kairotic moment at which his discourse can make the most difference or have the most influence. The speech persuades the American people by providing motivating propositions through appeals to ethos‚ logos and pathos. Kennedy’s inaugural address plays to an irrefutably persuading rhythm. Strong‚ motivational verbs are joined with sophisticated adjectives in a manner that would make the most inane speech capable of swaying an entire population. In order to capture the minds of the American people
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What makes this speech by ann Richards so great? What is the purpose of her speech?Are we truly forgotten by the government that rules over us.This is for me and you‚and everyone else.“But if you give us a chance‚we can perform.After all ginger Rogers did everything fred Astaire did. Only backwards and in heels.”~ann richards What is the purpose of ann Richards speech? First what is a keynote address?This is an act to unite the crowd‚ remind them of the party’s
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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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Before we used reason and logic to answer our questions and conclude our ideas‚ we used thoughts of superstition. These thoughts were later seen as ineffective and not credible. To emphasize the use of reason and logic Patrick Henry states in his speech‚ Speech in the Virginia Convention‚ “I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. (Paragraph 2)” Today‚ we use history as a resource thus‚ using the past to answer modern day questions. We also use history to learn from our past mistakes
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During Kennedy’s speech‚ he addresses the audience of the news conference‚ and he tries to inform the public about the inflation of steel prices and the effect on the public because of it. Throughout President Kennedy’s speech about the rise of inflation on steel prices he puts all of the blame on the companies to attempt to make them feel sympathy. In Kennedy’s speech he first explains to the public how these companies are practically taking the money right out of the public’s pockets. President
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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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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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dissatisfied with the course of action President Bush decided to take‚ and they were ready to elect a different president after Bush’s tumultuous term. Barack Obama‚ a senator at the time‚ gave a speech at the Democratic Convention announcing his support of John Kerry’s presidential campaign. In his speech‚ Barack Obama uses ethos and its related rhetorical strategies to highlight the similarities and minor differences between themselves to make John Kerry seem like a viable presidential candidate
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In his speech to University High School’s graduating class of 1951‚ William Faulkner establishes that the only thing standing against man in the battle of good and evil is fear. He persuades these young people that they have the power to fight against fear by using allusions to past and present events‚ and by appealing to the students’ sense of hope and confidence. In the speech‚ Faulkner references the Cold War‚ the major global conflict at that time and for many years to come. He proves that the
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reading read before he spoke: 2nd Corinthians Ch. 4. I think he had a great idea with the four C’s but there wasn’t really an introduction to the speech about the text. He just lists off the four C’s‚ but never says specifically in his “introduction” about what he will speak about in each “C.” There was not a clear thesis set when he went into his speech‚ he never really clearly stated it in his introduction. I also think that some of the C’s are stronger than the other ones. A great thing that he
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