​ Rhetorical Analysis Essay

Persuasive writing and speaking can advance the progress 

of equality and social justice by starting a movement that then 
starts the progress of social justice leading to equality. In King’s 
letter “LFBJ” his purpose was to portray nonviolence resistance 
to racism , in “U.N youth Assembly” Malala purpose was to 
persuade people to use education as a weapon and to use their 
knowledge to the best of their applities and in “A Genetics of 
Justice” Alvarez purpose was to speak up about justice and to 
come to an end of dictatorship. Malala uses pathos throughout 
her writing to make her speech more persuasive to connect to 
the audience. King also uses pathos in his text to give the 
reader a better understanding and a connection to his 
emotions on the subject. Alvarez uses Logos throughout the 
text to explain what personally happened to her to make her 
audience believe and understand her argument. Malala speech 
does the best job using Rhetoric by using pathos throughout 
her argument. 
Martin luther King jr throughout his letter uses pathos to show 
and prove to his audience that his purpose in his letter is 
important and needs to be heard. In the text it says “ I hope the 
church as a whole will meet the challenge of this decisive hour. 
But even if the church does not come to the aid of justice, i have 
no despair about the future. I have no fear about the outcome 
of our struggle in birmingham, even if our motives are presently 
misunderstood” (King 11) this shows how king advance his 
purpose of nonviolence resistance to racism “we will reach the 
goal of freedom in Birmingham and all over the nation, because 
the goal of america is freedom” (King 11) King uses pathos to 
show how he wants a change but he isn’t rushing it he wants 
everything to with no violence connecting back to his purpose.  
Malala uses rhetoric throughout her speech to advance 
her purpose to her audience. In the text malala says “ we are 
really tired of these wars. Women and children are suffering in 
many parts of the world” (malala 2)this shows how malala uses 
pathos to persuade the audience to prove her purpose that the 
wars are really affecting the world causing suffering “ in india, 
innocent and poor children are victims of child labor. Many 
schools have been destroyed in Nigeria” (malala 2) Malala uses 
pathos in her speech to prove her purpose of encouragement 
to children and women.  
Alvarez uses rhetoric in her text to explain the events she 
went through that helped her prove her purpose of her speech. 
n the text it says ​“The parade went on for hours in the hot sun until my mother
was sure she was going to faint. Her feet were swollen and hurting” (Alvarez 3)
this shows how Alvares uses pathos to persuade her audience “My mother was
now doubly revolted by this cold-monster, he became something of an obsession
with her-living as she was by then in exile with my father” (Alvarez 2). ​Alvarez 
uses rhetoric throughout the text by using both Pathos and 
Logos to explain how dictatorship impacted her mother after 
she sat at the parade for hours in the hot sun.  
To summarize all the texts used in this essay uses persuading 
to advance their purpose with the help of rhetorical using 
pathos, ethos and logos to help prove their purpose in their 
speech/ text. I believe Malala uses the best examples of rhetoric 
because she uses pathos all throughout her speech to prove 
her purpose. All of the authors are successful with their 
speeches and letters because they are proving their purpose by 
using writing and speaking skills that are rhetorical. King uses 
pathos to show how equality is important among everyone, and 
Malala uses pathos to show how she believes having education 
is important.