Barack Hussein Obama‚ Jr. (pronounced /bəˈrɑːk hʊˈseɪn oʊˈbɑːmə/; born August 4‚ 1961) is the junior United States Senator from Illinois and the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party in the 2008 presidential election. He is the first African American to be the presumptive presidential nominee of any major American political party. A graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School‚ Obama worked as a community organizer‚ served as a law school professor‚ and also worked as a political
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Obama and Clinton Health Care Reform Carrie "Shellie" Cobbs Health Care Policy: The Past and the Future HCS 455 Mark Haddock July 22‚ 2014 Obama and Clinton Health Care Reform Compare and Contrast President Obama and President Clinton have tried to pass legislation on health care reform and both have run into similarities and differences. Some similarities between the two president’s health insurance reform policies are mandatory coverage and consumers cannot be denied for pre-existing conditions
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for holding up this far which is the first main point. The next five paragraphs of his speech are intentionally focused on honestly acknowledging the economic crisis. After the second point is addressed in the previously mentioned five paragraphs by Obama‚ the next ten paragraphs of his speech focuses on his third main point‚ which is Americans have always faced crises and overcome them. The next two paragraphs of Obama’s revolutionary inaugural speech are geared toward addressing the cynics; The main
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4.05 Comparison/Contrast between Barack Obama and John F. Kennedy Presidents Kennedy and Obama were both men who changed the world when they become won the Presidency. While these men are quite similar‚ they are also very different. Their voices in the inaugural addresses that they both delivered are very influential. There are four factors to consider in comparing and contrasting the inaugural address of both presidents. The aforementioned factors include historical perspective‚ manner of
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4 Corpus under Investigation and Methods of Analysis 20 4 General Comparison of the Rhetorical Styles of George W. Bush and Barack Obama 22 4 Basic parameters 22 4 Analysis of keywords 28 4 Significant Aspects in the Speeches of George W. Bush and Barack Obama 34 4 Rhetorical style of George W. Bush and the perception of threat 34 4 Bush’s Inaugural Address 34
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President Obama First Inaugural Speech 2008 A. Introduction Language plays a prominent role in putting politic ideas into practice. At times‚ a struggle for power takes place by using language to carry out political actions. This paper is a critical discourse analysis one‚ analyzing a political discouse by President Barack Obama: the first inaugural address which conveys policies of the newly inaugurated president with effective persuasive strategies of President Barack Obama and their
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How does Barack Obama use language to create impact in his speech? Barack Obama’s acceptance speech was spoken on the 4th November 2008 after he was elected president. His speech included many different rhetorical devices to enable that it was most suited to the situation and have a huge impact on the Chicago audience but most importantly‚ on the world. Throughout Obama’s speech he continuously creates a sense of friendship with his audience in a number of ways. In terms of structure he addresses
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Satire Usage Jonathan Swift uses satire in many of his works such as “A Modest Proposal”. Satire is the use of humor‚ irony or ridicule human vice. “The true satirist is conscious of the frailty of institutions of man ’s devising and attempts through laughter not so much to tear them down as to inspire a remodeling" (Thrall‚ et al 436). Although he was born in Ireland‚ Swift considered himself an Englishman first‚ and the English were his intended audience. "A Modest Proposal" begins with a description
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Daniel Semon “The Frogs” essay 9-18-2014 How has political satire really changed over the years? The onion‚ The Colbert Report‚ The daily show‚ and Saturday Night Live: what do all of these have in common? They spread the news and awareness but portray it in a comedic way. This is known as political satire‚ which gives light and laughter to serious topics around the world. Aristotle defines comedy as a representation of laughable people and involves some kind of blunder or ugliness that does
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fun of. For instance‚ in a satirical piece known as “A Modest Proposal‚” Jonathan Swift is able to mention a disturbing solution to eat the babies of Ireland in order to confront the issue of poverty‚ drawing attention to Irelands poverty using his satire. Swift received a rare amount of negative feedback. He did not encounter the problem solemnly enough to be taken seriously or offend his readers. A humorist is able to acknowledge an issue and notify the public through his or her work‚ subsequently
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