Rhetorical Analysis Of Emma Watson's Speech

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Emma Watson, the UN Women Goodwill Ambassador presented a speech on gender equality at an event for the HeForShe campaign.

Emma Watson used several persuasive techniques in her speech to persuade her audience. Firstly, she used an allusion, which is a reference to a famous person or event. She referred to Hilary Clinton’s speech on women’s rights made in 1995. By doing so, she highlighted how gender inequality has been a pressing issue to many, including people of importance, such as the First Lady of the United States, for many years now, and how little has changed, even since 1995. With this, the audience would link this issue to be something of importance.

Moreover, she also included rhetorical questions in her speech, which are questions

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