Obama’s Acceptance Speech 2008 Rhetorical analysis Obama has‚ since his debut as a nationally known political speaker in 2004‚ grown to become one of the most outstanding speakers in recent years. His presidential nomination acceptance speech provides a perfect example of how he carefully mixes the best rhetoric‚ delivery and substance to deliver an outstanding speech. Obama starts his speech by addressing and accepting his nomination as the democratic presidential candidate. He refers to older
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Barack Obama was born at the Kapi’olani Medical Center for Women & Children in Honolulu‚ Hawaii‚[1][2] to Ann Dunham‚ a white American from Wichita‚ Kansas[3] of mainly English‚ Irish and smaller amounts of German descent.[4][5][6] Obama’s father was Barack Obama‚ Sr.‚ a Luo from Nyang’oma Kogelo‚ Nyanza Province‚ Kenya. His parents met in 1960 while attending the University of Hawaii at Mānoa‚ where his father was a foreign student.[7][8] The couple married on February 2‚ 1961;[9] they separated
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President Barack Obama: Back to School Event On September 8th 2009 President Barack Obama delivered the speech “Prepared Remarks of President Barack Obama: Back to School Event” at Wakefield High School in Arlington‚ Virginia. President Barack Obama encourages and motivates the students to take school serious and to work for their education‚ for their own‚ their parents and the countries good. The theme of the speech is responsibility and possibility. Barack Obama begins his speech with a rhetorical
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Barack Obama is the 44th president of the United States of America. He became the first African American president of the U.S. when he was elected in 2008. He belongs to the Republican party and is a very well-educated man. President Obama was born in Honolulu‚ Hawaii and prior to becoming a president he was a civil-rights lawyer‚ worked as community organizer‚ a teacher and was even elected to be the Senator of Illinois. He has influenced this country a lot and has been able to accomplish so much
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Background and Beliefs: Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama Jr. was born on August 4‚ 1961 to a Kenyan father and American mother in Honolulu‚ Hawaii. When he was two years old‚ his parents separated and later divorced. After his father received his Doctor of Philosophy in Economics from Harvard‚ he moved back to his native country of Kenya‚ where he became a finance minister until he was killed in a car accident in 1982. His mother remarried‚ and Obama moved with his mother and new stepfather
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Barack Obama Speech Notes Paragraph 1: President Obama begins his speech in a direct‚ strong manner‚ emphasizing the importance of the issue at hand; the immediacy of his statement conveys a serious tone. His use of words such as “terrorist” and “murder of thousands of innocent men‚ women‚ and children” (loaded language) support the rightness of the President’s actions‚ as well as appeal to the emotions of his audience (emotional appeal‚ pathos). Paragraph 2: President Obama provides background/context
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Health Management Jamara Aaron University of Phoenix Ebola and President Barack Obama Currently in Africa there is an outbreak of a deadly virus; Ebola. The U.S. President Barack Obama is helping with different ways to control the outbreak in West Africa. With President Obama being the U.S. leader he is instructing the military to assist as well as help us our U.S.’s resources. With the highest leader of the U.S. donating $100 million dollars and a possible $88 million
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Obama Education Speech In September of 2008‚ senator Obama stated in his speech that he would make a beneficial change to the nations education system if elected president of the United States. His speech was effective in stating the main purpose and reaching the intended audience. I stand by every one of Obama’s proposed changes to the education system and it’s importance to our nation. Considering the academic ranking of the United States to other Countries‚ we can see the lack of attention
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constantly remake ourselves to fit our larger dreams.” (Senator Barack Obama‚ 2005) The above quotation‚ by Senator Barack Obama‚ during the inauguration of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library‚ displays Obama’s views on Lincoln’s accomplishments not only during his presidency‚ but also throughout the course of history. Obama applauded the contributions made by Abraham Lincoln‚ the nation’s 16th president. As time has progressed‚ and Obama has announced his campaign for presidency‚ more and more people
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INTRODUCTION The present document represents the discourse analysis of the former U.S. President Obama’s speech in Tokyo‚ Japan. The speech was held on November 2009‚ during his first official visit as new U.S. president. According to our analysis‚ Obama’s speech stands as a commendation of the 50 years-long U.S. and Japan partnership in the context of global dominance as well as‚ more specifically‚ the control of the Pacific area. In order to support this conclusion‚ our team will investigate three
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