On 21 May 2009‚ President Obama delivered a speech at the National Archives in response to stiff resistance from Congress concerning his intention to close the Guantanamo Bay centre. During his speech‚ Obama‚ who strongly defended his counterterrorism policies‚ made it clear: “rather than keeping us safer‚ the prison at Guantanamo has weakened American national security.” Keeping the detention centre open was “a rallying cry” for terrorists‚ making it easier for them to recruit more fighters‚ hence
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Curtis Martin and the Greatest NFL Speech Curtis Martin is considered one of the best running backs in NFL history. He is fourth in total rushing yards and tying for first‚ second‚ or third in most other records. He is known for being an electric player on the field and a good man off the field but primarily to fellow players and people as giving the greatest Hall of Fame speech in the history of the Hall of Fame. Bleacher Report had their point of view on the speech in which they stated‚ “Most of these
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Anthonia Olubodun Eng 122 – C3 5/29/2013 The Death Penalty Death penalty also known as capital punishment is the ultimate price paid for committing a heinous crime against humanity. It is use today more conservatively (in the western world) than it was used in ancient days to punish all kind of crimes. Adultery‚ kidnapping and fornication to name a few are punishable by death in the Holy Bible and
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decisions controlled by their own whims. That’s an important value Coolidge addresses in his first speech as president of the Massachusetts State Senate. In it‚ he discusses the importance of being selfless—of doing what’s best for the nation and doing whatever is necessary even if it won’t lead to reelection or popularity‚ a value perhaps even more relevant and important today. A main theme in Coolidge’s speech is for legislators to do whatever is necessary—that they shouldn’t be afraid of being given
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Davis 1 Raven Davis Professor Bunde English 1011 26 September 2012 Rhetorical Analysis of “Outcasts United: A True Story about Soccer and Immigration Made for Hollywood? Pitch Invasion journalist‚ Andrew Guest‚ writes the article “Outcasts United: A True Story about Soccer and Immigration Made for Hollywood” from a sarcastic viewpoint. Guest starts by allowing his reader to get acquainted with Warren St. John’s cover article on “Outcast United‚” which later became a book. He introduces the
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The rhetorical device Martin Luther King Jr. used many times throughout the speech was anaphora. An anaphora is a deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive verses‚ sentences‚ or paragraphs‚ used to emphasize a point and make it catchy. King used this device in his speech because it creates a strong emotional effect. Anaphoras were used in Dr.King’s speech to emphasize a point and he was trying to portray about
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In the “Speech to the Virginia Convention” (1775)‚ Patrick Henry convinced the colonist to fight against Britain using several different rhetorical devices; the four main ones were rhetorical questions‚ parallelism‚ diction‚ and allusion. These devices helped give him the power to be able to connect to the audience and show them what he see’s through examples of common stories that the audience already knew about. The use of rhetorical questions‚ the first rhetorical device‚ allows the audience
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Laila Lane Professor Katherine Gray English 1102 Rhetorical Analysis Today’s young generation has been getting a lot of slack from older generations due to the amount technology they have. Those who have negative things to say about this generation sometimes say that they’re not as smart as the previous generations because of the new technology that is available. Literary critic at the San Francisco Chronicle‚ Cynthia Haven‚ argues that the young generation of today has actually written
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gave this speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963. In this speech‚ he states the struggles that African Americans face‚ due to discrimination and racial inequality in America. King held many peaceful protests concerning these issues‚ but no matter how peaceful they were‚ there was always police brutality and discrimination against them. He had hoped that all Americans‚ who heard the speech‚ would be touched by it and would take action on how poorly they were treated. The rhetorical devices
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lead one of the biggest movements within America’s history. It helped millions of people not only be accepted but it helped people understand why people should not be discriminated against. But before that occured‚ he made a speech about the Vietnam War. King explains in his speech about the Vietnam war that he stood by at the beginning and just watched. He states that he knew that America wouldn’t do anything concerning the Vietnam war. He pulls on the heart strings of others by talking about how the
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