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    Zach Sabo Ms. Jessica English Class 5 November 2012 Women’s Right Are Human Rights: A Rhetorical Analysis Several decades ago‚ the global women’s rights treaty was ratified by a majority of the world’s nation. Despite its many successes in advancing and empowering women in relation to women’s rights‚ poverty‚ decision-making‚ violence against women‚ and other numerous issues actually still exist in all aspects of women’s life. Therefore‚ the 4th World Conference on Women with its unique

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    Speech Analysis Worksheet Content Purpose: The purpose was to let America know that they was attacked on December 7th‚ 1941. Speaker’s background knowledge: The speaker’s background knowledge was he knew more than he told people in his speech. People think that he provoked Japan into bombing Pearl Harbor. Influences (traditional‚ cultural‚ historical): Historical. Listener’s background knowledge: The listener’s background knowledge was probably limited. They probably didn’t know much

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    Analysis of Obama’s victory speech Obama’s victory speech is a speech that the democrat Barack Obama held in his hometown Chicago‚ after being elected for president on November 4th‚ 2012. Chicago is where he in 2008 won his first presidential election. When taking a starting point in the pentagon model‚ we know that a text (in this case a speech) is always centered around an intention of the writer/speaker and is always dependent on the interrelationship between the topic‚ the writer‚ the reader/audience

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    together” (NY Speech) and “it goes everything that we stand for” (Ohio Speech). Her emphasis on the idea of unity allows her voters to believe that they all play an integral role in improving America. Thus‚ Clinton assures them that she is a trustworthy candidate for presidency. Utilizing the pronoun “we”‚ in contrast to Trump’s use of “I”‚ Hillary further refers to voters as a family‚ giving voters the authority that together with Clinton‚ change will occur. According to a Globe analysis‚ in her democratic

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    Old Major’s Speech Analysis 2. Pick out examples of persuasive techniques. 3. Using PEA / PEE structure‚ put together 3-5 paragraphs explaining how George Orwell uses language to characterise Old Major. Things to consider: - his use of opinions - how he identifies a common enemy - his use of personal pronouns - alliteration - rule of three Old Major uses many literary devices to make his speech powerful and impact the animals. One of the most effective of these devices is the emotive

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    Speech Text Analysis In 1872 women’s rights activist Susan B. Anthony was arrested for illegally voting in that year’s presidential election. She gave a speech following the incident‚ in an effort to persuade her audience of her innocence and of the injustice done against her. Susan B. Anthony’s speech on Women’s Right to Vote is an excellent example of what a good persuasion speed should be. She uses a circular pattern of organization to state her purpose in a tasteful and direct manner that

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    the size of government. Within libertarian ideology‚ is the belief that the government must be kept to a minimum size. In the speech he states‚

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    ago on December 15‚ 2015. In front of men and women from 25 different countries that had just become new citizens of America‚ President Obama deliver a passionate speech on how immigrants and refugees are at the heart of revitalize and renew America. With so much attention on the concept of immigration in this election year‚ the speech spoke to more than the attenders of this event. It was speaking to the larger issue of immigration that is hotly being debated by Republicans and Democrats. President

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    Martin Luther King’s speech "I Have a Dream" delivered on August 28‚ 1963 is said to be the greatest demonstration of America’s history. Dr. King intended to appeal to both black and white audiences through his inspirational speech. Written in a persuasive‚ stylistic manner‚ he used strong diction to call for a change in the nation‚ doing so without violence. He successfully combined the use of repetition‚ word choice and figurative language in his speech to connect to his audience and set the

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    the speech. He also affirms this speech is the final speech at State of The Union Address after eight years of administration. Obama mentions about big changes America has been through‚ include wars and depression‚ the influx of new immigrants leads to a broken immigration system that need to be fixed. One of the unique strengths as a nation is a diversified community. He also briefly addresses about protecting our young generation from gun violence. Another point Obama makes during the speech is

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