literary efforts and good analysis material. This paper tries to give an analysis of Obama’s inaugural speech from stylistic perspective‚ in order to help to better appreciate Obama’s presentation skills. Keywords: stylistics‚ syntactic‚ lexics‚ rhetoric Barack Hussein Obama was elected to be the forty-fourth president of America in November‚ 2008. His inaugural speech didn’t have very beautiful words‚ but it set up from people psychology and gave a general conclusion of present world. Therefore
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presentation Why study public speaking Use in Classroom Career Communication skills outrank all other qualities Community Least expect it Public Speaking: A great tradition The ancient Greeks were the first people to think formally about rhetoric –a systematic analysis of the art and practice of public speaking according to Aristotle Quintilian‚ Aristotle‚ Cicero‚ Socrates‚ Plato The tradition of public speaking flourished in colonial America during the great awakening The American
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American exceptionalism is the belief that this country grants unique freedoms and liberties that other countries do not. The common rhetoric‚ referred to as the "American dream"‚ is that anyone in this country regardless of race‚ gender‚ or class can achieve prosperity through hard work and dedication. While this is an ideal concept‚ history has shown that this idea is not rooted in reality. Unfortunately‚ there are institutional barriers that rob many Americans of equal opportunity. While
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AP English 8 Sunday 2014 Thank You for Arguing 1. Open Your Eyes The first chapter introduced the reader to the art of rhetoric. He describes how rhetoric works through real life examples. He demonstrates ways that rhetoric persuades us like‚ argument from strength‚ and seduction. He tells the reader that the sole purpose of arguing is to persuade the audience. He showed that the chief purpose of arguing is to also achieve
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group are the reality. In this article "High school confidential: Notes on teen movies" by David Denby‚ He describes the functions of an everyday American high school. David Denby uses very effective language and rhetoric to provide the minds of the opposing side. A sample of the rhetoric skills he uses is stereotypes‚ ethos‚ and pathos. The most disliked teenager that runs the halls is a popular blonde-.... She’s tall and slender‚ with a waist as supple as a willow... slatternly tongue that devastates
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Rhetorical Analysis of Antony’s Speech In Julius Caesar‚ Mark Antony is given the opportunity to speak at Caesar’s funeral by the conspirators the murdered him. Through his words‚ Antony seeks to cause dissent and let mischief reign over his audience‚ the plebeians of Rome. Antony uses rhetorical questioning to provoke the crowd into a fit of rage over Brutus’ words. Antony disguises his true intents in his speech‚ putting him at a moral high ground over Brutus. He finally uses ambiguous meanings
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In her song “If I Were a Boy‚” Beyonce argues that many women are trapped in bad relationships and never take the time to question how they truly desire to be treated. To confirm this‚ Beyonce is attempting to look at her unhealthy relationship as if she were in her significant others shoes. She makes an effort to develop an understanding of what it is like to be the man in the relationship‚ and see how he can just passively mistreat a girl. Beyonce later discovers that she would treat others how
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change that truth. What I’ve come to understand while pondering these two conflicting philosophies is this‚ there is only one truth‚ and that is that there is no truth. The sophists taught rhetoric‚ or persuasive speech. How to get what they want out of others in a practical way. They practiced rhetoric so that others would not find out the truth. Their art was to persuade the crowd and not to convince people of the truth. As there was no real paper available‚ there were no written contracts or
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Speeches Essay Intro: Throughout history‚ the language of rhetoric has been harnessed and manipulated by public speakers throughout the world in order to effectively address key issues surrounding society and politics. The proposition that the enduring appeal of a speech lies in its ability to challenge and inspire is clearly demonstrated in both Anwar Sadat’s “Statement to the Knesset” (1977) and Paul Keating’s “Funeral Service for the Unknown Soldier” (1993). It is indeed the rhetorical treatment
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affect in cinema. As a case study‚ I analyze the 2006 film V for Vendetta as cinematic rhetoric. Adopting a multi-modal approach that focuses on the interplay of discourse‚ figure‚ and ground‚ I contend that the film mobilizes viewers at a visceral level to reject a politics of apathy in favor of a politics of democratic struggle. Based on the analysis‚ I draw conclusions related to the evaluation of cinematic rhetoric‚ the political import of mass art‚ and the character and role of affect in politics
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