How does Obama use rhetorical devices in his speech effectively to engage his audience? Throughout Obama’s speech he uses many different examples of rhetorical devices such as alliteration‚ personification‚ triad‚ allusion and an inclusive pronoun. Alliteration is used effectively in Obama’s speech. An example would be “depths of despair to the greatest heights of hope”. The fact that he goes from the worst to the best corrects the listener’s minds and provides an insight into just how good things
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Huntington’s essay “The Clash of Civilizations” written in 1993 describes a world where the fundamental source of conflict will be cultural with religion being the primary criteria defining civilizations. Huntington begins his paper by dismissing the possibility of conflict occurring for ideological or economic reasons (Huntington‚ Summer 1993). His thesis has been described as “theoretically simple‚ naturally subjective‚ and inherently problematic”. (Flynn-Piercy‚ 2011) This reminds me of reading
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during the summer months. However‚ during the winter months your boat probably doesn’t get used much—if at all. While you certainly could just leave your boat in your driveway or garage‚ it’s often better to take it to a boat storage facility. But before you do that‚ you must make sure your boat is ready to be stored. So how should you prepare your boat for winter storage? Here are four tips: 1. Fill Up the Tank It is a good idea to fill up your fuel tank before winter hits. Having a full tank might
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A game show is a show in which members of the public or celebrities‚ either on their own or as a team‚ play a game which is likely to involve answering quiz-like questions for points or prizes. Game shows often offer money or holidays to contestants as prizes. An obvious example of this is the show “Who wants to be a Millionaire?” in which contestants‚ if successful may win up to one million pounds. Most game shows now appear on television although a few remain on the radio. In this essay i will
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How much technology should you let your child use? Since the start of the 21st century the amount of technology and the use of it has increased exponentially. Today technology in the form of computers‚ tablets and smartphones is used in almost everything we do. We watch Netflix‚ we plan travels and we even pay for the groceries at the supermarket with these metal boxes. Our whole life is therefore centered around 10 to 20 different elements that create these machines. This assignment will analyze
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Write a letter which you hope to be published in your local newspaper. Inform readers what leisure facilities are available for young people and families in your area and explain how you think they can be improved. (16 marks) Dear Editor‚ You will be aware what an awful‚ boring place Halstead is. After all‚ one does not run the paper for twenty-five years without acquainting oneself with the area somewhat. I would firstly like to offer congratulations on the twenty-five years the Halstead
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speakers are audience-centered. They know the primary purpose of speechmaking is not to browbeat the audience or to blow off steam. Rather‚ it is to gain a desired response from listeners. Being audience-centered does not involve compromising your beliefs to get a favorable response. Nor does it mean using devious‚ unethical tactics to achieve your goal. As with Barack Obama‚ you can remain true to yourself and speak ethically while adapting your message to the goals‚ values‚ and attitudes of your audience
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Speech 13 May 2016 Persuade Foreign Languages You have heard many different languages but do you understand any of them. This is not that uncommon‚ in fact the number of people in America that don?t understand a foreign language is very high. There is only about 40% of the United States population that don?t speak or understand any language other than English and the other 60% are from immigration or have parents who are immigrates (Kualo). Today‚ I will be trying to persuade you as to why it is important
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Good morning adjudicator‚ chairman and year 8. As you know‚ our topic today is if you’re child got a Hogwarts letter‚ would you allow them to go? We‚ as the negative team‚ say no to this‚ you shouldn’t allow your child to attend Hogwarts. Before I go on with my arguments today‚ I’d like to point out a few flaws from the opposing team. Now onto the negative sides points. Our first speaker Claudia has already stated that Hogwarts is a school in which provides incompetent education. She also stated that
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You should change your behavior depending on what situation you are in. This could be for many reasons but I will only give you two today. The reasons why you should change behavior in situations are you will not have friends to mess with‚ if your are in school then some teachers will think that your behavior is inappropriate‚ and you won’t be able to speak in public. First of all‚ you should change your behavior depending on what situation you are in because you will not have any friends to mess
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