“The world cannot succeed when half of us are held back.” A quote by Malala Yousafzai, she is stressing that women are held back from their full potential because their rights are violated, this is very similar to what Susan B. Anthony was trying to prove back in 1873. In the speech “ Women's Rights to the Suffrage” by Susan B. Anthony, she persuaded all of the citizens of the United States, men as well as women that everyone is equal, and that women should have the same rights as men--as promised by the Constitution. Susan B. Anthony uses many rhetorical devices to persuade the audience that every woman has the right to anything a man can do. Susan B. Anthony used very effective ethos, logos, and pathos to get the main idea across that she
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Anthony uses amazing vocabulary, sentence structure, and pace in her speech to get the main idea that every person in the United States is equal. Her amazing vocabulary is shown when she says “For any State to make a sex qualification that must ever result in the disfranchisement of one entire half of the people is to pass a bill of attainder.” (Anthony, 1) She uses very fancy words that proves that women are as smart as men, and every woman should be able to make important decisions for the country. Susan is very educated, and she truly breaks the stereotype in 1873 that men are smarter than women. She uses great sentence structure when she says “It was we, the people; not we, the white citizens; not yet we, the male citizens; but we the whole people.” (Anthony, 1) She used a variety of sentence types that are very short, and straightforward to get her important phrases across to the reader, and audience. Susan Anthony also has great pace, she says “The only question left to be settled now is: Are women persons? And I hardly believe any of our opponents will have the hardihood to say they’re not. Being a person the women are citizens.” (Anthony, 2) You can really understand what things she’s trying to hit home, she really talks to the audience, and making them really think about their actions because of her pace. I really think her use of vocabulary, sentence structure, and pace really got her point
Anthony uses amazing vocabulary, sentence structure, and pace in her speech to get the main idea that every person in the United States is equal. Her amazing vocabulary is shown when she says “For any State to make a sex qualification that must ever result in the disfranchisement of one entire half of the people is to pass a bill of attainder.” (Anthony, 1) She uses very fancy words that proves that women are as smart as men, and every woman should be able to make important decisions for the country. Susan is very educated, and she truly breaks the stereotype in 1873 that men are smarter than women. She uses great sentence structure when she says “It was we, the people; not we, the white citizens; not yet we, the male citizens; but we the whole people.” (Anthony, 1) She used a variety of sentence types that are very short, and straightforward to get her important phrases across to the reader, and audience. Susan Anthony also has great pace, she says “The only question left to be settled now is: Are women persons? And I hardly believe any of our opponents will have the hardihood to say they’re not. Being a person the women are citizens.” (Anthony, 2) You can really understand what things she’s trying to hit home, she really talks to the audience, and making them really think about their actions because of her pace. I really think her use of vocabulary, sentence structure, and pace really got her point