Heroes become heroes when they are treated like such‚ this treatment comes to a being when they prove they are worthy through their actions. Pakistani Activist for youth education‚ Malala Yousafzai‚ in her speech to the UN Youth Takeover‚ reflects her time as an activist and confronts the issues with the Taliban and how it has affected the rights of many people. Yousafzai’s purpose is to show that people are struggling to achieve their goals in peace‚ education‚ and equality. She accumulates a tenacious
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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 to the common American citizen
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position. He represented the country with a stern but caring characteristic. His tone shifts from sympathetic and hurt at the beginning to powerful and confident in the middle and to motivational in the end. President Clinton’s last few sentences in the speech‚ “My fellow Americans‚ a tree takes a long time to grow‚ and wounds take a long time to heal. But we must begin. Those who are lost now belong to God. Someday we will be with them. But until that happens‚ their legacy must be our lives.” A beautiful
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AIDS activist‚ Mary Fisher‚ gave a thirteen minute speech that is now among one of the Top 100 American Speeches. Fisher relies on the use of the rhetorical aspects of ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos to speak about the importance of raising awareness in order to find a cure for HIV/AIDS. She shoots down stereotypes by saying that no one is safe from contracting HIV and calls for compassion when treating patients with HIV or AIDS. In her infamous speech Fisher says‚ “ if you believe you are safe‚ you are
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Today‚ I’d like to discuss how Donald Trump used the language of leadership in his campaign speeches to influence his audience. More specifically his supporters in West Palm Beach‚ Florida‚ where one of his rallies took place. The fact that this speech took place in Florida is key to understanding why Trump used the language that he did as Florida is typically a swing state during the election. It was obvious that his main purpose was to convince any undecided voters and to win the state of Florida
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In her 1905 speech before the National American Woman Suffrage Association‚ social worker Florence Kelley fought for the abolishment of unfair child labor policies with the help of voters and petitions. In this fight‚ she depicts the horrible state of child labor throughout America‚ contrasting the “little white girls … of six or seven years” (29-33) from the women privileged enough to be in her audience‚ and speaks in both questions and exclamations‚ empowering her audience to do what they can about
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‘Antony and Cleopatra’ composed by Shakespeare presents different types of power which people exercise to manipulate and to control others. Sometimes the use of power can have tragic results where people become victims of their own desires. At other times‚ power can be used to enhance somebody’s reputation and position in life. The types of power that are highlighted in this play include‚ power of a sexual nature‚ political or military power‚ the power of persuasion and manipulation. The exercise
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position of being known as ‘one of the people’s greatest leaders’. Marc Antony‚ who served with Julius Caesar‚ was known as one of the people’s greatest leaders for being a warrior‚ being considerate‚ achieving great power and appointed a part of the government. Marc Antony is known as one of the people’s greatest leaders because he was a great warrior‚ was very considerate and was appointed into the government. Marc Antony was the greatest leader‚ who served with Julius Caesar because of all the
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Courteney Wiredu Mrs. Grillo ELA II Honors pd 6 16 April‚ 2017 Julius Caesar Essay Brutus vs Antony Characterization is a crucial part of Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar. He utilizes the characters to make the play more believable to the audience. Each person has a different personality‚ which makes them all unique. By putting careful thought into their words and actions‚ the characters are fully developed throughout the course of the play. This which adds to the plot because it makes the audience
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what he is saying by the end of his speech. Gladwell‚ in the speech on school shootings is very convincing. There are three main devices he used in order to get his point across which is reasoning‚ emotion‚ and credibility. Here I will be explaining how he has come to use each device to win over the majority of his audience. Gladwell uses reasoning throughout his speech and does so very well to get his audience on a foundation of facts. One part of the speech he talks about is a person’s thresh
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