Keep Memory Alive Ethos Pathos Logos

Persuade means to cause someone to do something by asking, arguing, or giving reasons. In both speeches they are talking about historical events. In both speeches, both of the authors use ethos, logos, and pathos. In the story “Keep Memory Alive” they used repetition, rhetorical questions, and slogans. In the speech “The American Idea” Theodore H. White uses facts and opinions. Previously, in the speech “Keep Memory Alive” and “The American Idea” they use ethos, but they are not the same as each other. In the speech “Keep Memory Alive” the author uses this as ethos. Paragraph 3 stated, “It pleases me because I may say this honor belongs to all the survivors and their children, and through us, to the Jewish people with whose destiny I have

In the speech, “The American Idea”, the text stated, “Thomas Jefferson put it into words—and the idea rang the call.” In this sentence the author uses Thomas Jefferson as someone who is famous. This sentence explains that when Thomas Jefferson put it into words it gave him an idea to do what he was trying to do. The authors also used logos in the speeches. In the speech “Keep Memory Alive” said, “ Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. This sentence explains that the world remained silent during the holocaust, no one came to their rescue, the people continued to hurt them. In the story “The American Idea” stated, “Some of the first European Americans had come to the new continent to worship God in their own way, others to seek their fortunes. This is logos because it is a fact, in others continents you could not worship God the way you wanted too. They also used pathos to show emotion, In the story “The American Idea” stated, “I remember: It happened

In paragraph 7 it said, “And I tell him that I have tried. That I have tried to keep memory alive, that I have tried to fight those who would forget. Because if we forget, we are guilty, we are accomplices.” This is a repetition because it uses “I have tried” and “we are guilty” multiple times in the sentence. Elie Weisel also used rhetorical questions in the speech. Paragraph 6 stated, “ And now the boy is turning to me: “Tell me,” he asks. What have you done with my future? What have you done with your life?” This is a rhetorical question because the boy is asking what have you done with their life and future. In the speech “The American Idea” He uses facts and opinions. The facts he uses is in paragraph 16 stating, “Adams and Jefferson lived long lives and died on the same day—the Fourth of July, 1826, 50 years to the day from the Continental Congress’s approval of the Declaration.” This is a fact because they actually died on that day. The opinion he used is “It seemed that a Divine attestation had solemnly hallowed and sanctified the great anniversary by the impressive ministration of Death.” This is an opinion because it is not