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    On July 25th President Obama paid a visit to the town of Jacksonville‚ Florida home to a large percentage of goods imported and exported that helps fuel the economy. The purpose of his visit was to indoctrinate the principle of Obama Care. In his speech the president informed the public of an agglomeration of ideas as to why Obama Care will help the economy. And like most of his ideas it requires more spending and a bigger wage for the federal government. As most hardworking Americans know

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    Rhetorical appeals‚ syntax‚ and tone drive a piece of writing or speech and create the full effect of the text. The appeals in writing provide connection between speaker and audience. Use of syntax‚ the word order‚ influences the effect and overall meaning of the text. The tone‚ the general attitude of the piece‚ influences how the reader or audience perceives what is being said. In Amy Poehler effectively utilizes rhetorical appeals like pathos‚ syntax‚ and tone (in her Harvard University Class

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    behind a desk‚ with hands clasped in front of him he began his speech. Known throughout the country as the man who took eighteen thousand dollars for personal gain he seemed nervous at first. Who would not be nervous standing up to entire country? As the speech progresses he becomes more confident. Looking less and less at his notes‚ unless it it to cite or bring up a fact‚ he gains confidence that carries him throughout the rest of the speech. Even though he is being filmed- it can be awkward just talking

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    Malcolm X- Harlem Speech Malcolm X uses several persuasive techniques to make the speech appealing to the audience‚ and to get them to respond in a certain way. His aim is to make them understand that they are not being treated equally in relation to white people even though its the only way that they know. Some of the techniques used are repetition‚ specific tone‚ inclusive language and shows some signs of constructing a persona. He uses repetition of words and ideas in his speech. Repetition

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    I think Gutman is quite rational during his speech because the main body of his speech is reasoning and his emotional language is not heavy. He showed his humor several times to attract his audience in a moderate way. For example‚ he made a joke of American President Obama’s picture and finished it quickly to continue presenting other research results. The middle part of his speech is not quite relevant to his claim that smile can make people embrace a longer‚ happier and healthier life. In that

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    the future. King’s speech can be separated into three main parts‚ past‚ present‚ and future. In these sections King used the same three strategies over‚ to make the speech easy to follow and understand. King uses anaphora‚ repetition at the beginning of a sentence to emphasize the past aspect of his speech. He repeats “One hundred years later‚” to show how racial segregation is still as much of a problem as it was a hundred ago. In the fourth paragraph of his speech King reminds everyone

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    John F. Kennedy’s inaugural speech is certainly one to remember. It’s memorable not for its length‚ but for the effective content that it beholds. He entices readers by the use of strong rhetoric techniques. His inaugural analyzes style of writing‚ such as diction‚ tropes‚ schemes‚ and syntax‚ and applies the concept of it effectively throughout the speech. A reader performs rhetorical analysis to examine how authors attempt to persuade their audiences by looking at the various components that make

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    Rhetorical Analysis of President John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Speech By D. Collins RHETORICAL ANALYSIS OF JFK INAUGURAL Page 2 On a cold wintry Friday‚ the 21st day of January in 1961‚ President John F. Kennedy gave his inaugural speech after Chief Justice Earl Warren had sworn him in as the thirty-fifth President of the United States. Excerpts from this famous speech have been echoed in various sound bites and classrooms since the

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    Alfred Green In his speech‚ Alfred M. Green helped to unite the Union by using various rhetorical devices to help express his three arguments about why African Americans should be allowed to enlist in the Union army. In these arguments‚ Green points out that dwelling on the discrepancies and mistakes of the leaders of the past is not going to help the black community in the future and that they must fight to improve their status in society. Green also comments that African Americans should try to

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    states this to let the citizens know that his speech contains all accurate information from his personal knowledge and experiences. In addition‚ it demonstrates that he is only guiding the colonists in the right direction towards freedom. In Patrick Henry’s “Speech To The Virginia Convention” he displays rhetorical questions and expressive exclamatory sentences to influence the colonists to join the fight for peace and freedom. Henry utilizes rhetorical questioning by making the colonists analyze

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