Saturday, September 24, 2016

Comparing the two speeches, I believe that Trump's speech was more effective. Although I do not agree with his vision for his future, I can see his standpoint in this. Clinton offered up a more positive for the future but unfortunately it did not look realistic. Clinton did use a lot of ethos by attacking Trump as provocative and mentioning her previous roles in the government therefore making her seem like the position suited her. However, I felt that she was lacking logos when she illustrates her plans to make America great such as free college tuition for the middle class or more available jobs. Clinton failed to include how she was gonna achieve that and if that was possible, why hasn't it been done? Her plan was not clear enough. Whereas Trump claimed to stop gangs and mass immigration to make America great again and his plan was to forge a wall. Although it may not be agreeable, it does seem more effective because of his use of logos. Trump also used pathos really often invoking fear to motivate the people. Sometimes fear can be a dangerous tool. Ethos also appeared a few times, when he demoralizes Clinton and blames America's downfalls on Clinton, stating how this was her legacy: "death, destruction, and weakness." By doing so, Trump is able to make himself look better in front of the people's eyes. Overall, Trump's speech was potent.

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  1. This is a great post. I agree with you entirely. Trump's speech surpassed Clinton's through his use of ethos and logos, just as you mentioned. It's interesting to consider how Trump developed his party's platform by focusing on problems inside our country, and specifically how he will combat them. Clinton did do better than Trump in her ability to show off her governmental positions, which is an important part of her reasoning for her candidacy.Adding on to what you said, I have to admit that Clinton did appeal to Bernie Sanders' followers and mother well, which could turn out to be a powerful group of voters. This could prove a challenge to Trump if she got those votes. All in all, I agree that Trump's speech evoked more emotion in the audience and generated a greater following. How could Clinton have changed her speech to be better than Trump's?

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