Critical Discourse Analysis of Obama’s Political Discourse Juraj Horváth Abstract This paper examines the persuasive strategies of President Obama’s public speaking as well as the covert ideology of the same‚ enshrined in his inaugural address. Our analysis is grounded in Norman Fairclough’s assumptions in critical discourse analysis‚ claiming that "ideologies reside in texts" that "it is not possible to ’read off’ ideologies from texts" and that "texts are open to diverse interpretations"
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Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner is an excellent film that portrays life as an African American in the 1960s and different parts of society. It shows the differences between the lifestyles of whites and African Americans. By putting in a conflict like the relationship between the white woman (Katharine Houghton) and an African American man (Sidney Poitier) it made the film interesting and also it made you want to watch more to find out what eventually happens at the end of the film. In my paper‚ I will
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On a hot summer afternoon‚ in Greece‚ Zeus invited Poseidon for dinner. He wanted to prove to Poseidon that he was tougher than him so he decided to hunt for dinner. Zeus was a very brave‚ narcissistic god. Poseidon was always jealous of his younger brother. All the animals on land were either already hunted or too small for the two of them to eat. It was getting late and Zeus was running out of time to kill an animal to show his masculinity to his brother. Out of quick thought‚ Zeus decided to hunt
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have. And you sleep‚ your heart is placid; you dream in the joyless wood; in the night nailed in bronze‚ in the blue dark you lie still and shine. Simonides (c. 556-468 BCE)‚ "Danae" (tr. Richmond Lattimore) Contents PRESENTS UNLYING DYING AFTER LIVING Presents Today I’m five. I was four last night going to sleep in Wardrobe‚ but when I wake up in Bed in the dark I’m changed to five‚ abracadabra. Before that I was three‚ then two‚ then one‚ then zero. "Was I minus numbers?" "Hmm?"
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Brutus and Antony are both portrayed as above average orators in the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare‚ and they both use this skill to achieve there preplanned goals in there speeches. Brutus’s goal was to rationalize the assassination of Caesar and to convince the people that Brutus and his fellow conspirators were actually heroes for what they did. On the other hand Antony’s goal was to turn the people of Rome against the conspirators and to more brightly illuminate the good things that
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Study 2011/11/01 Fund-Raising Gala Dinner I. Project planning 1. Project charter a) Project description Due to the limited funding from both government and donation‚ Gala Dinner event is intended to publicize the new service of Rehabilitation Center which is aimed to provide occupational rehabilitation and training for disabled person‚ and to raise 2.5M HK$ for this Non-government Organization to sustain its new program. We wish Gala Dinner event will make this kind of public-service
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Going After Cacciato Tim O’Brien Online Information For the online version of BookRags’ Going After Cacciato Premium Study Guide‚ including complete copyright information‚ please visit: http://www.bookrags.com/studyguide-going-after-cacciato/ Copyright Information ©2000-2007 BookRags‚ Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. The following sections of this BookRags Premium Study Guide is offprint from Gale’s For Students Series: Presenting Analysis‚ Context‚ and Criticism on Commonly Studied Works: Introduction
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right for you and your body type. Yet most diet fads today are chosen based on a diet’s popularity amongst fellow social media influencers and to gain a sense of self-identification. Author Jessica Bruder of the article “The Picky Eater Who Came to Dinner‚” sheds light on this conflict between choosy dieters who live amongst non-choosy dieters. To have
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As Francisco left abruptly I looked to my parents who looked concerned and disappointed. Finally my mother broke the silence and said " well Im going to start dinner‚ it will be done in a couple of minutes" and left the room. My dad after a short silence left into the garage. He goes to the garage when he is troubled or needs to think. I knew it was about Francisco‚ I saw that look they gave him. I ran up to my room and called my BFF Elizabeth. I told her how my parents acted once they found out
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December 2010 After School Programs The impact that after school programs have on young children affects every aspect of their lives. Although some may feel after school programs are a waste of time and money‚ it has been proven that they improve children’s social and academic skills. Without these special designed programs‚ children may not be able to develop into the kinds of adults which will benefit society in the future. It is important that society understand the importance of after school programs
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