the two speeches even though the speeches were made for different reasons. Pericles’s speech eulogized the Athenian soldiers who died in the war against Sparta in 431 B.C.E. and comforted their families. Whereas‚ Obama’s speech was written to address the state of the union and inform the citizens of the United States of tasks ahead to help improve the nation. Both speeches however‚ are still highly respected by many people today. Both Obama and Pericles speak of civic duty in their speeches. Pericles
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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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Types of Speeches “There are always three speeches for every one you actually gave: the one you practiced‚ the one you gave‚ and the one you wish you gave.” - Dale Carnegie‚ Writer and lecturer Public speech comes in dozens of forms. From the motivational to the ceremonial‚ the christening to the eulogy‚ the rehearsed best man to the impromptu – the chances are good that in your lifetime‚ you will experience just about every genre of public speaking. We will explore a variety of speeches styles
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importance of Discourse and discourse community The concept of Discourse and discourse community is very important in English reading and writing. Discourses are group members’ shared “ways of being in the world” (Gee 484). According to the authors we studied‚ Porter‚ Gee‚ Swales‚ Johns and Porter‚ we willingly or unwillingly are part of many different discourse communities or Discourses. Almost everything we do in our everyday life requires involvement in some discourse community. Discourse or discourse
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any aspects such as the fashion style‚ hobby‚ and the language style. The later aspect is the interesting one that we want to analyze in our mini research. The influence of figure public language style toward society is could studied in Critical Discourse Analysis (commonly abbreviated to CDA). Fairclough‚ the founder of CDA‚ explains that CDA is a theory of language in relation to power and ideology (1995:1). This is a theory enabling us to discover how a ruling class rules the society through their
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Vladameer lennon leader if russia said "universal healthcare is the keystone to socialism" October 21‚ 2013 at 12:24pm I really like this. Someone did their homework‚ Googled it all & compiled it all into one. Problem is‚ no one bothered to read his book‚ where he essentially spelled this out before the first election. The only thing missing here is his heavy drug use during the”Choom Gang” years and beyond‚ the bathhouses… WHEN he refused to disclose who donated money to his election
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questioning‚ imprinting a vision and perspective in your mind. A successful speaker engages the audience in a discourse‚ which challenges and satisfies. This is evident through three feminist speeches Keynote Address at the Beijing World Conference on Women’ by Aung San Suu Kyi‚ ‘Spotty-Handed Villainesses’ by Margaret Atwood and and “Faith‚ Hope and Reconciliation” by Faith Bandler. All these speeches depict insightful techniques that demonstrate their ability to engage their audience. Delivered through
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Barack Obama is running for a second term. During the Presidential Debates‚ Obama did his best to convince the citizens of the United States to vote for him‚ and give him the opportunity to continue his role as President. In these debates‚ Obama tackled many issues including the economy‚ foreign policy‚ health care‚ immigration‚ abortion‚ and social security. Together in our essay‚ we highlight the important parts of each issue handled by Barack Obama. The first‚ and biggest‚ issue Obama takes
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Johnson Speech Bailey April 12‚ 2005 Persuasive Speeches When starting to think about what I am going to do for my persuasive speech I tried to think of a topic that I am going to be able to learn something from and also a topic that I already know something about. I was thinking of doing a speech on legalizing marijuana but I feel that a lot of people do speeches on this so I wanted to think of a new topic. I really have not thought about what I am going
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speech. Through “Together we” in the tone of his voice the anaphora and the use of inclusive language‚ as he addresses the public‚ he conveys the importance of moving forward as a nation together as one body. Within the first stanza of the speech Obama states the inclusive word ‘we’ several times‚ “We gather…‚ We affirm…‚ We recall…”. Through using the word‚ ‘we’‚ and repletion he reiterates that he is one of the people and he does not want to be thought of as just the president of the United States
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