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    First lady and lawyer‚ Michelle Obama‚ in her 2016 DNC speech‚ recounts her children’s unique life in the spotlight while growing up in the White House. Obama’s purpose is to endorse Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Presidential Election. She adopts a sentimental tone in order to appeal to the audience as a concerned parent. Obama opens her speech by conveying a reminiscing sense of parenthood. She describes‚ “… I saw their little faces pressed up against the window‚ and the only thing I could think

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    I argue that Donald Trump’s immigration rally speech in Phoenix relates to the topic of using strategic racism by insisting fear about how horrible the immigrants are into the American people so that they will vote for Trump‚ who promised to stop them. Ultimately‚ Trump’s speech shows that racial rhetoric works by describing immigrants from the borders as dangerous to United States citizens‚ which makes white people want to give him the political power so he can build a wall to keep these dangerous

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    Robert Kennedy’s speech that addressed Martin Luther King Jr.’s death was successful delivering the tragic news because of his composure‚ thought‚ and other methods. On April 4‚ 1968‚ Robert Kennedy is to give a speech for his political rally in Indianapolis‚ Indiana. Before going on the stage‚ Robert Kennedy is given the news that Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. Now he must inform and address the news to the audience of racially mixed political supporters. After informing the audience

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    William Faulkner won the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature‚ for his acceptance speech he wanted to use his fame and the platform the award gave him to convey a to young writers listening with the same aspirations that was much needed in that time of 1949 during the threat of a nuclear war. This speech seems to take the form of a personal letter to young writers with historical context for clarification and to connect with them. Is tone is concerned and serious but caring and hopeful towards the end

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    In his speech at Georgetown University‚ Bernie Sanders elucidated democratic socialism and painted his vision of a reformed America— an America that is economically equal; healthy; employed; educated; and‚ unified with Muslim nations against ISIS. Sanders’ speech highlighted pervasive social programs that accentuated the dire need of middle class Americans for economic security and equality. Sanders correlated his desire to redistribute wealth among the top 1 percent—the ruling class—and the middle

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    Wendell Phillips‚ a white American abolitionist‚ used the power of language to his advantage to collaborate an influential speech filled with praises and moving words for the former slave‚ Haitian general‚ Toussaint-Louverture. His words reveal an unmistakable abolitionist fervor that screams to Americans to allow African Americans to serve in the military and open their eyes to the oppression of slavery. He attempts to ignite this passion through his zealous attitude‚ his strategic defense for

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    I choose this speech because I remember this tragedy and I currently live in the Space Coast of Florida where NASA is located‚ so it is of great interest to me. President Reagan gained the attention of the audience by foregoing the planned state of the union address and explaining he was only going to discuss the subject of the tragedy that occurred earlier that day only‚ helping to emphasize the severity of what occurred. The purpose of this speech was to show compassion to a nation that has great

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    was supposed to give great speeches with structure. Antony was a general so he was not as good at giving speeches but was good at pumping up his solders before battle. Which he used to his advantage when speaking to the mourning crowd. In Brutus’s speech‚ he begins by addressing the crowd as "Romans‚ countrymen‚ and lovers‚” demonstrating that he is one of them and that he values their role in the Roman community.  This helps establish ethos (credibility)‚ and as Brutus continues by arguing that he

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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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    who was a student of Socrates and a teacher of Aristotle. David Wallace‚ in his vidoe "This is Water‚" also gives great insight on how to be a successful person. Wallace is an american novelist and professor of English and creative writing. He was born on Febuary 21‚ 1962 and unfortunately passed away in 2008. Also‚ the Dalai Lama‚ author of "His Holliness" talks about how to achieve success in many different perspectives than Plato and Wallace. The Dalai Lama was the 14th Dalai Lama born July 6‚ 1935

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