an audience. In the Inauguration Speech of 1961 given by President John F. Kennedy‚ he was able to really connect with his audience that day by using lots of different rhetorical devices. By using chiasmus‚ anaphoras‚ and metaphors‚ JFK was able to effectively reach and persuade people to have faith in him despite his age and religion. Perhaps the most important line of JFK’s entire inaugural address was a utilization of chiasmus‚ which is a figure of speech by which the order of the terms in
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OBAMA Chief Legislator Mieczkowski: Barack Obama’s veto power gathers dust Originally published: January 15‚ 2013 3:07 PM Updated: January 15‚ 2013 6:46 PM By YANEK MIECZKOWSKI Photo credit: iStock | Something stunning has happened -- or rather‚ largely failed to happen -- during Barack Obama’s presidency. He has almost never used the veto. When a president begins his second term‚ as Barack Obama does next week‚ he ponders his legacy. Whatever Obama’s achievements‚ history
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politics…” During the State of Union speech Obama spoke on many of these topics such as raising minimum wage‚ expanding civil rights‚ ensuring prosperity and insurance for generation to come.This was a really good speech and very persuasive. While the speech was happening many notes were taken and i witnessed how almost half of the political part was clapping ( the democrats) and the other half ( the republicans) did not fully agree with Obama. In Obama’s speech he says that his goal was to have a
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Obama’s speech Without a doubt‚ rhetoric is almost always linked to the political field and the individuals who operate within it. For hundreds of years‚ presidents have been utilizing rhetoric to make their points and to outline their positions on important issues before the nation. President Obama certainly used many forms of rhetoric and rhetorical devices during his long journey that eventually ended at the steps of the White House‚ and he did not stop there. During his inaugural speech‚ President
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Henry Harrison (February 9‚ 1773 – April 4‚ 1841) was the ninth president of the United States. Harrison was won the election of 1840 and on April 4‚ 1841 he was the first president give a two-hour inaugural speech and the first to die during his first thirty days of office. Harrison’s inaugural speech was given during a cold wet March day and some say it’s what caused his cold which then turned to pneumonia that he was unable to recover from. Prior to Harrison becoming the ninth president he was
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After analysing Barack Obama’s victory speech first thing that comes to mind is his strong delivery. His delivery style exuded confidence and it had a clear sense of purpose. He drew in the audience using the pause and gave them ample time to process the information in between. The language he used was simple but he used them to great effect to deliver strong messages. He formed a connection with the audience using inclusive language. He made the speech about the audience using words like We‚ Our
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natural thing to do. However‚ Michelle Obama proclaims that a college degree comes with the obligation to spread newfound knowledge to future generations and to improve the state of our country. While this is a noble statement‚ it does not change the fact that college attendance and the acquisition of a degree never oblige one to do anything. Rather‚ the choice belongs to the graduate. Throughout her commencement speech at Bowie State University‚ Obama repeatedly announces that graduates have
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most famous speech was the I Have A Dream speech. This dialogue is written to help speak for African Americans in this time period. I Have A Dream is about how African Americans want the same rights as whites and is willing to do anything to get them. In this speech Martin Luther King‚ Jr uses many ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos to get his point across to the people. Ethos is one of the devices used by Mr.King to help explain his point. Ethos is the character the speaker portrays in his speech. “And those
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Barfield Prof. Traci Alexander Speech Communications Due Date: April 6th 2015 What could be more American? As I to listen to President Obama speech on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma Alabama to mark the 50th Anniversary of “Blood Sunday”. I thought about the question asked What could be more American and If I Agreed with this statement. President Obama throughout his speech single out the most important idea
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different president after Bush’s tumultuous term. Barack Obama‚ a senator at the time‚ gave a speech at the Democratic Convention announcing his support of John Kerry’s presidential campaign. In his speech‚ Barack Obama uses ethos and its related rhetorical strategies to highlight the similarities and minor differences between themselves to make John Kerry seem like a viable presidential candidate to the common American citizen. Barack Obama uses invented ethos to explain the considerable differences
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