Critical Discourse Analysis of Obama’s Political Discourse Juraj Horváth Abstract This paper examines the persuasive strategies of President Obama’s public speaking as well as the covert ideology of the same‚ enshrined in his inaugural address. Our analysis is grounded in Norman Fairclough’s assumptions in critical discourse analysis‚ claiming that "ideologies reside in texts" that "it is not possible to ’read off’ ideologies from texts" and that "texts are open to diverse interpretations"
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One key figure of speech that runs through the discourse of Bush’s rhetoric throughout his presidential career is that of metaphors of friendship. The term friend(s) is used very liberally in Bush’s speeches‚ sometimes alone‚ sometimes along with the term allies as the examples below show: “I recognize that not all of our friends agreed with our decision to enforce the Security Council before committing troops to Iraq” “We will hunt them by day and by night in every corner of the world until
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In January 2003‚ then President George W. Bush signed an executive order that gave religious charities access to federal money. This order circumvented Congress and all their objections to the requests through the previous years of Bush’s presidency. According to President Bush‚ this would “help clear away a legacy of discrimination against faith based charities” (Wilhem and Williams‚ para. 7). The order made it legal for the organizations that were receiving federal money to keep their religious
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and situations. A message about agriculture will be more important in a place like Texas as opposed to New York city‚ where there are less crops. This is why politicians say different things in different cities‚ and different states. Each of the rhetorical elements are important‚ and can be mixed and matched to fit the situation. No one part should be ignored‚ as they are equally important. The purpose of a message should match the message of the speaker.The purpose of a message is the signature
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Rhetorical Analysis: President Ronald Reagan ’s Farwell Address Rhetorical Analysis: Reagan ’s Farwell Address Ronald Reagan ’s Farewell Address was an amazing example of conveying the fundamentals for freedom through an emotional and visual lesson. It is no wonder that the president known as the "great communicator" was successful in painting for us a picture of who we were‚ past and present‚ and the improvements in the areas of strength‚ security‚ and
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INTRODUCTION: I am studying the rally speeches for the leaders of the Labour and Liberal Democrat party’s. Nick Clegg has been the leader of the Liberal Democrat party for 5 years now and Ed Milliband has been the leader of the Labour party for 2 years. Both of these leaders have become unpopular in the public’s eyes: Nick Clegg due to him lying about the raising of tuition fees as well as the negative view from his party as they feel he has disassociated himself from the party objectives
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Given our overall commitment to linking the text-interpretive and experimental traditions‚ rhetorical theory appears ideally suited to the task of generating specific predictions‚ amenable to experimental test‚ about the impact of stylistic variation in advertising visuals. With its semiotic foundation‚ the rhetorical tradition can provide a wealth of ideas for differentiating and integrating aspects of visual style (see‚ e.g.‚ Durand 1987). Furthermore
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members from the Board of Studies‚ As a year 12 student my peers and I are intrigued as to why we study a compilation of speeches that were delivered before our time to audiences in contrasting contexts? And how this has any form of relevance to a contemporary audience studying the HSC in 2013? Through study I have discovered the answer is that these carefully selected speeches all deliver universal themes that are significant despite the period in time and the audience to which they are delivered
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Eugenia Lee Callie Ingram English 102 17 February 2015 So This Is Our Food? “The Carnivore’s Dilemma”‚ an essay by Nicolette Hanh Niman‚ incorporates rhetorical elements‚ such as logos‚ ethos‚ and rhetorical questions‚ in an attempt to convince the audience that meat itself is not the root of global warming. Written from a rancher’s point of view‚ the essay relies on studies and logic to prove itself. Niman starts out with a short acknowledgement that the meat industry has a hand in the increasingly
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January 13th 2012 AP English Rhetorical Analysis Essay #3 Final Draft Every individual has traditions passed down from their ancestors. This is important because it influences how families share their historical background to preserve certain values to teach succeeding generation. N. Scott Momaday has Native American roots inspiring him to write about his indigenous history and Maxine Hong Kingston‚ a first-generation Chinese American who was inspired by the struggles of her emigrant family
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