Mackenzie

Analysis of a Speech: Legally Blonde Elle Woods Graduation Speech

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This graduation speech is from one of the last scenes of the movie //Legally Blonde//. Elle Woods is the class elected speaker from her 2004 Harvard Law graduating class. Her purpose was to inform the students what she has gained from her three years at Harvard and what is to come in their future. She also encourages her peers to make their next steps in the world remembering that “first impressions are not always correct.” Her peers from the graduating class of 2004 at Harvard Law School. Her appeal in this speech would be an ethos or ethical appeal. I say that because her vocabulary is appropriate for her audience and so is her grammar. She is specifically talking to her class and directing her encouragement to them in a fair minded presentation. Yes the argument is effective because she was trying to encourage her class to always have faith in their steps into life and comes across as very professional. It couldn’t have gotten any stronger really because throughout the whole speech she is keeping good eye contact with her audience, speaking clearly and loudly, and she comes across as she knows what she wanted to say. She is there to encourage her class to move forward in life and that’s what she does throughout her speech. The only thing that could have been different would have been if she made it longer considering that fact that it was only about a minute and a half long. The movie was good, so that's all that matters :)
 * __What is the purpose of the speech? Provide a brief statement of context.__**
 * __Who is the audience?__**
 * __Which appeal (ethos, pathos, logos) is most prevalent? How do you know?__**
 * __Is the argument effective? Were any logical fallacies used?__**
 * __How could the argument have been strengthened?__**