Question

In Nelson Mandela’s Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech (1993), his request for basic human decency from everyone is an example of what rhetorical technique?
irony
symbolism
logical appeal
emotional appeal

Answer 1

The correct answer is :  emotional appeal.   These are some of the sections of Mandela's speech on the day he received the Nobel Peace Prize, where the emotional appeal of his words is evident: "May the efforts of all of us prove that the leader for civil rights Martin Luther King, Jr. was not a mere dreamer when he spoke of the beauty of true brotherhood and peace, more precious than diamonds, silver or gold ... May a new era dawn! "

"We are here today as mere representatives of the millions of people of our people who had the courage to rebel against a social system whose very essence is war, violence, racism, oppression, repression and emprobrecimiento."

Answer 2

It is Emotional Appeal