Elder Russell M. Nelson - Sunday Morning

Elder Nelson uses a variety of tools to pull people in and make them believe what he is saying.  One way he creates pathos is by starting of with a joke.  He pulls us in with the joke so we are now engaged and listening to what he has to say.  He also uses a joke in the middle of his talk to create pathos.  The point of his joke in the middle is about the Big Bang Theory.  He then uses logos to prove that the Big Band Theory doesn't make sense.  He also builds his ethos by quoting several scripture passages from both the Bible and the Book of Mormon.  That builds ethos for him with both members and non-members.  Elder Nelson builds ethos when he talks about the human body being a miracle.  He has intensely studied the human body and he uses his experience to tell everyone how amazing the body truely is.  What stood out to me the most was his repetion.  He repeated four times in his talk, "thanks be to God."  That is a very strong statement and he was able to clearly let everyone know that all thanks should be to God.