Elder Holland's Ethos Pathos Logos

April 12th, 2015, Easter Sunday, in the LDS General Conference Jeffery R. Holland, Elder of Quorum of the Twelve Apostles bore his testimony of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. Holland was born into the church, studied the Christianity faith, occupied as Institute teacher in the Church Educational System and was called to serve as an apostle by the prophet on June 23, 1944. Elder Holland testimony is bore to the members of the LDS church and non-members worldwide through the location of the meeting, television and radio broadcasting. Elder Holland's purpose was to give information and/or answer questions about the Atonement of Jesus Christ, also to explain how it can help us with returning to Heavenly Father in the highest celestial glory. Elder Holland uses the

Elder Holland tells an Anecdote to draw the attention of his audience to enter the subject of his speech. Elder Hollands also practices structural devices, Parallel Structure to display the amount of gratitude Holland has for Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ and Repetition to ensure that his audience understands what he is saying about Christ. Lastly, Elder Holland employs devices of language such as Imagery to produce a clear picture of what is going on and Juxtaposition to show the strength that Christ has. Elder Holland also adds rhetorical questions to make the audience think deeply about what he asked. Elder Holland uses Ethos to give Jesus Christ credit that he is the Savior of the world and is responsible for the beginning and end of all. Elder Holland declares, "I declare this Easter morning that Jesus of Nazareth was and is that Savior of the world, the "last Adam", the Author and Finisher of our faith, the Alpha and Omega of eternal life" (76-78). Holland gives Jesus Christ credit by practically saying he is the beginning and end of the world, faith and our enteral life. This is effective because it shows that Holland is humble and gives