Rhetorical Analysis Of Bill Gates's Speech

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Bill gates launch by talking about his experiences at Harvard and relates with the student, while also making jokes about him not graduating. It was not exactly clear what the tagline was of this speech was but a line that really stuck with me as if you believe all humans are equal then why aren't some getting the medicine that they need. He talks about how the reason that they aren't getting the medicine they need is that they don't have any economic power but we do and we need to use our economic power to help them. He gave everyone a call to action to help those who are less fortunate than you. I think in this speech he uses a lot of ethos and pathos. This is because in this scenario he doesn't really need to give facts, instead he talks about his experiences. …show more content…

I think that ethos just comes with having a reputation like bill gates being the richest man on earth, owning a fortune 500 company, and has created multiple charities that he devotes his money and time

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