“A great speech‚ rational or emotional‚ has the power to influence‚ challenge or persuade more than one audience.” Write an essay response supporting your argument to this statement in a close analysis of how three speeches have been crafted. Roman rhetorician Quintilian once commented‚ “And what‚ after all‚ is an orator? Not a good speaker‚ but a good person speaking well..." Great speeches influence‚ challenge or persuade audiences from any context because they are messages ‘good’ people have
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Rhetoric is the art of communication‚ an art that aims to improve the capability of writers or speakers to inform‚ persuade‚ or motivate particular audiences in specific situations. Persuading someone to back a specific candidate or party is a crucial test of any political campaign. Many presidential candidates employ rhetoric to try to influence potential voters to gain their support and future vote. Potential presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are both examples of speakers
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the aspiring orator Phaedrus‚ I attempt to illustrate how Plato establishes his theory of a true art of rhetoric. The Phaedrus begins with Socrates encountering Phaedrus in Athens‚ where Phaedrus remarks that the famed rhetorician Lysias wrote a speech on favoring a relationship with a non-lover as opposed to a lover. Doubly stricken by the opportunity to accompany Phaedrus and hear a speech‚ Socrates accompanies Phaedrus on a stroll outside the city walls in search of a quiet spot to read‚ soon
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Neo-Aristotelian Criticism According to the textbook neo-aristotelianism was the approach of using the canons of rhetoric as the "units of analysis." In the communication field‚ this was the first technique used for rhetorical criticism. The Three steps in analyzing the artifact are: Reconstructing the context in which the artifact originally occurred‚ the five canons applied to the artifact‚ and evaluating the effect the artifact has made on the audience. When reconstructing the context the
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This rhetoric can be applied to the working-class who were known to be drafted into the war and did not want to be part of this narrative anymore. In campaign advertisements for Nixon (1968-1974) and McGovern (1968)‚ they both used the antiwar rhetoric to demonstrate that their goal was to end the war. During this period‚ many people wondered why there was a large amount of working
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who was a student of Socrates and a teacher of Aristotle. David Wallace‚ in his vidoe "This is Water‚" also gives great insight on how to be a successful person. Wallace is an american novelist and professor of English and creative writing. He was born on Febuary 21‚ 1962 and unfortunately passed away in 2008. Also‚ the Dalai Lama‚ author of "His Holliness" talks about how to achieve success in many different perspectives than Plato and Wallace. The Dalai Lama was the 14th Dalai Lama born July 6‚ 1935
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many other wonders. Kennedy’s purpose was to send America to the moon and in order to do that‚ he needed support from the people of the United States. John Kennedy uses the rhetoric devices repetition‚ pathos‚ and allusion in order to persuade people to support America going to the moon. To have the audience remember his speech‚ Kennedy emphasizes repetition. He kept repeating certain words like "one" and "we" for example. The purpose of him repeating these words is to tell the audience that they
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Superman Superman is a pop culture symbol of strength and hope. Blair‚ Jeppeson‚ and Pucci cite Jencks as making a statement in regard to architecture that is equally appropriate to Superman: “Not only does [it] express the values...of a society‚ but also its ideologies‚ hopes‚ fears‚ religion‚ social structure‚ and metaphysics” (Burgchardt 608). It is the intent of this essay to show that the Superman we have grown up watching is also a postmodern object of rhetorical discourse which embodies
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Kat Contreras Prof. Koll Eng. 102 12 March 14 Captivate Humans not Animals For Centuries‚ the world’s populace have had an irresistible interest in animals and have flocked to zoos and other animal habitats such as Sea World or San Diego Zoo. Ever year‚ millions of families go on whale watching tours and aboard safaris or enjoy a Circus performance. However‚ the interest in animals is nothing new: Zoos have been around and brightening the smiles of many since the first collection of animals
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I will focus my paper toward the Analyzing portion of the learning outcomes as it pertains to my Rhetorical Analysis Essay‚ “Everybody has an Opinion.” I was assigned to choose an article and analyze it exactly how the author explains it to the audience. I could not be bias; I could only judge and explain it off of how the author used rhetorical appeals to describe that specific topic. I choose to focus on this assignment because I never even knew what ethos‚ pathos‚ or logos were until I read the
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