Assignment #4 - Rhetorical Structure Essay After closely analyzing the structure of two Presidential Inaugural Addresses made by President Obama and former President George W. Bush‚ the perspicuous rhetoric of President Obama reigned supreme. Barack Obama delivered his Inaugural Address as the first African American president of the United States. However‚ he did not dwell on the social and historical significance of his election. Instead he remained humble‚ focusing on illuminating the social‚
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his second Inaugural speech President Barack Obama addresses the events that shaped America into the country it is today and outlines the reasons why Americans should take pride in their country. In his speech‚ Obama uses the rhetorical appeals of pathos and logos interchangeably. He also makes use of ethos‚ but not as much as he uses the other two appeals. He uses all three of these appeals to convince citizens that America is a country to admire. In his Inaugural speech‚ President Obama uses
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Rhetorical Analysis The 2008 presidential campaign was controversial‚ emotional‚ historical and also amidst an economic crisis. Barack Obama’s victory marked a change in American society regarding race and politics. His election as the first African American President of the United States is profound and signifies a changing America. Obama gave his inaugural address on January 20‚ 2009 in Washington D.C. Unlike the campaign‚ the inauguration was a celebration‚ marked by clear skies and a patriotic
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Barack Obama`s victory speech The just reelected president‚ Barack Obama enters the stage a few hours after he announced his victory‚ supported by his family. He is going to deliver his victory speech which turns out to be one of his best speeches ever. It seems to be no ending to the cheering‚ but when the audience finally stops clapping‚ the first thing Obama says is thank you. He says that the task of perfecting the union moves forward‚ and that it moves forward because of the people of the
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We The People In President Barack Obama’s speech‚ he often mentioned the past history of the United States of America‚ starting with the founding documents of our country. The founding documents its self are the history of our country‚ but we looked at it in a different perspective; as it was an idea of freedom‚ in the term of all men are created equal. President Barack Obama is using history as a tool to links his audiences back to those timeline when our country were at war with fascism‚ segregation
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Without a doubt‚ The First Lady‚ Michelle Obama‚ stupendously gave her speech on September 4th at the Democratic National Convention. Moving the hearts of the audience‚ she brilliantly portrayed how Barack Obama “values everyone’s contribution and treats everyone with respect.” Michelle started off by illustrating how she’d seen “the very best of American spirit.” One notable example she provided was about a young man who was blinded by a bomb in Afghanistan and saying how he’d give his eyes for
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B: Back to School They say that education is the most important thing for society. That education is the way out of trouble‚ poverty‚ unemployment and many other things. But all of this is hard to understand for children‚ and that is a problem‚ for it is them who are in the education system. So how do you get kids and youngsters to understand the importance of education and hard work? That is what Barrack Obama – the president of the United States of America – has tried to do. He gave the speech
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Analysis: the extract 5 illustrates how Obama attempts to establish an interpersonal relation with the nation by creating a sense of national-duty. And‚ based on the frequency with which the possessive determiner “our” is used suggests that his implied definition of “we have responsibility to act” is identical to that of his audience. Furthermore‚ early in the speech‚ Obama makes the following statement: “when our interests and values [Barack Obama’s interest and the United States] are at stake.”
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of need. Change in a nation had already begun due to his first steps as becoming the first colored president of the united states but America did face greater problems and over looked his color. Eight years of his presidency all began with this one speech of prosperity‚ conflict‚ greatness‚ and change. In president Barack Obamas‚ first inaugural address he used allusion‚ anaphora‚ and pathos to convey his feelings towards the Iraq war and to rebuild national pride in the United States based on how
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Eric Diaz Professor Ross Speech Communication LA 120 28 January 2013 Obama’s inaugural speech I like the fact that president Obama spoke about a lot of views in his speech he defends Social Security‚ and Medicaid‚ saying it renews our civil rights. He said we need to show more fairness for children of immigrants and saying over in over “We The People‚” were labeled “far-left-of-center wish I heard was another senator who called us that.” we need too continued to persevere
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