Rhetorical Analysis Of Gun Violence

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Gun violence is a serious issue in today’s world that is continuing to grow more dangerous. Everyone perceives the issue differently but President Barrack Obama has an exceptional view in which he exemplifies the importance of keeping our nation’s people safe. President Obama speaks to the entire nation in his “Remarks on common-sense gun safety reform” providing thought provoking concepts involving gun violence. Throughout Obama’s speech, he states how he believes in the Second Amendment but contrastingly believes the accessibility of guns needs to be more selective, in order to prevent guns from getting into the wrong hands. Obama conveys this message by using a variety of rhetorical elements, most noticeably logos, pathos, and repetition. In President Obama’s …show more content…

The use of repetition was specifically used in the example, “And, yes, it will be hard, and it won’t happen overnight. It won’t happen during this congress. It won’t happen during my presidency. But a lot of things don’t happen overnight. A woman’s right to vote didn’t happen overnight” (Obama 1). The repetition of the phrase “It won’t happen” and “happen overnight” depicts how this will need to be a gradual change and will require the nation as a whole to unify and solve this problem, as well as show how this is going to be difficult, but America can get through it. Obama also repeats the phrase “all of us” in the example, “All of us need to demand a congress brave enough to stand up to the gun lobby’s lies. All of us need to stand up and protect its citizens” (Obama 1). In the piece of evidence, Obama exemplifies the unity that is require and how this is not going to be a one man job. Repetition was effective in Obama’s speech because it created a structure that highlighted unity and change while still pertaining to gun

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