she states the purpose statement, which was, “Refugees are not number but are farmers, teachers, mothers, and most importantly, individuals.” She also included a personal opinion, saying that the “refugees are the most impressive people I have ever met.”
She instantly started off with her first example of why the audience should view refugees as individuals, but telling a story from when she visited struggling towns with refugees. The story was about

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