Analysis of Obama’s victory speech Obama’s victory speech is a speech that the democrat Barack Obama held in his hometown Chicago‚ after being elected for president on November 4th‚ 2012. Chicago is where he in 2008 won his first presidential election. When taking a starting point in the pentagon model‚ we know that a text (in this case a speech) is always centered around an intention of the writer/speaker and is always dependent on the interrelationship between the topic‚ the writer‚ the reader/audience
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belief of an audience‚ convincing them to choose a side. The first persuasive speech I done I was nervous for some odd reason. When it comes to informative speeches I can talk a lot‚ but it’s different with persuasive speeches. Gaining the attention of the audience enough to persuade them is the major key to a good persuasive speech. Speech 3 was the longest persuasive speech being four to six minutes and it seemed to be the longest. With persuasive speeches‚ you want to provide the audience with enough
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[ Rebecca Ezekiel Step-by-Step – The Five “W”s The keys to planning an effective presentation Preparation is the perfect way to minimize nervousness and maximize confidence before a presentation. To prepare thoroughly‚ think in terms of the five W’s: why‚ who‚ where‚ when and what. Why am I speaking? What is your objective in this presentation? Is it to inform‚ persuade‚ motivate or explain? Are you selling a product‚ promoting an idea‚ sharing financial results‚ appealing to investors or training
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Knowing Your Audience Paper and Communication Release Knowing your audience is a very important aspect any time a company communicates information to a group or organization. Knowing the audience is even more important when a company has to deal with the fallout following a disaster. The disaster of the Chilean copper mine in South American is one example of where knowing your audience was a very important factor. In a Chilean copper mine‚ an unfortunate collapse in one of the shafts of them mine
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Complete a close analysis of a TV studio produced show or segment that includes a studio-based interview. Identify and discuss the format and production elements used to execute a studio-based interview. 1 Michael Parkinson made his debut as a talk show host with his own Parkinson show in 1971. After being on air for 25 years Parkinson came to an end as Michael Parkinson retired. Parkinson falls under a factual programming/ light entrainment TV genre. Generally‚ Parkinson uses a simple format
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Delivering patient care is intertwined with communication and person centred care. It entails understanding that healthcare professionals put patient’s needs at the centre of the whole process of their care. However‚ care is achieved by providing patients with the best treatment for their illness‚ give them the choice of treatment‚ respect their decision making and maintain confidentiality of their information (NMC‚ 2010). My observations during practical placement in care of the elderly ward in
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Wiesel opened his speech in a most humble clear tone‚ loud enough to be audibly heard‚ yet soft enough to portray the deep pain he obviously still felt as he told the story of how his father called out to him just before he died in the bunk bed above him and of how he was too afraid to go to his father’s deathbed for fear of the German guards. His opening reference to his father’s heavenly grave was an attention grabber. (Beebe‚ pp. 189‚ 14) He paused for effect and used short simple sentences in
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Bono’s speech at the Harvard University Bono‚ the lead singer of the famous rock band U2‚ gave a speech at the Harvard University on June 6th‚ 2001. Bono focused on the world’s primary problems. Bono tries to convince the students at Harvard University‚ that the world has some issues that someone should take care of. In the beginning of Bono’s speech‚ Ethos is used to get reliance from the audience. He begins describing himself; “I am a singer and a songwriter but I am also a father‚ four times
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motif throughout her speech 2. Atwood frequently adopts an ironic tone in order to appeal to both Logos and Pathos. She uses logic (Logos) to undermine logic (appealing to Pathos) and this can be shown in the paradoxical line ‘We con-artists do tell the truth’. Overall this paradoxical voice and polyvocal shift between the complexities of an academic argument to simple description of a narrative engages all intellectual levels of her audience. The universal purpose of the speech is made engaging through
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Bush’s speech is to justify his future military actions and to unite the Americans by appealing to their emotions. Bush used a variety of emotive language and stylistic devices to express his concern over the incident for the audience. Content and Theme Firstly‚ Bush structured this speech is very small paragraphs. When he delivered the speech he speaks very slowly and never speaks more than 6 sentences at a time. Also‚ he pauses very often to allow the audience to clap for his speech. This
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