against Britain. At one of the meetings‚ Patrick Henry‚ an attorney and politician‚ gave a speech explaining his position on why the colonies should go to war. In his speech‚ Henry successfully applied the rhetorical strategies of metaphor‚ imagery‚ and repetition to convey his argument that a war against Britain was the only right course of action. At the Virginia Convention‚ Henry implemented various rhetorical strategies to convince the colonies to declare war on Britain. He stated that it was natural
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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 rhetorical strategies in order to convey the central message of his speech. The speech is directed towards undecided voters and the majority that form the union. The recurring triggers that influenced this speech and made it increasingly urgent were the
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The Rhetorical Effectiveness of Legally Blond Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) delivers the student address at Harvard Law School’s 2004 graduation ceremony in the movie Legally Blond. In the film Elle is a misguided student who gets accepted into law school upon false pretenses‚ merely to get back with her ex-boyfriend. He broke up with her because she was not suitable to be a future Senators wife‚ he claimed she lacked intelligence and only had her looks to depend on. Everyone’s doubt pushed her
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The attack on Pearl Harbor is on the relatively short list of atrocities committed on the U.S. or organized incorporated U.S. territories‚ along with other tragedies such as the September 11th attacks. Considering these hardships do not occur very frequently in America‚ the natural reaction of the citizens is extreme‚ leaving political leaders and powerful figures to calm the chaos. The 32nd U.S. President‚ Franklin Delano Roosevelt executed this task on December 8th‚ 1941. He gave his “Pearl Harbor
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would not be known to the world as the defining speaker of the March on Washington 50 years ago. I Have A Dream‚ his speech about injustice and hardship was delivered to inspire change in both‚ black and white citizens of the United States during the Civil Rights era‚ and to this day his speech is an important part of American history. On August 28th 2013‚ Barack Obama held a speech to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the great March on Washington‚ which reached a climax in one of the greatest
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of apartheid. His speeches in the past had influenced the hearts of millions of fellow South Africans‚ but today his speech would signify a new era and a new page in the history of South Africa. Every word and sentence were carefully chosen in order to serve a specific purpose and address different audiences both within South Africa and the rest of the world. The purpose of his speech was not simply to address the nation as its new president and offer gratitude to those who put him there;
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the people‚ in order to form a more perfect union”1 - On March the 18th 2008 Barack Obama opened his speech on race‚ in Philadelphia‚ with this sentence. From the open sentence you can see that this speech isn’t any speech‚ perform by any orator. It’s a speech with a main message‚ performed for the people‚ to creates a brighter future for all the American people and to change history. Obama’s speech on race was a part of his campaign while he was running for the presidential election in 2009. He speaks
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On November 22 of 1963‚ President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas‚ Texas. The events of this horrid day left the American people shocked and disheartened. As with any major historical event‚ there are many speculations on what happened to Kennedy and who was responsible for his death. There are people who believe the violent act was committed by a single person‚ whereas‚ others believe it was part of a conspiracy. Throughout this paper‚ I will address the official assassination records
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Edward Snowden’s speech about the NSA and its deceitful practices was more effective in persuading the audience than Barrack Obama’s speech defending the NSA. This is due to Snowden‘s speech having a greater appeal to the viewer’s sense of logos‚ ethos in comparison to Obama’s speech. Snowden’s speech is more persuasive then Obama’s speech in terms of logos because of the flawed reasoning behind Obama’s central messages. Obama’s tries to convey that the American people should “focusing on facts and
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Alfred Green In his speech‚ Alfred M. Green helped to unite the Union by using various rhetorical devices to help express his three arguments about why African Americans should be allowed to enlist in the Union army. In these arguments‚ Green points out that dwelling on the discrepancies and mistakes of the leaders of the past is not going to help the black community in the future and that they must fight to improve their status in society. Green also comments that African Americans should try to
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