When writing a speech, writers often use methods to capture the attention of their audience. Some speeches may use their audience's emotions to grasp their attention and persuade them. Another common tactic that is used in speeches is to use facts that support the speaker's words, and this can also make the speaker seem credible to the audience. Speakers also can use words to make their audience feel a certain way whether it's positive or negative. In the speeches “Let South Africa Show the World How to Forgive” and “Speech to the United Nations” Tutu and Yousafzai use tactics like these often. Yousafzai and Tutu use their words to provoke, calm and inspire their audience.
Yousafzai and Tutu used words in their speeches to provoke the audience. Yousafzai uses the words in her speech to provoke her audience, which makes the audience feel like they need to help make a change. In "Speech to the United Nations" Yousafzai states "Dear sisters and brothers, now it's time to speak up. So today we call upon the world leaders to
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Yousafzai used inspiring words in her speech to persuade her audience to continue the fight for justice. The "Speech to the United Nations" states "Weakness, fear, and hopelessness died. Strength, power, and courage were born. We realize the importance of light when we see darkness," (Yousafzai 313). This segment from the speech shows how Yousafzai uses inspiring words because of the use of juxtaposition. She uses positive words to negate the gloomy words. Tutu uses inspiring words in his speech to show the audience that they can fight for freedom too. In the speech " Let South Africa Show the World How to Forgive" Tutu states "There is hope for all of us," (Tutu 2). This piece from the speech shows how Tutu uses his words to inspire the audience because he shows the audience that he believes in them by using the word "us". With their words, Tutu and Yousafzai inspired their