Barack Obama’s speech – Back to School Barack Obama held a speech on September 8‚ 2009 called “Back to School”. He held the speech to students of all ages. From kindergarten to high school. Obamas intention with the speech was to evoke a feeling of the responsibility that follows when it comes to education. The speech is build up very normally. The opening; where he talks about the first day in a semester‚ and the pressure‚ which lies on your shoulders. The narrative; it is basically the background
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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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Barack Obama‚ the next president of United States of America‚ uses words with strong images and connotations within his speech to effectively express his opinions. For instance‚ in the fourth line of his speech‚ he states that “But our time of standing pat‚ of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisions- that time has surely passed.” The word “pat” denotes small influence‚ often insignificant. This word is implying that Americans have been too boasting about the influential standing
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The Chicago Speech The presidential victory speech delivered by Barack Obama who is the president to be was held on 4th of November 2008 in Chicago. He creates an immediate bond with the audience as he begins his speech saying‚ "Hello Chicago!". He then pauses for a minute in order for the citizens of America to welcome him as the USA’s president. Then he addresses the people who had not voted for him because they thought he was not capable of leading America and then thanking the thousands of
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During his keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention‚ Barack Obama introduced himself as a skinny kid with a funny name. The rising star of Illinois politics was elected to the U.S. Senate three months later. His delivery‚ using rhetoric‚ was full of fervid sentiment that reminds us of what we love about the United States of America. His passionate speech inspired Americans to renew their faith in their country and persist their individual dreams and yet still come together as one
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Language of a Public Figure The opening of the speech is very clear and direct‚ setting a serious essence for the audience to appreciate the detailed fashion in which Obama will go on to explain the effects of Osama Bin Laden‚ America’s actions‚ the assassination‚ and the important distinguishing of Islam and Pakistan from Al Qaeda. Obama is very profound for his use of emotive language; in this speech‚ he exemplifies this immediately. His use of antitheses opens with‚ “a bright September day was
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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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Obama knows that even though he had just won the presidential elections‚ he still has to uphold his own character in front of millions from all nations. Obama starts off with a display of ethos and expresses how there are “indicators of crisis‚ subject to data and statistics... that the next generation must lower its sights.” (Macon). These series of statements here consist of ethos because Obama is not afraid to reveal that he knows what is going on in the current state of affairs. Instead of sugarcoating
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Philadelphia Story Character Analysis George Cukor’s star studded romantic comedy‚ The Philadelphia Story (1940)‚ offers modern viewers a look at changing personalities in 1930s/40s American high society. The film stars Cary Grant‚ Katherine Hepburn‚ and James Stewart in a clash of cultures centered around a wedding. Macaulay Connor (Stewart) is a reporter for tabloid like Spy Magazine‚ on assignment to write an exposé on the marriage of wealthy Tracy Lord (Katherine Hepburn) with the help
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Philadelphia Phillies market a baseball team who plays in a park that will offer a fun ballpark experience. They are careful not to market a perfect team‚ which will win all the time. This is an extremely competitive market in which they would like to appeal so many different markets: The diehards‚ kids 14 years and younger‚ women and men 14 years and older‚ seniors over 60 and corporate and community groups. They needed to evaluate how they would market this not as a game but an experience.
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