honorary doctorate from the college. The speech was full of political satire‚ jokes about the university and some pure fact about life that every college student needs to hear upon graduation. For Stewart‚ addressing the graduating class was a chance to let them know that "college is something you complete. Life is something you experience" (p 204). This was one of the many ideas Stewart addresses in his commencement speech. Jon Stewart starts off his speech
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The speech most anticipated by the American people is the State of the Union. This is the speech that the President delivers annually to the joint session of congress. During this speech‚ he is basically giving his assessment of the nation with the economy and budget being the main emphasis of the whole speech. Because the audience is mainly congress‚ this is an excellent opportunity to present his agenda to those who would be responsible for passing it. The President’s cabinet consist of fifteen
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In this speech in which president kennedy denounces WC Steel Corporations for the increased price for which they sell steel‚ Kennedy repeatedly appeals to ethos. We can see how Kennedy first uses ethos in the second paragraph of his speech. Kennedy begins by separating himself‚ a well known graduate from an ivy league school‚ from any steel companies which we would believe him to have social affiliations with. In doing so Kennedy builds a sense of trust in which now anything that he says during his
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President Barack Obama uses a wide variety of techniques to make a successful victory speech. The main features that allowed this were his choices of language; rhetorical devices; his mode of delivery; paralinguistic & prosodic features; and his structure. Obama’s speech is full of carefully thought out language choices that all give a specific effect on the audience. For example‚ many times in the speech Obama repeats the first person pronoun ‘we’ which makes the audience feel included and
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exceptions. In his speech Stokes also speaks out about how using a Bechdel Test can help improve the outlook that both boys and girls have growing up‚ as well as their influential role models. Stokes’s speech was presented on a TEDxBeasconStreet event in 2012 in Brooklyn Massachusetts‚ in front of what seems a large variety of people. By using light humor and visuals‚ as well as providing personal stories about his family Stokes is able to connect with his audience and drive his speech forward‚ not only
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In this speech there is an abundance of emotion‚ spoken by Antony. He begins the speech by preparing the public‚ he doesn’t have a fun talk ahead of him and knows this. He gains their trust by not sugar coating the problem at hand. He connects to the audience through using emotion‚ this is both staged and real‚ he knows that if they are to handle this issue incorrectly it could cause serious disturbances. Antony appeals to Pathos the most in this speech‚ throughout the entire piece there’s a constant
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Senator Barack Obama’s victory in the presidential election was celebrated in his hometown of Chicago‚ Illinois. He gave this speech in an open park‚ with hundreds-of-thousands of his supporters. Obama starts his speech by telling everyone that anything is possible in America. Next‚ he congratulates senator McCain on his campaign. Then‚ he starts thanking his supporters and he then talks about the change he hopes to make as president. After thanking everyone‚ he then goes to talk about problems that
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To prepare for my shield speech‚ I used time in class to write my outline and consulted other around me about my ideas. I thought of first representing each point with a book‚ and then later came to the idea of a bookshelf I could put props and pictures on. I admit that I did procrastinate while writing my speech. I could’ve used my time in class better to figure out what I was going to say. My slip‚ which I folded very many times so it was very small‚ was chosen first. I wouldn’t have made the slip
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Throughout Anthony’s speech‚ she alludes to past successful revolutions‚ and compares historic events to the women’s suffrage to encourage victory. References to the American Revolution and the abolishment of slavery lie throughout Anthony’s speech to establish her point. For example‚ Anthony discusses the dissatisfaction of women with their government by referencing the chant from the American Revolution‚“taxation without representation” (Anthony 1). Incorporating this familiar chant‚ she established
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down on potential threats has become priority. Not only are there threats of mass violence‚ but racist speech and sexist speech‚ that some would define as fighting words. A question to ask is when does speech become a fighting word. Having to decide what speech is protected by the first amendment‚ worthwhile‚ and what speech has no social value and is not protected‚ worthless‚ is controversial. Speech that is defined as worthless include: lewd‚ obscene‚ profane‚ libelous‚ and fighting words. Focusing
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