Frederick Douglass’s speech highlights the inconsistencies in America’s ideas of freedom and equality by creating a contrast between America’s celebration of liberty and the brutal realities of slavery. Addressing a crowd in Rochester‚ New York‚ Frederick highlights the extreme hypocrisy in a nation holding pride in freedom while holding millions of its citizens in bondage‚ “The great paradox of celebrating liberty within the context of slavery in the United States”- (Bernard K. Duffy‚ Richard D
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Madelein Albright‚ the United States Secretary of State‚ gave a commencement speech to the graduating class of Mount Holyoke College in 1997. With that being a women’s college in Massachusetts‚ Albright uses emotional appeal‚ examples‚ descriptions and metaphors to inspire and motivate the graduating class to continue achieving greatness‚ especially as women in society. To begin‚ Albright starts off her speech by appealing to the audience’s emotions. She does this by saying‚ “as individuals‚ each
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between Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump. This speech was aired by the PBS New Hour held at the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Not only did she fail to mention Donald Trump’s name‚ but she continued to make underlying degrading remarks against him‚ told personal life stories relating to the historical background of the White House‚ and even publicly promoted Hilary Clinton as the vote America needs. Michelle started off her speech by recalling the last moment in which she was
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universal themes that are significant despite the period in time and the audience to which they are delivered or in our case‚ studied. They challenge their audience’s perception of society and inspire them to ask questions and seek answers. In order for a speech to achieve textual integrity it must have ongoing contextual
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countries still have battles to fight against oppression. At the UN World Conference on Women in 1995‚ Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered a powerful speech about the duty of countries to promote women’s rights. She discusses her personal experience with these issues‚ the struggles women face‚ and how people can make a difference in this fight for equality. In this speech Hillary Clinton effectively persuades her audience about the urgency and severity of women’s oppression. She firstly convinces her audience
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Faulkner’s speech was short. He introduces his main point at the beginning of the second paragraph‚ “Our tragedy today is a general and universal physical fear so long sustained by now that we can even bear it.”.He was speaking in 1950. The Cold War between the United States and the U.S.S.R. had begun. Both sides were building more and more atomic weapons. The U.S.S. R. was building enormous long-range missiles to deliver the atomic warheads anywhere in America. The U.S. had short-range missiles
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President Trump’s Inauguration Speech President Trump started by accusing the administrations that have been there before him‚ including that of Barrack Obama‚ of minding their own selfish interests leaving the people of America to bear the costs and sufferings. He talked of politicians prospering while many people are jobless. However‚ by January 2017‚ statistics show that there more people employed in the US that any other time in the American history. This statement by Trump only speaks to how
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On November 19‚ 1863 the 16th President Abraham Lincoln recited a speech long to be remembered in the great nation of America. Lincoln makes major statements throughout the duration of the speech; He also shifts from the focus of honoring the soldiers with this ground to telling the people that “we” as the people need to honor this nation by committing to its survival. In this speech Lincoln states at the end of the second paragraph “We have come to dedicate a portion of that field‚ as a final resting
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Nixon for the positive first term momentous national victories he achieved or for his dedication to the American people. His final speech in office was an emotional appeal to the people to retrieve some of his dignity and to quell the sourness left by his crimes. Nixon’s pathos becomes a crutch for him in this final speech. In listening to the vocal reading of the speech there is heaviness to his words as he reflects upon this solemnly‚ “I would have preferred to carry through to the finish whatever
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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
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