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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In the speech Cori Bush presents to the people for being elected as the United States Congresswoman‚ she used direct diction to express her emotional connection to the audience to reassure the people that she is for and with them due to her personal life experiences that allied with the ones of the people she is speaking too.Her tone reflects a deep compassion for serving the people and fulfilling the leadership role they need and giving them a sense of hope. In her campaign speech‚ Bush’s use of
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an ardent speech addressing the dispute about gender inequality in the world. Her intention was to raise awareness of the struggles that women and men face throughout their life regarding this issue. During this speech‚ Watson uses numerous strategies to engage her audience’s absorption of the subject along with the three major elements of the speech; her introduction was striking‚ the body was sympathetic‚ and the conclusion reached the main goal of the speech. Watson opened her speech with a statement
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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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History is filled with stories of world changing triumphs and unlikely victories. But entangled with these tales of success is tragedy and loss. As humans push themselves to explore and discover more of what is out there‚ mistakes and disasters are inevitable. Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic‚ changed the views of women as aviators forever‚ and won many awards‚ as well as the recognition of the public eye. She set several other aviation records‚ only to tragically
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father cry for the first time. I remember watching George Bush’s speech following the attacks with my family‚ but I was too young to truly understand it at the time. When I recently read and watched the speech‚ I was reminded just how powerful and emotional his speech actually was. Bush’s intended audience was not only the U.S. Congress and the American people‚ but also America’s allies and enemies. When Bush delivered his speech nine days after the attacks‚ the entire nation was furious and confused
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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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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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