The Rhetorical Effectiveness of Legally Blond Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) delivers the student address at Harvard Law School’s 2004 graduation ceremony in the movie Legally Blond. In the film Elle is a misguided student who gets accepted into law school upon false pretenses‚ merely to get back with her ex-boyfriend. He broke up with her because she was not suitable to be a future Senators wife‚ he claimed she lacked intelligence and only had her looks to depend on. Everyone’s doubt pushed her
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The Life of Barack Obama By: Aeja Hinton I will be talking about Barack Obama‚ our first black president of the United States of American. Hardly anyone would have pointed to him and say “He’s going to be president one day”. He came from an unusual background. He had a strange name. But most of all‚ the United States had never had an African American for president. So in that case Obama made HISTORY. Barack Obama was born on August 4‚ 1961‚ in Honolulu‚ Hawaii
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that “Mr. Obama sat down in the Oval Office and talked about the indispensable role that books have played during his presidency and throughout his life.” As leader of the free world‚ Obama was in charge of one of the most powerful countries in the world‚ a position that most Americans dream of achieving. Obama’s accolades are all an indirect cause of his love for reading. In the article‚ How Reading Nourished Obama During The White House Years‚ Kakutani talks about how reading helped Obama to become
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Gettysburg Address in comparison to 9/11 and he also analyzes the Gettysburg Address in more depth and has a specific purpose for writing his article. On the other hand in James Wood’s “Victory Speech” he talks about how President Obama flowed through different things‚ Wood also analyzes certain details of Obama’s speech‚ and offers some critique. “Now‚ as then‚ a national spirit rose from the ashes of destruction” (Safire 41). The Gettysburg Address was given after a horrible incident‚ with very tragic
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President Trump’s Inauguration Speech President Trump started by accusing the administrations that have been there before him‚ including that of Barrack Obama‚ of minding their own selfish interests leaving the people of America to bear the costs and sufferings. He talked of politicians prospering while many people are jobless. However‚ by January 2017‚ statistics show that there more people employed in the US that any other time in the American history. This statement by Trump only speaks to how
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Alfred Green In his speech‚ Alfred M. Green helped to unite the Union by using various rhetorical devices to help express his three arguments about why African Americans should be allowed to enlist in the Union army. In these arguments‚ Green points out that dwelling on the discrepancies and mistakes of the leaders of the past is not going to help the black community in the future and that they must fight to improve their status in society. Green also comments that African Americans should try to
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laws and regulations regarding labor. Children are put to work in harsh conditions‚ conditions often deemed difficult even for adults‚ and are forced to work ridiculous hours. Florence Kelley gave a speech at the National American Woman Suffrage Association in Philadelphia on July 22‚ 1905. In her speech‚ Kelley uses repetition‚ pathos‚ imagery‚ logos‚ and carefully placed diction to express how child labor is morally wrong and inhumane. In her opening paragraphs‚ Kelley uses an antistrophe to emphasize
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A Moving Speech For many years and still currently‚ Primary speeches have been important and must be written thoughtfully and edited with every bit of scrutiny. They help office runners round up unprecedented amount of undecided voters and help paint a picture to the public of how they want to be portrayed. Obama’s 2008 New Hampshire speech did just that. With the usage of many literature techniques such as logical fallacies and rhetorical devices Obama was able to bring to life the ideas he wanted
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Language of a Public Figure The opening of the speech is very clear and direct‚ setting a serious essence for the audience to appreciate the detailed fashion in which Obama will go on to explain the effects of Osama Bin Laden‚ America’s actions‚ the assassination‚ and the important distinguishing of Islam and Pakistan from Al Qaeda. Obama is very profound for his use of emotive language; in this speech‚ he exemplifies this immediately. His use of antitheses opens with‚ “a bright September day was
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What were the speaker’s goals of the speech? (Recall the three main goals that we discussed in class). To pose a question for society and try to answer it in the best way he can but also in hopes for someone to find an exact answer one day‚ also to reignite the people to think more about space and future interactions with our people or other beings. b. Discuss the historical or societal context in which this speech falls. For example‚ Dr. King’s speech was delivered during a time when marginalized
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