By what mean does President Obama try to win‚ keep and persuade his audience in this speech President Obama try’s to win‚ keep and persuade his audience in this speech in many different ways and using many different techniques and I am going to outline some of those ways below. Firstly‚ he changes his register when talking to the students. “Hello everyone- how’s everybody doing today?” he is changing his register to an informal‚ colloquial and humble tone to make everyone feel relaxed and comfortable
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In Douglass’ speech‚ his tone mainly appeals to emotions. He engages the listeners emotionally by stating his opinion over the topic of slavery. Douglass states‚ “My subject‚ then‚ fellow-citizens‚ is AMERICAN SLAVERY. I shall see this day and its popular characteristics from the slave’s point of view‚” (52-54). This quote from his speech goes to show that he is standing up as a person who has actually experienced times of slavery. There is a great deal of credibility in Douglass’ writing because
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included in society. In the following sentences from his speech‚ he expresses how no change has happened over the course of time towards the Black population. “But one hundred years later‚ we must face the tragic fact that the Negro is still not free.” “One hundred years later‚ the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination.” These key phrases express the main objective in his speech and that is the division between the Whites and Blacks
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Again the country is tied to Reagan all grieving a common loss. “For the families of the seven‚ we cannot bear‚ as you do‚ the full impact of this tragedy. But we feel the loss and we’re thinking about you so very much.” This provides the country with an emotional connection to those affected‚ by sending condolences and reminding the country to do the same he links them on a personal level. He appeals to the mournful emotions of the country by admitting that he and Nancy are “pained to the core‚”
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importance to America. It conveys how catastrophic he knows this is. He continues to be extremely complimentary of the crew‚ saying how they had that “special grace‚ that special spirit” that allowed them to be so fantastic in their work. He is upset about the accident‚ and knows the rest of America is scared and upset too‚ so he acknowledges those emotions. His sympathy is out in the open here. Appeals to emotion are a huge component in him conveying his
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attention with a topic that she truly seemed passionate and well informed about. The implementation of her anecdotes really hit home with the audience’s feelings‚ you could visually see how they enjoyed hearing her speak. Her ability to keep the audience engaged and waiting for her next line to come out was evidence of how connected she was with them. It is rare to see someone be able to hit each of the emotional components of a speech. Each one
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Hillary Rodham Clinton once said that “There cannot be true democracy unless women’s voices are heard.” In 1995‚ Aung San Suu Kyi delivered the speech “Keynote Address at the Beijing World Conference on Women” through a video‚ attempting to gain the rights women. Similarly‚ Margaret Atwood presented the speech “Spotty-handed Villainesses” to numerous conventions in 1994‚ with the idea of increasing the dimensions of feminism. These powerful speeches use a large variety of language forms and techniques
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Sitting Bull’s speech to his fellow natives relied on a strong emotional appeal. He effectively used an ethos appeal in garnering his Indian family’s support in fighting back against the invaders who have gained power and numbers. His whole speech has an overlapping tug at the emotions of his audience by first presenting a quick synopsis of Native life and how they have "the same right as ourselves to inhabit this vast land (par 1)‚” talking about the animals that roam the lands. The next appeal
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Brutus’s speech‚ he begins by addressing the crowd as "Romans‚ countrymen‚ and lovers‚” demonstrating that he is one of them and that he values their role in the Roman community. This helps establish ethos (credibility)‚ and as Brutus continues by arguing that he killed Caesar to protect all citizens from Caesar’s ambition
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First lady and lawyer‚ Michelle Obama‚ in her 2016 DNC speech‚ recounts her children’s unique life in the spotlight while growing up in the White House. Obama’s purpose is to endorse Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Presidential Election. She adopts a sentimental tone in order to appeal to the audience as a concerned parent. Obama opens her speech by conveying a reminiscing sense of parenthood. She describes‚ “… I saw their little faces pressed up against the window‚ and the only thing I could think
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