The speech most anticipated by the American people is the State of the Union. This is the speech that the President delivers annually to the joint session of congress. During this speech‚ he is basically giving his assessment of the nation with the economy and budget being the main emphasis of the whole speech. Because the audience is mainly congress‚ this is an excellent opportunity to present his agenda to those who would be responsible for passing it. The President’s cabinet consist of fifteen
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Barack Obama‚ the next president of United States of America‚ uses words with strong images and connotations within his speech to effectively express his opinions. For instance‚ in the fourth line of his speech‚ he states that “But our time of standing pat‚ of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisions- that time has surely passed.” The word “pat” denotes small influence‚ often insignificant. This word is implying that Americans have been too boasting about the influential standing
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The Chicago Speech The presidential victory speech delivered by Barack Obama who is the president to be was held on 4th of November 2008 in Chicago. He creates an immediate bond with the audience as he begins his speech saying‚ "Hello Chicago!". He then pauses for a minute in order for the citizens of America to welcome him as the USA’s president. Then he addresses the people who had not voted for him because they thought he was not capable of leading America and then thanking the thousands of
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During his keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention‚ Barack Obama introduced himself as a skinny kid with a funny name. The rising star of Illinois politics was elected to the U.S. Senate three months later. His delivery‚ using rhetoric‚ was full of fervid sentiment that reminds us of what we love about the United States of America. His passionate speech inspired Americans to renew their faith in their country and persist their individual dreams and yet still come together as one
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playing of the National Anthem and Pledge of Allegiance‚ people said it didn’t matter. WHEN he surrounded himself in the White House with advisors who were pro-gun control‚ pro-abortion‚ pro-homosexual marriage and wanting to curtail freedom of speech to silence the opposition‚ people said it didn’t matter. WHEN he said he favors sex education in kindergarten‚ including homosexual indoctrination‚ people said it didn’t matter. WHEN his personal background was either scrubbed or hidden and
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Language of a Public Figure The opening of the speech is very clear and direct‚ setting a serious essence for the audience to appreciate the detailed fashion in which Obama will go on to explain the effects of Osama Bin Laden‚ America’s actions‚ the assassination‚ and the important distinguishing of Islam and Pakistan from Al Qaeda. Obama is very profound for his use of emotive language; in this speech‚ he exemplifies this immediately. His use of antitheses opens with‚ “a bright September day was
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to be perfect. We feel like we need to look like the models in the magazines. Because nowadays‚ it’s all about the looks‚ the style and the weight‚ nothing else matters. The actual definition of perfection is ‘being entirely without fault or defect ‘. Can anybody actually think of anyone who has no fault? Whether its weight or something silly like a limp or a allergy‚ everyone has one. And when we have a small fault like this‚ we feel like the world could end and we will never be perfect like those
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Richard Nixon finds himself giving his “Resigning the Presidency” speech‚ where he uses logos to appear reasonable and show that he has given this decision a lot of thought‚ ethos to show that he did what needed to be done‚ and pathos to talk about his feelings‚ accomplishments‚ and regrets regarding his presidency. Nixon‚ the man who played the most considerable role in covering up the Watergate scandal‚ uses logos in his speech to justify resigning early. He points out that he has lost nearly all
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ALL HAIL KING OBAMA It is hard to ignore the problems in Washington when everyone is talking about them. From the corrupt democrats to the right wing extremist republicans‚ everyone seems to have a problem with the people that are in government seats in Washington. The speaker of the house seems to be getting a lot of the attention recently‚ being called a number of derogatory statements. Yes it seems everyone has a problem with the government of these United States. Still however the
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A Moving Speech For many years and still currently‚ Primary speeches have been important and must be written thoughtfully and edited with every bit of scrutiny. They help office runners round up unprecedented amount of undecided voters and help paint a picture to the public of how they want to be portrayed. Obama’s 2008 New Hampshire speech did just that. With the usage of many literature techniques such as logical fallacies and rhetorical devices Obama was able to bring to life the ideas he wanted
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