Critical Discourse Analysis of Obama’s Political Discourse Juraj Horváth Abstract This paper examines the persuasive strategies of President Obama’s public speaking as well as the covert ideology of the same‚ enshrined in his inaugural address. Our analysis is grounded in Norman Fairclough’s assumptions in critical discourse analysis‚ claiming that "ideologies reside in texts" that "it is not possible to ’read off’ ideologies from texts" and that "texts are open to diverse interpretations"
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Respond to the following prompt: "There are 3 Rhetorical Devices (logos‚ ethos‚ pathos). Provide a quote from each of the two speeches that best represent the use of each of the rhetorical devices. Keep response to a minimum of 1000 words.” In the 1960’s‚ civil rights were becoming a very present and evident concern to the people of America once again. Issues were being brought up to leaders that could and had the authority to actually help out and do something about these said issues. John F
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‘The Streets of Vietnam – a Fatality Every 45 Minutes’ The traffic situation in Vietnam has become a burden to not only citizens but also the government due to its high number of fatalities from accidents. In the article ‘The Streets of Vietnam – a Fatality Every 45 Minutes’‚ published in Siam regional Review (October‚ 2007)‚ Milers Walker suggests several solutions to reduce traffic injuries issues in Vietnam. This essay will critically respond to three of his primary arguments. Walker asserts that
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present a certain depth so that it can be perceive and applied to the text in different ways. After reading Long Walk to Forever‚ one may be quick to decide that the title does not represent the story well since it is a fairly short walk the characters embark on when they decide to be together. Upon further investigation‚ the title begins to seem more effective‚ because when one considers how long these characters have known each other‚ it becomes more apparent that the “walk” represents their walk as
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Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) was a Baptist minister and social activist who played a key role in the American civil rights movement from the mid-1950s until his assassination in 1968. He was inspired by advocates of nonviolence such as Mahatma Gandhi. His name was originally Michael‚ not Martin. At the age of 12‚ he seems to have tried to commit suicide. It was May of 1941 when his grandmother passed away after a heart attack. Martin Luther King‚ Jr.’s birthday was first observed as a national
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though because it means you have to say goodbye to the warmth‚ but it also means the rich and creamy hot chocolate drink that makes your mouth water. Then the festive and colorful holidays come‚ bringing in a stampede of people rushing to get last minute shopping done. The winter season has many perks. The snow is like a white ash that falls and covers the land and everything in its path. It’s like magic falling from the sky. And it creates the illusion of floating on a cold mist before dancing
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Major Perspectives of sociology Three major Perspectives 4/26/2013 Brianna Slaton The Three Sociological Perspectives In today’s society many people may look at society in different ways. What you see and what I say may be totally different. You may present something in a different way than I would. Though we approach a topic differently does not mean we are wrong or right. This is just how society as a whole works. It has been this way in the past and is still present now and will
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Comparison of the two speeches ” I have a dream” and ”Yes we can”. The two speeches by Martin Luther King and Barrack Obama are similar in the way that they both talks about human rights‚ and they both have a dream that people in America can be free and equal treated. Both of them managed people who were important for them in the speech‚ like their family. Both of them want to see a change in the American society. They have a proverb they use. The two speeches are different in the way that
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Key Teachings of Jesus The Gospel of Matthew is rich with teaching statements by Jesus that give us insights into how he would like his followers to live. "The Sermon on the Mount" is referred to as Jesus’ basic teachings in a capsule. 20 key teachings of Jesus from the Gospel of Matthew; 1. The Christian life is marked by baptism (Matt. 3:13-17). 2. God is available to help us not give into temptation (Matt. 4:1-11). 3. Jesus asks us to repent—turn away from wrong‚ confess wrong doing
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Whenever we have to travel long distances within the country we can travel by train or by air in an aeroplane. I remember my first train journey which I performed when I was just about four years old. After that journey so long back‚ I have made several journeys by train but‚ that first journey still lingers in my mind and thoughts. We had to go to Madras‚ where my father had to attend a Conference. Since we had not then seen Madras and our winter vacations were falling during the dates of the
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