Not since Lincoln has there been a president as fundamentally shaped — in his life‚ convictions and outlook on the world — by reading and writing as Barack Obama. Last Friday‚ seven days before his departure from the White House‚ Mr. Obama sat down in the Oval Office and talked about the indispensable role that books have played during his presidency and throughout his life — from his peripatetic and sometimes lonely boyhood‚ when “these worlds that were portable” provided companionship‚ to his
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Speech Analysis Worksheet Content Purpose: The purpose was to let America know that they was attacked on December 7th‚ 1941. Speaker’s background knowledge: The speaker’s background knowledge was he knew more than he told people in his speech. People think that he provoked Japan into bombing Pearl Harbor. Influences (traditional‚ cultural‚ historical): Historical. Listener’s background knowledge: The listener’s background knowledge was probably limited. They probably didn’t know much
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instability. Barack Obama delivers an empowering inauguration speech‚ in 2008‚ bringing forth that Americans need to unify in order to return America to its rightful and bestowed place. In his speech‚ Obama utilizes an assuring tone to emphasize unity and the restoration of America also; he alludes to historical instances to convey a sense of legacy within the American people. Barack Obama alludes to historical instances so that he can attribute a sense of legacy to American people. Obama exclaims to the
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Student 2/22/13 Dr. Chambers Arts & Humanities 2 sec. 5 Extra Credit: Obama State of the Union Address On February 12th of this year President Barack Obama gave his State of the Union address to the congress and people of this nation. In this address Obama would touch base on manufacturing‚ climate change‚ raising minimum wage‚ expanding pre-k‚ etc. Our lives are changing each day and most of us are lost and depend on the government to provide us with new information. It’s essential to do
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candidate Barack Obama addressed the nation concerning racial divide‚ creating unity between all people‚ and the effect it has on the upcoming presidential election. He brought attention to accusations made regarding Reverend Jeremiah Wright‚ Obama’s pastor from his church in Chicago‚ Illinois. In his speech‚ he focuses on the idea that we as society can not dwell on how others feel because of their upbringing‚ and reminds us to worry about the more current and relevant issues. Obama uses several different
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together” (NY Speech) and “it goes everything that we stand for” (Ohio Speech). Her emphasis on the idea of unity allows her voters to believe that they all play an integral role in improving America. Thus‚ Clinton assures them that she is a trustworthy candidate for presidency. Utilizing the pronoun “we”‚ in contrast to Trump’s use of “I”‚ Hillary further refers to voters as a family‚ giving voters the authority that together with Clinton‚ change will occur. According to a Globe analysis‚ in her democratic
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Old Major’s Speech Analysis 2. Pick out examples of persuasive techniques. 3. Using PEA / PEE structure‚ put together 3-5 paragraphs explaining how George Orwell uses language to characterise Old Major. Things to consider: - his use of opinions - how he identifies a common enemy - his use of personal pronouns - alliteration - rule of three Old Major uses many literary devices to make his speech powerful and impact the animals. One of the most effective of these devices is the emotive
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The first essay that I had read was a speech written by Sojourner Truth about women rights. Her intention of writing this was to tell others and encourage them that women can do all things that men can do. She has done everything that a man has done so what makes her less of a person? She was trying to accomplish everyone to be on her side and encourage them to stand with her. This speech was written 1851 at the Women’s Rights Convention in Akron Ohio. This speech was very powerful to rebuke many antifeminists
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A major premise that Hillary speaks about in her speech is that debt is negatively affecting Americans. She incorporates both statistical analysis and solid evidence to support her claim. She uses the example of financial inequality in this country to change her audience’s mood; by first making them upset about their countries current state and then making them feel relieved when she explains that she will fix it. One of Hillary’s other major claims is that education is important and in order to
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Vale S.A. Vale reported pretty mediocre financial numbers on Thursday‚ 22nd October for its third quarter 2015 performance. Its gross operating revenues for the three months ended 30th Sep‚ 2015 were down 6.6 % to 6.6 billion from 7 billion in the second quarter. The lower realized prices of the various commodities sold by the company remained the reason behind this erosion in operating revenue. The contribution of lower prices of these commodities in depressing the revenues was $ 281 million of
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