Being in a war with Germany has caused Whinston Churchill to write a speech to try and convince Parliament of why he needs to form a government quickly. In the speech "Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat" by Whinston Churchill, Churchill uses appeals to logic and emotion to justify his plan to start a government with such urging to parliament. Churchill also uses rhetorical devices throughout the speech, such as hyperbole and word choice to emphasize his points. By using these devices, Churchill creates a strong proposal that explains to parliament just what he wants to get done and what his intentions are. There are two major appeals that Churchill uses in his speech "Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat". For example, in the first half of the speech …show more content…
In the speech Churchill often uses hyperboles to help convey his point, for example Churchill says, "To form an Administration of this scale and complexity is a serious undertaking in itself, but it must be remembered that we are in the preliminary stages of one of the greatest battles in history...". By calling the war that's about to befall them, "one of the greatest battles in history," Churchill is over exaggerating the greatness of the battle, but he does this to emphasize the fact that this battle is still important, and that's why there needs to be an urgency about how they go about forming a government. In this instance Churchill used the exaggerated greatness of the battle to reason why they need to be hasty with the formation of a government, this appeals to people's logical reasoning. Along with hyperboles Churchill also uses his word choices to create a sense of urgency, for instance, Churchill says, "We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind. We have before us many, many long months of struggle and of suffering." In these two sentences, Churchill's choice of words such as, "grievous", "struggle", and "suffering" creates a tone of crisis. By using words to describe a very horrible and stressful situation, Churchill once again creates a sense of urgency throughout his speech. Because Churchill used