In a speech given to try to persuade members of the Public Safety Committee of the Dutchess County Legislature in New York, Aaron Weiss makes a strong case to repeal the Safe Act.…
For those of you who don’t know of Pricilla Shirer, she is a motivational Christian speaker of God. She has written several New York Times best-selling books as well. Below is a link to her website if you’re interested.…
Although Naomi Schaefer Riley use many effective rhetorical devices to strengthen her argument, she gets a little off topic towards the end of her article. The end of her essay lack the effective use of ethos and other rhetorical devices to keep the reader on track. The author keep coming back to Thiel’s idea which confuses the reader of her position in this argument. For example, she says, “so does Thiel’s offer suggest that a university diploma might be most useful lining a birdcage?” (10). By keep going back to Thiel’s plan for the students the article seems unprofessional and messy. It looks disorganized and takes away the intelligent tone she has established until this far in the article. By this unnecessary repetition the reader might…
The context of this speech is that on January 18, 1986 the Challenger Shuttle exploded seventy-three seconds into flight. Aboard this aircraft was Christina McAuliffe, the first teacher in Space, who served as an inspiration for school kids nationwide. The speaker of this speech is Ronald Reagan, the President at the time, and his audience is the citizens of the United States. During his speech, Reagan creates a sense of unity and also expresses his feelings of grief. The purpose of each is to convince the Nation that he is a fellow American and to show the value he holds for human life. In order to achieve the impression that Reagan is a fellow American he takes on the persona of a sensitive family man who feels for the loss of his country.…
In the following speech, Pamela Meyer talked primarily about what a liar is and the basics of how they are formed. She is also known for being an analytical observer, in which she can identify certain gestures such as hand motions, facial expressions. and the way a person communicates. Typically when a person lies its normally out of instinct and a set foundation and thus is an evolutionary process. A liar is genetically instilled within everyone's DNA, from baby to an adult.…
Following the wake of the Pulse Shooting in Orlando, the Democrats in the House of Representatives staged a sit-in protest as an attempt to force their Republican counterparts into voting for stricter gun legislation. The legislation in question would ban suspected terrorists from purchasing guns, in addition to requiring universal background checks prior to the purchase of arms. Despite the attempt, the Republicans of the House failed to vote on the new legislation, and thus, barred it from passing. But what was most notable from this protest were the impactful speeches and arguments made on both sides of the aisle throughout its duration.…
Growing up in an Irish Catholic family who voted republican, Peggy Noonan switched her alliance to the republican party. Just like many young conservatives around her age did, in which was considered a new era in which began with Ronald Regan being elected president. AS a student in college Peggy had different views when it came to the war in Vietnam, even as the editor of the undergraduate newspaper the war didn’t affect her personally.…
Daniel Webster created a speech in 1825, which he delivered to the people who were fighting in the American Revolutionary War. Webster uses pathos, logos, ethos, diction, and syntax in his speech in different ways, some of them more than others.…
Nancy Mairs had a normal, healthy life like any other person. Although, as time went by, she had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, which eats away the protective covering of nerves which interrupts the nerves’ signals that passes through the central nervous system. Mairs piece had a purpose to inform her audience about her personal life and her thoughts about being “crippled”. Mairs also includes the superficial beauty standards society has set. Mairs relates it to her and her audience’s feelings about the way it shaped people’s criticism of others that do not set to the superficial standards in society. Mairs captivates her audience to read more and be thoughtful about what she wrote is because of her uses of a variety of rhetorical…
Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) delivers the student address at Harvard Law School’s 2004 graduation ceremony in the movie Legally Blond. In the film Elle is a misguided student who gets accepted into law school upon false pretenses, merely to get back with her ex-boyfriend. He broke up with her because she was not suitable to be a future Senators wife, he claimed she lacked intelligence and only had her looks to depend on. Everyone’s doubt pushed her to stay determined, confident, and come to the conclusion that she does not need a man to justify her life. She also realizes that passion fuels the ability to become successful. This speech is very effective because of the rhetorical appeals of ethos, logos, and pathos used throughout.…
Gabby Douglas's later stages of life were spent dealing with hardships. It has been recently discovered that the United States of America’s female gymnastics team was sexually assaulted by their team doctor, Larry Nassar. Nassar would assault them during every single checkup or physiotherapy appointment they had. Larry had his favourite athletes and would book longer sessions with them, so he had more time to assault them. Gabby was not favoured, although she had at least one physiotherapy session per day.…
In America, there used to be unfair laws and regulations regarding labor. Children are put to work in harsh conditions, conditions often deemed difficult even for adults, and are forced to work ridiculous hours. Florence Kelley gave a speech at the National American Woman Suffrage Association in Philadelphia on July 22, 1905. In her speech, Kelley uses repetition, pathos, imagery, logos, and carefully placed diction to express how child labor is morally wrong and inhumane.…
Emma Watson is a well-known actress that she gained her popularity as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film collections. She gave a thirteen minutes’ speech on gender inequality for the UN Women, or The United Nations Entity for gender equality and the Empowerment of Women, on September 2014. This speech uses emotions to connect with audiences, establishes her credibility, and lists out different facts and statistic that reignite the feminist movement successfully.…
Elite athletes around the world start training from a young age. Successful athletes such as Serena Williams, Michael Phelps, and Usain Bolt inspire young athletes to become a pro one day. Whether the end goal for these children is to win a medal at the Olympics to the claiming a ring at the Super Bowl, the training the children have to endure through can be an extremely rocky, gruesome, and expensive endeavor. Unfortunately, the nature of sports and the vulnerability child athletes has allowed predators and pedophiles to make their way into organizations (Brackenridge 2017.) The purpose of this paper is to understand the culture of sports, how sexual abuse in young athletes can affect their well-being in various sports i.e., the Olympics and…
In the year 2014, at the United Nations headquarters in New York City, United Nations Women’s Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson delivered an ardent speech addressing the dispute about gender inequality in the world. Her intention was to raise awareness of the struggles that women and men face throughout their life regarding this issue. During this speech, Watson uses numerous strategies to engage her audience’s absorption of the subject along with the three major elements of the speech; her introduction was striking, the body was sympathetic, and the conclusion reached the main goal of the speech. Watson opened her speech with a statement about what the objective of the address was while using a humble, clear, and soft tone, maintaining the emphasis required to portray the emotion necessary as she discussed the way she felt about how neglected gender inequality has been for ages. She engages the audience by telling them that the HeForShe campaign is the first of its kind at the United Nations, stressing again the ignorance that gender inequality goes through.…