Rhetoric...In a Conference Talk???

I was too busy taking notes of all the important things that were said during General Conference the past two days to really analyze any of them for rhetorical value so instead I decided to use a talk entitled "Special Experiences", that focuses on our personal journey through life and how it provides us with special experiences that become building blocks of faith and testimony, given by Elder Ronald A. Rasband of the Presidency of the Seventy during the April 2008 conference.
Elder Rasband first gives himself creditability by bring out that we just finished sustaining the new prophet and all the leaders of the Church. Since he is a leader of the Church and we just finished raising our hands to the square in his behalf, we are abliged to listen to his words and know that they have been approved by God. If thats not creditability, I don't know what is. Later in the talk he also gives himself creditability by quoting a scripture from the Doctrine and Covenants foretelling the expansion of the Lord's work in our day and then quoting President Monson (who, might I add, we just finished sustaining).
He establishes emotional appeal by relating an anecdote of one of his personal experiences. He relates when he and his wife went to a small, newly built floating island on Lake Titicaca and how the children had to paddle 45 minutes to and from Puno every day to attend seminary. He also tells how the members have to travel to the next country over in order to attend the temple and be endowed and sealed to their families for time and all eternity.
Lastly, Elder Rasband uses logic when he connects building a building to building our testimonies through experiences we go through in this life. He tells us that as experiences accuulumate in our lives, they add strength and support each other just like the blocks of a home support the rest of the house. Just like this alanogy, the personal experiences we go through are building blocks for our testimonies and faith.
As you can plainly see Elder Rasband clearly understand the importance and benifits of using rhetoric devices to convey his messages. He understands that by using these tools, those who are listening will be more willing to follow his council and apply his talk to their lives.