THE LAST SPEECH OF PRESIDENT NAPOLITANO : BETWEEN FARAWELL AND WARNINGS. Italian President of Republic‚ Giorgio Napolitano delivered a special speech on New Year’s Eve. He starts confirming the assumptions on his resignation‚ but he also directed strong words of warning to Italian politicians and of hope to citizens. 31st December is the day when leading political figures traditionally welcome the new year with a reflection on the past one. In this occasion with a 21 minutes speech aired on television
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While the city of Troy was being burned and sacked‚ a survivor known as Aeneas would begin a mission to deprive the Greeks of their victory of Troy not through the sword and spear‚ but through his words. Aeneas knew that the Greeks would tout themselves as brave strategists who managed to outwit the Trojans. The Greeks would make Aeneas city appear as though they were full of imbeciles that fell to the mighty hands of the Greeks. In order to tarnish the image the Greeks would no doubt boast‚ he
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In his short story “Victory Lap”‚ George Saunders used characterization to draw attention to how some people find it easier to cover up reality instead of facing it. He first emphasizes on that covering things up habit near the beginning of the story when Alison Pope’s imagination bring her to recreate a situation where a hunter kills a deer. Alison then asks the hunter to‚ “lay her out in a field of clover‚ with roses strewn about her.” With that particular act of putting flowers around the body
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The first essay that I had read was a speech written by Sojourner Truth about women rights. Her intention of writing this was to tell others and encourage them that women can do all things that men can do. She has done everything that a man has done so what makes her less of a person? She was trying to accomplish everyone to be on her side and encourage them to stand with her. This speech was written 1851 at the Women’s Rights Convention in Akron Ohio. This speech was very powerful to rebuke many antifeminists
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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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dissatisfied with the 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
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| Victory in The North | A synopsis on the outcome of the U.S. Civil War | | [Type the author name] | 11/6/2010 | | Since the final battle of the American Civil War was fought in 1865‚ scholars have debated the reasons for the Union’s victory over the Confederacy. Historians have attributed the war’s outcome to many factors‚ some of which include Lincoln’s superior leadership‚ the South’s failure to diplomatically secure foreign intervention‚ emancipated slaves enlisting in the
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How does Obama persuade the audience that the killing of Osama bin Laden was legitimate? Obama’s purpose of the speech is to persuade the audience that the killing of Osama bin Laden was legitimate. To do this‚ Obama has to appeal to all of his audiences‚ but particularly towards the American citizens because they were the people who were affected most by 9/11. Obama also targets his speech at al Queda as well as other terrorist groups to convey the actions he will take to keep his American people
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Rhetorical Analysis of Michelle Obama Speech First Lady of the United States‚ Michelle Obama‚ expressed her thoughts on why Hillary Clinton was the ideal candidate to acquire the status as president‚ during her speech at the Democratic National Convention on July 25‚ 2016. Mrs. Obama’s purpose is to persuade all people of the United States to vote for Hillary Clinton. She creates a hopeful tone in order to convince the audience of why Hillary is the perfect selection as the next president. Michelle
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of Margaret Atwood” States: “Each character is desperately trying to acquire a stable self-concept.” ->Implies Margaret Atwood has not done this‚ as she forces them to choose between these identities. However‚ evidently‚ seen in Margaret Atwood’s speech‚ these two sides of a woman exist. Theme: Identity of a Woman/equality. In order to portray a positive sense of identity of women‚ the composer must portray men in a less equal way. allusion “Adam is so subject to temptation that he sacrificed
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