One device Obama uses more effectively in his speech is pathos‚ which appeals to a person’s emotion. During Obama’s speech‚ “We Can Do Better‚” he tries to persuade citizens to unite and agree that the United States needs stricter gun safety laws. Obama starts his speech by discussing each victim of the tragic shooting in Tucson‚ Arizona. He goes into detail about each of their lives and how it ended. By sharing these details‚ Obama allows the audience to see each victim as a real person by giving
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English 1101 Rhetorical Analysis President Obama’s acceptance speech aims to convince his audience by talking about the major issues in America at the time‚ like the economy‚ war‚ gas prices‚ and jobs. Obama starts his speech thanking his family and the Clinton family. He begins by talking about himself as a third person‚ he approaches his audience by telling the Democrats‚ Republican and Independents to keep the American promise alive‚ he states that the American promise is everything we dreams
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Rhetorical Analysis Essay President Obama’s 2009 Inaugural Address In January of 2009 President Barack Obama addressed his country for the first time as president of the United States of America. Not only did he address his nation but he left them with a sense of empowerment. With the use of rhetoric‚ Obama and his speech writers were able to greatly influence their audience. In the speech as a whole‚ Obama used anaphora with the word “our”. This was not only a good move from a political
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A More Perfect Union As inevitable as the U.S. Constitution feels today as the foundation on which the United States of America and its political system are built‚ it was not the first document ratified by the former British colonies to establish a union. During the years of the American Revolutionary War and the years directly following it‚ the newly formed United States of America were essentially a collection of thirteen more or less sovereign states loosely held together in an alliance by
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By putting democratic beliefs into anecdotal form‚ it is easier for Republicans to understand the reasoning of the Democrats‚ without forcing the ideas upon them. During this anecdote‚ Obama uses anaphora to give power and urgency to his parents’ situation by beginning each of the sentence with “they”‚ like when he states‚ “They imagined --They imagined me going to the best schools in the land‚ even though they weren’t rich‚ because in
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our politics…” During the State of Union speech Obama spoke on many of these topics such as raising minimum wage‚ expanding civil rights‚ ensuring prosperity and insurance for generation to come.This was a really good speech and very persuasive. While the speech was happening many notes were taken and i witnessed how almost half of the political part was clapping ( the democrats) and the other half ( the republicans) did not fully agree with Obama. In Obama’s speech he says that his goal was to have
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Barack Obama was put in an uncomfortable situation dealing with his race for president. He had been involved in a scandal dealing with his pastor Reverend Jerimiah Wright. Senator Barack Obama responds to these remarks made by Reverend Jerimiah Wright by giving a speech about racial tensions‚ white privilege‚ race‚ and inequality in the United States. As a running candidate‚ this could have defeated Obamas whole purpose of running for President of the United States‚ but with the use of rhetorical devices
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“A More Perfect Union” by President Barak Obama‚ delivered many messages about his beliefs concerning racism. He starts off explaining how the founders of our nation made the Constitution creating all men equal‚ but they did not actually practice that idea. He described that
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segregation to freedom‚ similar to today’s issue in Black Lives Matter. On March 18 2008‚ Barack Obama addresses these issues along with the controversial remarks made by Reverend Jeremiah Wright in his speech‚ “A More Perfect Union”. Maya Angelou’s piece “Graduation” tells the story of Angelou’s eighth grade graduation and reflects both the excitement and disappointments of her special day. Although Angelou and Obama are separated by decades‚ both share very similar visions of American racism and express
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Michelle Obama was very passionate in her speech. She expresses her disbelief about what our society is currently allowing to happen in this election cycle. Using logic‚ emotions‚ and her undeniable credibility‚ she was extremely successful in her attempt to discredit Donald Trump even further‚ if that’s even possible. Although I didn’t agree when Michelle Obama said that "Hilary embodies that is great about America‚" her opponent is so beyond unqualified‚ that her scandals‚ flaws‚ and corruption
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