President Speech

Basic Structure | Speech #1 Obama | Speech #2 Romney | Describe the present situation Who's benefiting under the current conditions? | The people benefiting from the situation are the locals in Libya and Syria that are being liberated from the extremists | According to Romney, the people in the western countries are benefiting from this because we thrive on free enterprise. | Prove unfairness Who's suffering under current conditions? | The people who are suffering live in 3rd world countries who don’t have the rights we have. | The people in foreign countries are suffering because they don’t have free enterprise and we’re suffering due to job losses. | Provide a vision of a better way What would conditions be like if they were fairer than they are now? | According to Obama, if conditions were fairer there would be more democratic countries and the economy would improve. | Again Romney speaks about enterprise and how the economy would strengthen and freedom would become a normal thing. | Call for Action What must be done to achieve fairer conditions? | We have to start accepting the middle eastern people’s views and he speaks about how Diplomacy is needed to prevent the killing of foreign ambassadors. | We need to improve our strategies and not waste out valuable resources and help foreign countries come up out of the pit. |

Rhetorical tools | Speech #1 Obama | Speech #2 Romney | Alliteration: Examples of repetition of sounds. "May men of merit be motivated to act!" | “…people everywhere long for the freedom to determine the dignity” | “…bringing aid and comfort to the poorest places on the planet.” | Repetition: Key words or phrases that are repeated for emphasis. | “The future must not belong.” P.33-34“If we are serious…” P.7 | “…work and enterprise.” P.23-24 | Metaphor: List comparisons that help listeners "envision" meaning."Let our dreams soar on wings of optimism!" | “a rising tide of liberty will never be reversed.” | “But we