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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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    An analysis of Obama’s president speech. This essay will scrutinize the articulation of Barack Obama’s speech and will study his use of verbal and non-verbal communication. It will examine whether or not he has used the appropriate tone‚ language and the correct techniques for speaking as a president. By the time this essay comes to an end one should be able to recognize how befitting his speech was for his audience and the formal nature of it. Obama spoke in a formal manner which showed

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    Rhetorical Analysis In President George W. Bush’s speech to the American public on September 20‚ 2001‚ Bush utilizes rhetorical devices to craft an effective speech. He uses an instructive and demanding tone‚ makes an appeal to Logos‚ and varied syntax. The strongest device of Bush’s speech is his decisive and instructive tone. Throughout the entire dialogue‚ Bush uses statements and facts to consolidate all of his various ideas and points into concise sentences that directly state what has happened

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    Inspiration is a complicated and complex emotions to break down for analysis. Inspiration makes you go beyond the definition of the words. It goes deeper than the eloquent tying of sentences‚ and the bad attempt at humor. Inspiration is a transcendent adventure which logically shouldn’t happen. I start off listening to a story and word by word it is less about the story but more about the relationship between my life and the speaker’s story. You start asking yourself; can I do it? What if that was

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    resist dressing themselves in sprinkles of red. The people are beginning to uncover jackets from the backs of closets. On this morning‚ 250‚000 civil rights supports gather at the base of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington to hear a speech that would bring about its own change—a change that would affect the lives of all of America. My expectancy mounts with the crowd’s as Martin Luther King‚ Jr. steps up to the podium. Fifteen others have

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    Act 1 Scene 1 Two Roman tribunes‚ Flavius and Murellus‚ see the common people parading in the streets instead of working in their shops. They demand to know why the men are not working. A cobbler informs them that the people are celebrating Caesar’s victory. Murellus is infuriated by this information‚ and calls the workers‚ "you blocks‚ you stones" (1.1.34). He then tells them that Caesar has not defeated an enemy‚ but rather that Ceasar has killed the sons of Pompey the Great. Pompey previously

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    Earl Spencer Speech analysis Earl Spencer incorporates a triadic structure in the introduction of his speech “a family in grief‚ in a country in morning‚ before a world in shock.” The use of this device creates a matryoshka principle‚ by which each statement is eluded by a bigger statement‚ from “family” to “world” – emphasizing Earl Spencer’s attitude towards Diana’s importance and legacy‚ within a variety of environments. Earl Spencer’s attitude towards Diana is reflected within his description

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    scrolling through Facebook when I came across a link that led me to Matthew McConnaughey’s acceptance speech for winning the Oscar for best actor in 2014. It was a fairly short speech‚ only lasting about two minutes and 30 seconds‚ but it left a lasting impression on me. There are many speeches that I’ve heard that have inspired me‚ but this particular speech struck a chord with me. After watching the speech‚ I felt motivated. I felt like Mr. McConaughey captured my motivations in life perfectly. He first

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