a commencement speech to the graduating class of Mills College in Oakland‚ California‚ the first women’s college west of the Rocky Mountains (Graveline). Le Guin took an unusual approach to this commencement speech‚ focusing her words on the controversial topic of gender equality. This speech not only empowered the women of her graduating class‚ but also highlighted the extreme differences in the qualities of women compared to men with her use of rhetorical appeals and rhetorical devices. The three
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n Florence Kelley’s speech‚ she discusses the current child labor crisis to emphasize the importance of passing child labor laws immediately. Kelley uses emotional imagery‚ passionate tone‚ and to inform the audience about children being over worked in the United States. Kelley begins her speech by appealing to emotion (pathos) by using imagery. Kelley acknowledges the current tragedy of children being overworked on a daily basis. She captures the audience’s attention by giving dead cold facts
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are essential to provide an argument thru emotional situations. The 9/11 terrorist attack left many american citizens in a psychological trauma. During President Bush’s speech‚ he portrayed pathos to convey the effects of this horrifying experience that impacted each and every one of us. In the 9/11 Address to the Nation speech Bush mentioned‚ “The pictures of airplanes flying into buildings‚ fires burning‚ huge -- huge structures collapsing have filled us with disbelief‚ terrible sadness‚ and a
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In his emotionally charged speech given to the 2018 graduating class at Lesley University‚ Jason Reynolds inspires and encourages his audience through the telling of a personal story and the repetition of similar sounds to share the importance of being there for others while still striving to be their best. Jason Reynolds tells a personal story in order to catch the interest of his audience. He tells the story of a high school teacher who taught him that “sometimes doing the right thing has consequences”
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Purpose: General and specific purpose (and implied if different from stated purpose) The general purpose for the speech is to urge all countries to join the Convention on Cluster Munitions for starters. Essentially a ‘cease and desist letter’ to both producers and consumers of cluster munitions. On other hand‚ specific purpose of the speech is to demonstrate aside from the obvious fatalities caused by cluster bombs‚ there are adverse effects as well on the survivors and their communities. Non-verbal
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Dean Howard ENG105 Rhetorical Analysis John Fitzgerald Kennedy‚ arguably one of our greater presidents in our nation’s history‚ was assassinated on a Friday in the early stages of winter in 1963; however‚ he had accomplished much more than a man with lesser courage could have in his services to our country. One of President Kennedy’s most memorable actions while in office‚ actually took place very early on in his presidency; his Inaugural Speech in January of 1961. When attempting to
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On November 19‚ 1863 the 16th President Abraham Lincoln recited a speech long to be remembered in the great nation of America. Lincoln makes major statements throughout the duration of the speech; He also shifts from the focus of honoring the soldiers with this ground to telling the people that “we” as the people need to honor this nation by committing to its survival. In this speech Lincoln states at the end of the second paragraph “We have come to dedicate a portion of that field‚ as a final resting
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establish ethos‚ a positive view‚ and voice apart from stereotypical representations of the “angry-black-woman” derived from pop-culture. First Lady Michelle Obama is no exception to this rule. She is a special case because she is creating her own history and legacy as the first Africa-American First Lady of the United States. Michelle Obama: First Lady‚ American Rhetor analyzes the themes
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The context of this speech is that on January 18‚ 1986 the Challenger Shuttle exploded seventy-three seconds into flight. Aboard this aircraft was Christina McAuliffe‚ the first teacher in Space‚ who served as an inspiration for school kids nationwide. The speaker of this speech is Ronald Reagan‚ the President at the time‚ and his audience is the citizens of the United States. During his speech‚ Reagan creates a sense of unity and also expresses his feelings of grief. The purpose of each is to convince
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paralleling it to Christianity and justifying it in the name of fighting communism‚ while non-Western countries furthered the development agenda by creating economic development plans and accepting financial aid for development. In Truman’s inaugural speech‚ the rhetoric he uses to convey the importance of Point Four paints developing countries as desperately in need of saving by the US. To prevent starvation and scarcity in underdeveloped countries‚ Truman urges that the US must offer salvation by promoting
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