ANALYSIS OF MALALA YOUSAF ZAI’S SPEECH:APPLICATION OF ARISTOTLE’S ETHOS, PATHOS, AND LOGOS

Abstract

This paper applies critical discourse analysis to analyze the speech of
Malal Yousaf Zai. The researcher has made an effort to apply critical discourse
analysis theory, and three modes of persuasion in Rhetoric: Ethos pathos and logos
.Malala Yousaf Zai’s speech before the United Nations Youth Assembly on “Malala
Day’ reaffirms her commitment to girls’ education. She is the true face of Pakistan and
Islam. This speech provides a subtle massage of hope, courage and power in the face of
terrorism. Malala a sixteen years old girl becomes the voice of silenced people who
have never been heard before.