site looking at great speeches in history‚ in movies‚ in business – wherever they can be found. Suggest some speeches‚ and if they’re great I’ll analyse them. The purpose of this blog is to try and give you some insight into why speeches work and how you can craft a speech that will win the argument‚ win the business‚ or maybe even win the heart of a loved one. In each case I’ll give some history to place the speech into context (either into the context of the speaker’s life or the context of surrounding
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action. In his speech addressed at the 50th anniversary of Selma march‚ President Barack Obama uses rhetoric to persuade his audience‚ Americans as a whole‚ to discourage racism in the United States. President Obama appeals to the rhetorical strategies‚ uses rhetorical devices‚ and applies a presentation style; which make his speech effective in terms of rhetoric. President Obama appeals to ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos to get his message about racism across to his audience. Throughout his speech‚ the President
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OBAMA SPEECH What is the stated purpose of the speech? Remembrance‚ Outline We (America) will provide Whatever portion of sadness that we can share with you to ease this heavy load‚ we will gladly bear it. Newtown -- you are not alone. That this job of keeping our children safe‚ and teaching them well‚ is something we can only do together‚ with the help of friends and neighbors‚ the help of a community‚ and the help of a nation. Heros Bravery of teachers you’ve also inspired us with stories
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Obama’s back to school speech given in Philadelphia was given to a crowd of all ages and all different levels of education. His speech was based on how important education really is and how inspiring the youth of today is by the hard work their giving in school. He discussed how he was once not as determined as he is today and how he overcame his obstacles in school by a motivational talk with his mother. She told him to put his best foot forward if he wanted to get far in life. He explained to the
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postcard just arrived‚ and it says we have won a free airline trip. All we have to do is call the toll-free number to claim it. If we call the number‚ we can go to Paris in June. (2) Ellen Quinn has argued that logic is not the most important thing in life. Apparently Ellen advocates irrationality. It has taken two million years for the human race to achieve the position that it has‚ and Ellen would throw the whole thing into the garbage. What utter nonsense! (3) We know that induction will provide
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I have to agree with President Obama on one issue‚ poisonous gas should not‚ must not ever be used against any living thing; however I do not think that the United States should bear the full cost of any action taken against Syria. President Obama’s passionate appeal to retaliate against the Syrian regime for the death of hundreds of children appears hollow when we consider what the US did in Iraq under the same pretext of weapons of mass destruction. The US bombing and the consequential war killed
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compare and contrast the speeches of Barack Obama (‘Yes we can’) and Martin Luther King (I have a dream). When we talk about ’language’‚ sometimes we mean speech (spoken language)‚ sometimes writing (written language).Do you think is there any difference between spoken language and written language? Of course‚ speech is spoken and heard‚ while writing is written and read. There are many types of spoken languages such as news report‚ interview‚ speech‚ debates and conversations. In the spoken word
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12 years ago‚ the man who we now refer to as the president of the United States‚ Barack Obama‚ was just an ordinary man who graduated from Harvard University with a degree in law. Born in Honolulu‚ on August 4 1961‚ Barack Obama became a civil rights attorney and a professor‚ and taught law at the University of Chicago Law School. President Barack Obama was elected as the 44th President of the United States of America and was the first African American to hold this office. He was a man with a lot
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the small crowd at the fair. MOVE IN on the frosted window of the inn‚ through which we see a little girl‚ COSETTE‚ gazing out at the display of dolls. -INT. INN‚ MONTFERMEIL - END OF DAY 36- The little blonde girl‚ Cosette is in the process of sweeping the floor. She’s come to a stop‚ gazing out of the window‚ mesmerized by the sight of the most beautiful doll in the display‚ and jealous that Eponine can see it and touch it up close. COSETTE: There is a castle on a cloud I like to go there
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In Obama’s speech‚ he uses many inclusive pronouns such as ‘we’ and ‘our’. This shows that they are all the same; by doing this it creates a sense of unity among the audience. This is effective because it gets the audience on his side; if he used exclusive pronouns such as ‘you’‚ it would make the audience feel less united. He also says ‘America can change’‚ by doing this he personifies and metonymies ‘America’. This is effective as it makes the people think about what he means by ‘America’ in that
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