Critical Discourse Analysis of Obama’s Political Discourse Juraj Horváth Abstract This paper examines the persuasive strategies of President Obama’s public speaking as well as the covert ideology of the same‚ enshrined in his inaugural address. Our analysis is grounded in Norman Fairclough’s assumptions in critical discourse analysis‚ claiming that "ideologies reside in texts" that "it is not possible to ’read off’ ideologies from texts" and that "texts are open to diverse interpretations"
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Michelle Barrow English 111-l4 Mrs. Louis April 11‚ 2014 Two Political Speeches‚ One powerful Message Two great inspirational political figures‚ hold audiences captive with their patriotism‚ leadership‚ and compassion speaking of our past‚ our present and our future. President Obama plays big brother with our youth‚ demanding they take responsibility for their education‚ embellishing that the future of our country depends on them. Sarah Palin in her Vice-Presidential speech‚ confronts
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Name: 2/20/2013 Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about why gas prices are so high‚ and continue to rise. Central Idea: Gas prices are on the rise in the US recently because of three major factors: the price of crude oil‚ the increase in internal regulations‚ and the increased demand for the gas. Organizational pattern: Topical Introduction I. Attention-getter: Back home‚ I used to spend 6 dollars to fill my car with gas. Unfortunately‚ today I spent 70 dollars‚ actually
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Speech #1 Part 1: Contents Section: 1. Title- Struggle from the Start 2. General Purpose- To Inform 3. Specific Purpose- To inform my audience that arthritis is not just a condition for the elderly. 4. Thesis Statement- Being diagnosed with arthritis affected my childhood‚ my athletics‚ and it will continue to affect my future. Part 2: Speech Outline: 1. Introduction a. Attention getter- “Juvenile arthritis is one of the most common childhood diseases in the United States.” b. Common
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Purpose: To inform the audience about what sleep is and how it helps the body. Central Idea: That sleep is good for you and you should get your eight hours of it! Introduction: I’m sure everyone likes sleep. Everyone needs sleep to keep the least bit active through out there day. Sleep is an important factor for your body to restore energy. Sleeping is a time to rest your body from all the hard work you have done. It is relaxing so deeply that you lose consciousness of your surroundings. Preview
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With the vast spreading use of the Internet‚ and tremendous advances in the technological world‚ it is changing many different aspects of our lives. One of which would be electronic learning‚ also known as online education. In the past couple of years‚ this way of attaining higher education has become more and more universal. There are many advantages to taking online classes‚ but there are also a lot of disadvantages. Some of the pros of participating in these online courses would consist of scheduling
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Intro: "We were raised to believe we could do anything we wanted to do." That quote is by Abby and Brittany Hensel and for those of you who don’t know who that is‚ they are the conjoined twins from Minnesota. The purpose of my speech is to inform everyone about the rare conjoined twins. I will be talking about some conjoined twin facts‚ all about Abby and Brittany‚ and show a short video of them. Body: A. Conjoined twins occur every 200‚000 live births‚ according to the University of Maryland
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1984 Riots Against Sikhs General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform the audience about the riot against the sikhs in the year 1984 at capital of India‚ New Delhi. Introduction I. Sikhism is one of the religion followed by people in India. Followers of Sikhism are know as Sikhs. A. I want to inform people about tragedy against Sikhs so that there will be no other instance in which people would be slaughtered. B. Hindus lead the never forgotten riots against
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COM 1301‚ Section 05 October‚ 9th 2012 Mars Search Laboratory (MSL) Life on earth is getting more and more difficult‚ earth is overpopulated and global warming is treating our existence on earth every day. Living on another planet is on the solution that may pop out in our mind‚ this solution is what a space rover is trying to answer. In exactly one month and three days ago‚ a high technology rover lander on Mars‚ for those who did not hear about it let me show you some pictures (showing
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Topic: Seven Wonders of the Medieval World Specific Purpose: In today’s society culture is being lost to technology and money each of the seven wonders is an attribute to a culture‚ and this is why people should to know it. Thesis Statement: Seven Medieval wonders of the world are structural representations of the cultures that built them. Attention gain material: There are more than one world’s seven wonders. Credibility statement: “As the great civilizations of antiquity warped‚ the memory of
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