Rhetorical Analysis Of A Journalist By Clare Boothe Luce

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It can be hard to convince an audience of journalists, whom you already know is not gonna like what you have to say as well as listen. Journalist, Clare Boothe Luce in her opening remarks to her speech, explains why her audience should listen to what she has to say next. Luce’s purpose is to prepare her audience for her message about why journalism in America is lacking. She utilizes tone, diction, and pathos to effectively appeal to her audience of female journalists.
Luce begins her open remarks by acknowledging how appreciative she is to be chosen to speak and she also adds a bit of humor to make the audience more likely to accept her. For instance she appeals to pathos in the line “I am happy and flattered to be a guest of honor on this