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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Respond to the following prompt: "There are 3 Rhetorical Devices (logos‚ ethos‚ pathos). Provide a quote from each of the two speeches that best represent the use of each of the rhetorical devices. Keep response to a minimum of 1000 words.” In the 1960’s‚ civil rights were becoming a very present and evident concern to the people of America once again. Issues were being brought up to leaders that could and had the authority to actually help out and do something about these said issues. John F
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representation of ideas that captivates audiences.’ In compelling speeches it is not only the content‚ but the appropriate use of rhetoric techniques and structure which reveal and emphasise key ideas and captivate the audience. This has been shown in Margaret Atwood’s speech‚ Spotty-Handed Villainesses (1994) as well as Aung San Suu Kyi’s speech‚ the Keynote Address at the Beijing Conference on Women (1995). These two speeches focus on the role of women in society and effectively discuss it in
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Speech-Related Activity: 1-minute Speeches Aims: Practice quick analytical thinking‚ expression of opinions Level: This works best with more advanced students‚ and in smaller groups. Materials: Pre-made topic slips‚ a clock or watch for keeping time. Roles: Each speech requires a speaker and a timekeeper. Procedure: The student to perform the speech randomly selects a faced-down strip of paper containing a topic. The student has a short period of time (3 – 5 seconds)
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The Headmaster and his Assistants‚ Members of Stuff‚ Outgoing Prefects‚ Seniors‚ Fellow Student. I deem it very distinguished to stand before you at this instant to present my manifesto as an incoming school prefect for this grand institution of the Tescans. "Prefects are birds of passage" Seniors‚ kindly permit me to go on a memory lane. Last year in an occasion like this our outgoing prefects stood before us to read their manifestoes as the term of office was due to be handed over to them. As
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Analysis of Political Campaign Ads and Speeches. AB English Thesis. College of Arts in Sciences‚ University of Southern Mindanao‚ Kabacan‚ Cotabato. Adviser: RICELI C. MENDOZA‚ PhD The study aimed to analyze the different political campaign ads and speeches of the candidates running for a certain office and employed the Critical Discourse Analysis framework. Specifically‚ it sought to analyze the linguistic features of political campaign ads and speeches‚ determine the issue on social services
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home computer Operating a digital camera Creating handmade ceramics Assembling a kite It exists in many forms: User manuals Training materials Videotapes Satellite broadcasts Workshop outlines and handouts Reports Interviews Persuasive speeches Why Should I Care? Even if you don’t plan to become a professional communicator‚ you will be‚ or already are‚ a technical professional who communicates! Studies show that 44% of your professional time will be spent in some kind of writing activity
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During the beginning of the Revolution many documents‚ speeches and drawings were created in an attempt to unify the colonists and fight the British tyranny. Of these documents‚ there were three that played an important role in the Revolution. These three documents used similar writing methods to persuade colonists into one common goal; rallying against Great Britain. All three of these documents were persuasive speeches‚ written to unify the colonists. None of the documents were actually written
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post one of my essays for the free membership thingy...)) Right off the bat you can see some of the similarities between Obama and Regean’s speeches. The first of these similarities is how they address their colleagues in the beginning. In the body of their speech they both talk about freedom for all and peace. Another common theme of both of the speeches are how they are not tied down to a particular party‚ the birthrights of Americans‚ and the benefits of entrepreneurship. The differences start
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The Effects of the Speeches of Brutus and Antony One of Shakespeare’s greateset plays is Julius Caesar. It’s about a group of conspirators who kill their king in order to be free. Antony‚ opposed to the killing of Caesar‚ felt that he should make them pay for killing Caesar. He delivered a speech that convinced the Romans that the murder was not fair‚ causeing them to start a riot. Brutus also gave a good speech but the Romans didn’t react to it. A battle started‚ and most of the conspirators
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