Exploring Persuasive Strategies Used in the Political Speeches of Sub-continent Leaders in United Nations General Assembly

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze the persuasive strategies used by political leaders of the sub-continent in their speeches at the 74th session of the UN General Assembly held in 2019. The researcher adopted a mixed-method approach to analyze the data. The sample of this study was the political speeches made by Imran Khan, Narendra Modi and Sheikh Hasina Wajid in UN GA to represent their countries as Prime Minister. All of the Sub-continent leaders employed more or less persuasive strategies to convince their audiences such as allusion, contrasts, rhetorical questions, statistical figures and inclusive language.