On august 28‚ 1963‚ a civil right activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his most famous speech called “I Have a Dream” during the march on Washington. In his speech‚ Dr. King used many literary elements in order to enhance his speech. He included allusion‚ metaphors‚ personification and tropes such as anaphora‚ alliteration and rhetoric question. Dr. Martin Luther King began his speech with a personifications and metaphors. The first personification he used to describe what it was like
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point of view is Adler called a style of life. I will compare President Barack Obama’s superiority striving to Adlerian Theory Obama did not have a relationship with his father as a child. As an infant‚ Barack father Obama Sr. relocated to Massachusetts to attend Harvard University‚ to receive a Ph.D. Barack’s parents separated several months later and divorced in March 1964. In 1965 at the age of 2‚ President Barack Obama Jr.‚ father returned to Kenya. In 1965‚ Obama’s mother Ann Dunham married
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Darren Stapp Mr. Tyler MCM English III CP 19 September 2012 Speech in the Virginia Convention Paragraph “We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne; and we have implored its interoperation to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament.” Towards the middle of the “Speech in the Virginia Convention” by Patrick Henry‚ he appeals to the audience’s sense of logic by implying that they have protested to Britain
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Part III. The following discourse is extracted from Barack Obama‚ the US president’s victory speech‚ who addressed his supporters in Chicago after decisively winning a second term on 7th Nov‚ 2012. Clause in Paragraph 1 | Textual | Interpersonal | Tropical | Other themes | Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much. | | -Thank you-Thank you -Thank you so much | -Thank you-Thank you -Thank you so much | | Clause in Paragraph 2 | | | | | Tonight‚ more than 200 years after a former
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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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As said by Michiko Kakutani‚ words are a way to define people. In Barack Obama’s case‚ he achieved greatness through reading the literature and words of others. Kakutani also states that “Mr. Obama sat down in the Oval Office and talked about the indispensable role that books have played during his presidency and throughout his life.” As leader of the free world‚ Obama was in charge of one of the most powerful countries in the world‚ a position that most Americans dream of achieving. Obama’s accolades
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In Obama’s speech‚ he uses many inclusive pronouns such as ‘we’ and ‘our’. This shows that they are all the same; by doing this it creates a sense of unity among the audience. This is effective because it gets the audience on his side; if he used exclusive pronouns such as ‘you’‚ it would make the audience feel less united. He also says ‘America can change’‚ by doing this he personifies and metonymies ‘America’. This is effective as it makes the people think about what he means by ‘America’ in that
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themselves at the Virginia Convention on whether a war should be declared against Britain. At one of the meetings‚ Patrick Henry‚ an attorney and politician‚ gave a speech explaining his position on why the colonies should go to war. In his speech‚ Henry successfully applied the rhetorical strategies of metaphor‚ imagery‚ and repetition to convey his argument that a war against Britain was the only right course of action. At the Virginia Convention‚ Henry implemented various rhetorical strategies to convince
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Rhetorical pentagon Topic Reader Speaker Language – How is the topic presented; Vocabulary‚ Tone‚ Style. Circumstance Modes of persuasion/ Rhetorical appeals (Appelformer) 1. Ethos – The speakers ability to establish credibility /trust. 2. Pathos – Appeals to emotions‚ affects the subconscious‚ often use of adjectives. (Language) 3. Logos – Appeals to logic‚ via facts and statistics. Discourse- Choice of words/The way you choose to say something. Them/us‚ I/we President Obama’s
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A major premise that Hillary speaks about in her speech is that debt is negatively affecting Americans. She incorporates both statistical analysis and solid evidence to support her claim. She uses the example of financial inequality in this country to change her audience’s mood; by first making them upset about their countries current state and then making them feel relieved when she explains that she will fix it. One of Hillary’s other major claims is that education is important and in order to
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