Andrew Hrywna Mrs. Stasiv English 12 October 1 2010 Barak Obama Speech Analysis On November 3rd 2008‚ President Barack Obama addressed the people of Virginia. This was the night before the ballots would be cast for the 43 President of the United States of America. He expressed to the nation that his experience was incomparable and like no other. Obama is known to use three main manipulative devices in his speeches. His effective use of Anaphora‚ Anecdotes‚ mixed in with his own personal
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Rhetorical Analysis Abraham Lincoln’s “Second Inaugural Address” and Emily Dickinson’s “Success is Counted Sweet‚” are two inspirational pieces of art that fall under two different types of discourses. The “Second Inaugural Address‚” is a great example and definition of what Rhetoric is. It encompasses all four resources of languages- argument‚ appeal‚ arrangement‚ and artistic devices. “Success is Counted Sweet‚” doesn’t cover the four resources of language that apply to rhetoric; therefore‚ it
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One of her most memorable moments was when she gave the speech The Destructive Male at the 1868 Women’s Suffrage Convention. With this speech she passionately states how the intelligent‚ wise female is kept from having any involvement in the world and how this affects our nation since
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University. As President of the United States‚ Eisenhower wrote many of his own speeches in which he was known to edit‚ rewrite and personalize the text through multiple drafts. Recognized as a powerful orator‚ Eisenhower used an informal style of speech to persuade‚ inspire and motivate the people. He had incredible control over diction and his speeches were considered informative. The eight years between the explosion of the first atomic bomb in 1945 and Dwight
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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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Frederick Douglass was invited by the Rochester Ladies Antislavery society‚ to deliver a speech. He delivered his speech on July 5th‚ 1852‚ at Corinthian Hall in Rochester‚ New York. In Douglass’s speech‚ he established himself to the audience. He praised their importance of the occasion before them and claims to be humble‚ yet he shrunk with fear and nervousness. Although he deceives his audience‚ His use of rhetoric‚ religious‚ and historic statements‚ achieves common ground for his argument and
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Nixon Administration Evaluation Between 1968 to 1974 President Richard M Nixon served as the president of the United States of America. During the Nixon administration the nation faced many challenges domestically and internationally. Nixon’s administration was challenged by the Vietnam war‚ the fluctuating economy‚ and the Watergate Scandal. His administration was plagued with challenges‚ both domestically‚ where it failed to gain support from the nation due to the war and economy‚ and internationally
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I believe that I believe that Shakespeare intended a speech for his audience that exalted humanity. Shylock spoke about humanity and held it at a high regard defending that being a Jew does not make you less as a human than a Christian. In his speech Shylock exalts humanity instead of speaking of it in a cynical or sarcastic manner. In his speech such Shylock did not use sarcasm whatsoever when comparing a Jew to a Christian. “ If you prick us‚ do we not bleed? If you tickle
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Address.” Jobs completed only six months of college before deciding that he was unsure how college would help his future‚ but he audited classes for another 18 months. Jobs is a renowned CEO‚ but he did not earn this position easily. Throughout Jobs’ speech‚ he discusses several unknown‚ personal experiences. Jobs makes a connection with the audience by telling three intimate stories‚ discussing failure‚ and using simplistic sentence structure and words. Jobs is chosen
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English 1302.481 Feb 10‚2011 Rhetorical Analysis of Ronald Reagan First Inaugural Address Speech usually plays a very important role in the politics. Politicians address to audience though public speaking reveal their positions and ideas to promote support from others. So‚ how to make a good speech is important to politician. Usually‚ player will use a lot of writing skills in the speech which can improve speech’s confidence levels. I think the Ronald Reagan’s first inaugural address is the best
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