First lady and lawyer‚ Michelle Obama‚ in her 2016 DNC speech‚ recounts her children’s unique life in the spotlight while growing up in the White House. Obama’s purpose is to endorse Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Presidential Election. She adopts a sentimental tone in order to appeal to the audience as a concerned parent. Obama opens her speech by conveying a reminiscing sense of parenthood. She describes‚ “… I saw their little faces pressed up against the window‚ and the only thing I could think
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Jorge Sanchez Junior Ap English 05‚ October 2012 Speech to the Virginia Analysis In the Speech to the Virginia Convention given by Patrick Henry he displays his deep understanding of rhetoric in a very persuasive speech. Patrick Henry uses ethos‚ allusions‚ and syntax as elements of persuasion in his speech. Patrick Henry begins his persuasive speech with a couple examples of ethos in his first two sentences. “Mr. President: No ma thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism‚ as
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Medea communicates with the chorus in a rash way in the Jeffers adaptation. Furthermore‚ instead of being cunning and well spoken‚ she uses fear to provoke the response she desires from the women. In fact‚ her speeches do not seem well-thought out in this version‚ they just appear to say what is on her mind at the moment. Consequently‚ the speeches of this version are significantly shorter than her speeches in the Norton version. She quickly says what she wants to say and quickly gets to the next
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citizens of America elected their first African American president‚ Barack Obama. This was a huge stepping stone for America‚ but it also brought upon many different reactions from American citizens including reluctance‚ but also a sense of faith. During his first Inaugural Address‚ President Obama vows to rebuild America by forgiving its past and helping them rebuild their future. In order to gain his country’s trust Obama appealed to his audience through emotion and credibility and used rhetorical
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the affection of all of America. On the left side we have our current president Mr. Barrack Obama and on the right side his opponent Mr. Mitt Romney. On paper both are outstandingly qualified candidates and both have been trusted to hold a position of leadership over large numbers of people. Mitt Romney built his foundation through a strong career in business before becoming a politician‚ while President Obama stuck to the legal side of things building up his reputation as a civil rights lawyer and
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Patrick Henry’s Speech Analysis In the speech‚ “Give Me Liberty‚ or Give Me Death‚” Patrick Henry set out to convince the VirginaVirginia delegates that war with England was inevitable and the longer they waited the harder the war would be to win. Patrick Henry displays immaculate persuasion skills that disarm his audience from favoring reconciliation with Britain. Henry uses rhetorical strategies‚ such as‚ allusions‚ parallelism‚ and repetition to captivate his audience and appeal to their emotions
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Student 2/22/13 Dr. Chambers Arts & Humanities 2 sec. 5 Extra Credit: Obama State of the Union Address On February 12th of this year President Barack Obama gave his State of the Union address to the congress and people of this nation. In this address Obama would touch base on manufacturing‚ climate change‚ raising minimum wage‚ expanding pre-k‚ etc. Our lives are changing each day and most of us are lost and depend on the government to provide us with new information. It’s essential to do
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RFK Speech Analysis Discuss RFK’s use of positive and negative and his response to the occasion/What makes it effective? Kennedy’s speech is very effective in calming a volatile America‚ and is so primarily due to his ability to establish credibility and common ground with his audience. He balances the amount of negative and positive segments of his speech in a manner that allows the speech to be ultimately hopeful for the future‚ yet aware of the challenges that they all must overcome. That he
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Cassidy AP Language Speech Analysis One of the top 100 speeches of all time was said by Bill Clinton‚ when he was addressing the memorial of the Oklahoma Bombing. This was said in 1995 when tragedy struck the lives of hundreds. Innocent women‚ men‚ and children were murdered for no apparent reason‚ and people needed someone to turn to. This person was Bill Clinton‚ he responded in ways of composure and emotion that just added to his already powerful speech; he addressed the issues the correct
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I am Prepared to Die Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela’s “I am prepared to die” speech‚ was spoken in South Africa on the 20th of April 1964. Here is a famous extract from the speech: “During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination‚ and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which
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