One device Obama uses more effectively in his speech is pathos‚ which appeals to a person’s emotion. During Obama’s speech‚ “We Can Do Better‚” he tries to persuade citizens to unite and agree that the United States needs stricter gun safety laws. Obama starts his speech by discussing each victim of the tragic shooting in Tucson‚ Arizona. He goes into detail about each of their lives and how it ended. By sharing these details‚ Obama allows the audience to see each victim as a real person by giving
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English 1101 Rhetorical Analysis President Obama’s acceptance speech aims to convince his audience by talking about the major issues in America at the time‚ like the economy‚ war‚ gas prices‚ and jobs. Obama starts his speech thanking his family and the Clinton family. He begins by talking about himself as a third person‚ he approaches his audience by telling the Democrats‚ Republican and Independents to keep the American promise alive‚ he states that the American promise is everything we dreams
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Chanell Loochkartt Speech 1 Dr. Grau November 22‚ 2016 Analyzing a Speech Our forty-fourth President Barack Hussein Obama is known to be one of the most profound‚ intelligent‚ and influential speaker in the United States. With confidence Barack Obama has always shown a sense of leadership which is the key to attracting and persuading his audience. In order to make certain that his audience is left with a positive impression and a sense of aspiration for those who are citizens of the United States
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Rhetorical Analysis Essay President Obama’s 2009 Inaugural Address In January of 2009 President Barack Obama addressed his country for the first time as president of the United States of America. Not only did he address his nation but he left them with a sense of empowerment. With the use of rhetoric‚ Obama and his speech writers were able to greatly influence their audience. In the speech as a whole‚ Obama used anaphora with the word “our”. This was not only a good move from a political
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By putting democratic beliefs into anecdotal form‚ it is easier for Republicans to understand the reasoning of the Democrats‚ without forcing the ideas upon them. During this anecdote‚ Obama uses anaphora to give power and urgency to his parents’ situation by beginning each of the sentence with “they”‚ like when he states‚ “They imagined --They imagined me going to the best schools in the land‚ even though they weren’t rich‚ because in
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Analysis of Obama`s Victory Speech The presidential victory speech delivered by Barack Obama who is the president to be was held on November 4‚ 2008‚ in Grant Park‚ Chicago. It is about his won election for the office as the president. I will take a closer look on how Obama emphasizes his speech with stylistic devices. The speech is divided into four parts. The first part is from ll. 1-26‚ the second from ll. 27- 70‚ the third from ll. 71-9 and the last from ll. 95-105. In the first part of the
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Burhan Ghney Obama Victory Speech On November 4th‚ 2008‚ Senator Barack Obama had won the presidential election over Senator John McCain. Shortly after the victory‚ president Obama was giving his victory speech at Grant Park in Chicago‚ Illinois. In his speech he explains how America is a land of opportunity. He also preaches about hope and unity as a nation. He also reaches out to the entire American population‚ saying that change needs to come to America. His objective is to make everyone realize
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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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new coming Politicians‚ Democrats‚ Republicans‚ and our leader. President Obama recently gave a speech on the case at hand. His words gave reasons‚ tips‚ and ways we can keep our country sturdy. Obama begins his speech with addressing the latest terrorist attacks that not only us‚ but other countries have gone through. The attack in Paris‚ San Bernardino‚ Boston Marathon‚ and the biggest tragedy‚ 9/11. Reading his speech‚ I began to realize that we do have plentiful acquaintances with bad people
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Michelle Obama was very passionate in her speech. She expresses her disbelief about what our society is currently allowing to happen in this election cycle. Using logic‚ emotions‚ and her undeniable credibility‚ she was extremely successful in her attempt to discredit Donald Trump even further‚ if that’s even possible. Although I didn’t agree when Michelle Obama said that "Hilary embodies that is great about America‚" her opponent is so beyond unqualified‚ that her scandals‚ flaws‚ and corruption
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