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Ethos Pathos Logos Of A Speech Summary
Analysis of a speech made by Rene Boisvert, a Québec separatist
Rene Boisvert’s speech about the wish to make Québec independent includes many oratory devices to make the speech effective in getting the attention of the audience and making an impression. First of all he focuses on the use of logos and, especially, pathos in the speech. In the first paragraph we can find logos in sentences such as “eight of the other Canadian provinces are overwhelmingly English-speaking”. In this sentence it is obvious that he uses logos because he is informing us about the issue. But what is not as noticeable is that, as he is directing his speech towards people of Québec, this sentence is also pathos because it is pointing out that the they are a minority

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