Barfield Prof. Traci Alexander Speech Communications Due Date: April 6th 2015 What could be more American? As I to listen to President Obama speech on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma Alabama to mark the 50th Anniversary of “Blood Sunday”. I thought about the question asked What could be more American and If I Agreed with this statement. President Obama throughout his speech single out the most important idea
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One device Obama uses more effectively in his speech is pathos‚ which appeals to a person’s emotion. During Obama’s speech‚ “We Can Do Better‚” he tries to persuade citizens to unite and agree that the United States needs stricter gun safety laws. Obama starts his speech by discussing each victim of the tragic shooting in Tucson‚ Arizona. He goes into detail about each of their lives and how it ended. By sharing these details‚ Obama allows the audience to see each victim as a real person by giving
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Barack Obama’s speech – Back to School Barack Obama held a speech on September 8‚ 2009 called “Back to School”. He held the speech to students of all ages. From kindergarten to high school. Obamas intention with the speech was to evoke a feeling of the responsibility that follows when it comes to education. The speech is build up very normally. The opening; where he talks about the first day in a semester‚ and the pressure‚ which lies on your shoulders. The narrative; it is basically the background
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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. Barack Obama uses invented ethos to explain the considerable differences
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Chanell Loochkartt Speech 1 Dr. Grau November 22‚ 2016 Analyzing a Speech Our forty-fourth President Barack Hussein Obama is known to be one of the most profound‚ intelligent‚ and influential speaker in the United States. With confidence Barack Obama has always shown a sense of leadership which is the key to attracting and persuading his audience. In order to make certain that his audience is left with a positive impression and a sense of aspiration for those who are citizens of the United States
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NAACP Interview Synthesis For over 100 years our country’s chief social equality association has battled for human rights‚ voting rights‚ monetary rights. The NAACP’s expressed objective was to work to secure the rights ensured in the thirteenth‚ fourteenth and fifteenth revisions to the United States Constitution. From its initiation in 1909 until today the NAACP keeps on pushing forward in political‚ financial‚ and social issues. Today the NAACP has multiple different programs and sub-organizations
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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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50 years later‚ at the same spot President Obama gave a speech; explaining why Selma should be honored has an American milestone. Even though Selma is not seen as a milestone in America’s history‚ Obama wants to prove otherwise because Selma was a big step forward in the civil right movement. First‚ President Obama tries to persuade the American public that what happened at Salem should be honored employing Historical appeal. Throughout the speech Obama associate other historical events to Selma
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