Rhetorical Strategies In Jimmy Carters Women Abuse Of...

Rhetorical Strategies in Jimmy Carter’s â€Å"Women Abuse of Human Rights Speech† In May of 2015 the United States former president, Jimmy Carter made an appearance at TEDWomen where he gave a speech. Most of the concepts Jimmy Carter gave in his speech revolved around the abuse of women, and their human rights. In his speech he achieved to inform his audience how severe this issue is in the United States, and other nations. In order to pass the message on sufficiently, he uses different rhetorical strategies. Carter proceeds to establish his credibility by stating facts from personal experiences, as well as historical events from other nations. Several times throughout his speech he gives statistics, showing the audience how well aware he is†¦show more content†¦Demonstrating the care he has for his family gets the audience considering their own families, and their next generation, and what they might go through if something is not done about this issue. Furth er into the speech, Carter quickly establishes his credibility, and his appeals to ethos, followed by the facts, which help builds up the significance of the speech. Carter quickly authorize his credibility simply, because he is one of the United States former presidents. Through his use of ethos, Carter talks about how religion plays a part in the mistreatment of women. This shows credibility, because he displays that he is aware of the types of religion, and how they misinterpret their form of the bible. However, he even describes the faults of his own religion for the same misinterpretation. Crater shows that he can point a finger at one’s religion as well as his own. This appear to the audience that even a former president can expose the flaws of his own religion, and that Carter is not engaging in any bias. Also, Carter announces that he teaches Sunday School, representing he is well