Spacecat

Answer each question in depth and provide specific evidence from

the text or speaker whenever available. The more you write, the better!

Title of the text:

S
SPEAKER:
Who is the speaker/writer?
What do we know about
them? What can you tell or
what do you know about
the speaker that helps you
understand the point of
view expressed?
Emma Watson is a humanitarian, dedicating her time and effort towards empowering
women. As an ambassador for HeForShe, she is also helping to promote gender
equality. She is well known for her roles in Harry Potter, The Perks of Being a
Wallflower, and more. In 2014, she was appointed as a UN Women Goodwill
Ambassador. She is very much a feminist, and so she is for the progression of women’s
rights, which she also called human rights.

P
PURPOSE: In this speech, Watson introduces a campaign called HeForShe. It advocates for men
What is the speaker/writer helping to pursue the cause for equality of women in today’s society. She is speaking
hoping to accomplish? to mainly women, but also men, and she is asking that everyone contribute to their
What is the reason behind cause as it is an important topic.
this piece? What do they
want the audience to do
after having listened?

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AUDIENCE: 
 She is talking to all those in attendance at the campaign. She addresses those with
Who is the speaker/writer titles, who are quite distinguished, and then addresses the men telling them they
trying to reach? How do we should also be a part of this movement. She explains that their role will not only
know? Do they indicate a benefit the women, but also themselves. The majority of her audience was women, so
specific audience? What she chose experiences to talk about that most women could relate to, and hopefully
assumptions exist in the some men.
text about the intended
audience?

C
CONTEXT: 
 This speech was delivered on September 20th, 2014, at the HeForShe campaign at the
What is the time and place United Nations headquarters in New York. Women and men are still not equal, so they
of this piece? What is created this campaign in hopes to reverse that, or alleviate it just a bit. The hope is
happening in the world as that her speech will encourage the male audience that the role they have in
it relates to the subject of advocating for the equality of women is quite important.
the speech or the
speaker/writer?

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EXIGENCE:
What was the spark or
catalyst that moved the
speaker/writer to
act/write? How did that
event impact the
speaker/writer?
Emma Watson has been surrounded by gender inequality for most of her life. In the
speech she goes through certain ages and what she experienced at those ages. When
she was 8, she was directing plays for her parents. But the boys called her bossy
because she wanted to keep doing that. When she was 14, she began to see her
female friends drop out of sports so they could still look feminine. She also started to
get seuxalized. Because of these things, she decided to be a feminist.

C
CHOICES: She used ethos, logos, and pathos in her speech in a variety of ways. She used many
What are the rhetorical stories and anecdotes to really grasp the audience’s attention. She used diction that
choices that the was simple, yet powerful to get her point across.
speaker/writer makes in
the speech? Think about
 overall structure, devices,
diction, syntax, etc.
A
APPEALS:
Which of the three
rhetorical appeals (ethos,
logos, pathos) are present
in the text? Where? Why?
T
TONE:
What is the
speaker/authors attitude
toward the subject? Is the
tone the same throughout
the whole piece? Where
does it shift? What
evidence is there to
demonstrate the tone? 

All three rhetorical appeals are present somewhere in this speech. One example of
pathos she used was telling about the experiences she had growing up as a girl. With
logos, she mentions that statistics showed that only ⅓ of the audience at this
campaign were men, and that men need to be more interested in the role they have in
improving gender equality. She also mentions that the number one killer of men in the
UN is suicide. They are not 100% exempt from the gender equality issue. One way
ethos is used is when she mentioned that people may just know her as the girl from
Harry Potter, but there is actually much change that needs to happen and she very
strongly supports it. She ends by saying “If not me, who? If not now, when?” and this
really holds the audience accountable.
Her tone in this speech is educational and serious, but still very calm and enthusiastic
about the cause. Her attitude is that she is sick of the way women have been treated
and she is wanting it to change. It changes based on what she is doing or saying, it
changes a lot.