Bill Of Rights Logos Analysis

The Bill of Rights uses logos more effectively because it provides a logical reason on what the ten amendments do. What the ten amendments is that they are constitutional laws where everyone has to follow it. In the Obama speech it uses logos as well. The most rhetorical appeal that both of these documents share is logos.

There are many ways that the Obama speech portrays logos. For example in his speech he states that, “We’ve worked together to give more of our children a shot at a quality education; to help more families rise up out of poverty; to protect future generations from environmental damage; to create fair housing; to help more workers find good jobs”. President Obama uses logical reason in this quote because he is giving reasons for how we help students get a shot at education and how we helped unemployed people find good jobs. Another example where President Obama uses logos is where he states, “Murderers, Predators, Rapists, Gang leaders, Drug kingpins we need some of those folks behind bars. Our communities are safer, thanks to brave police officers and hardworking prosecutors who put those violent criminals in jail.” What this means is that President Obama is giving a good logical reason as into why these criminals

need to be locked up in jail.

In the Bill of Rights document it uses logos more effectively.

An example for where the Bill of Rights uses logos is where it states, “Americans cannot have their personal property searched without a proper warrant”. What this means is that the 4th amendment is given an absolute logical reason for why americans cannot have their house searched. Another example is where the Bill of Rights shows the rhetorical appeal of logos is where in the 5th amendment it states that, “ No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury”. What this means is that it shows logos by the person not testifying against himself without a proper

trial.

Furthermore, there are still other examples for where in both documents are still using logos. For example in the Obama speech he states that, “ So our criminal justice system isn’t as smart as it should be. it’s not keeping us as safe as it should be. it is not fair as it should be. Mass incarceration makes our country worse off, and we need to do something about it”. The way that President Obama is using logos in this quote is where he is telling the people that we need to do something about Mass incarceration. Another example where President Obama uses logos is where he states that, “ And even as we recognize the police officers do one of the toughest, bravest jobs around and as we do everything in our power to keep those police officers safe on the job. I’ve talked about this we have to restore trust between our police and some of the communities where they serve”. President Obama uses logo in this quote by giving the audience and understandable logical reason for why we need to restore trust in our police officers and our community. In the Bill of Rights it also displays examples of logos. For example in the 8th amendment it states that, “When accused of crimes, Americans are protected from excessively high bail amounts or fines and from brutal punishments”. The 8th amendment is an example of logos because it gives a logical reason for why Americans should be protected from fines.

However, both documents use ethos and pathos second most effectively. For example in the Bill of Rights it demonstrates the use of pathos by where in the 9th amendment it states that, “Americans are entitled to enjoy additional rights and freedoms not included in the tenth amendment”. This is an example of pathos because it demonstrates the emotion of happiness from Americans. In the Obama speech, President Obama uses pathos effectively as well. For example in Obama’s speech it states that, “Our kids, America's children, so often are isolated, without hope, less likely to have health insurance, less likely to have a home”. This is an example of logos because President Obama is making the audience feel sad and to take this children in their minds. Another example where President Obama uses pathos is where he states in his speech, “The bottom line is that in too many place, black boys and black men, Latino boys and Latino men experience being treated differently under the law. This is another example of pathos because President Obama is telling people how people from different races are being treated differently.