his church in Chicago‚ Illinois. In his speech‚ he focuses on the idea that we as society can not dwell on how others feel because of their upbringing‚ and reminds us to worry about the more current and relevant issues. Obama uses several different rhetorical strategies in order to convey the central message of his speech. The speech is directed towards undecided voters and the majority that form the union. The recurring triggers that influenced this speech and made it increasingly urgent were the
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The Rhetorical Effectiveness of Legally Blond Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) delivers the student address at Harvard Law School’s 2004 graduation ceremony in the movie Legally Blond. In the film Elle is a misguided student who gets accepted into law school upon false pretenses‚ merely to get back with her ex-boyfriend. He broke up with her because she was not suitable to be a future Senators wife‚ he claimed she lacked intelligence and only had her looks to depend on. Everyone’s doubt pushed her
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The attack on Pearl Harbor is on the relatively short list of atrocities committed on the U.S. or organized incorporated U.S. territories‚ along with other tragedies such as the September 11th attacks. Considering these hardships do not occur very frequently in America‚ the natural reaction of the citizens is extreme‚ leaving political leaders and powerful figures to calm the chaos. The 32nd U.S. President‚ Franklin Delano Roosevelt executed this task on December 8th‚ 1941. He gave his “Pearl Harbor
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would not be known to the world as the defining speaker of the March on Washington 50 years ago. I Have A Dream‚ his speech about injustice and hardship was delivered to inspire change in both‚ black and white citizens of the United States during the Civil Rights era‚ and to this day his speech is an important part of American history. On August 28th 2013‚ Barack Obama held a speech to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the great March on Washington‚ which reached a climax in one of the greatest
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essential to provide an argument thru emotional situations. The 9/11 terrorist attack left many american citizens in a psychological trauma. During President Bush’s speech‚ he portrayed pathos to convey the effects of this horrifying experience that impacted each and every one of us. In the 9/11 Address to the Nation speech Bush mentioned‚ “The pictures of airplanes flying into buildings‚ fires burning‚ huge -- huge structures collapsing have filled us with disbelief‚ terrible sadness‚ and a quiet
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of apartheid. His speeches in the past had influenced the hearts of millions of fellow South Africans‚ but today his speech would signify a new era and a new page in the history of South Africa. Every word and sentence were carefully chosen in order to serve a specific purpose and address different audiences both within South Africa and the rest of the world. The purpose of his speech was not simply to address the nation as its new president and offer gratitude to those who put him there;
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people to join in his efforts and unify together in order to achieve peace. The inaugural address is saturated with rhetorical strategies seeking to flatter the American People and utilizes words of encouragement to evoke unification. Kennedy was able to effectively establish a profound kairotic moment at which his discourse can make the most difference or have the most influence. The speech persuades the American people by providing motivating propositions through appeals to ethos‚ logos and pathos.
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the people‚ in order to form a more perfect union”1 - On March the 18th 2008 Barack Obama opened his speech on race‚ in Philadelphia‚ with this sentence. From the open sentence you can see that this speech isn’t any speech‚ perform by any orator. It’s a speech with a main message‚ performed for the people‚ to creates a brighter future for all the American people and to change history. Obama’s speech on race was a part of his campaign while he was running for the presidential election in 2009. He speaks
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Clinton‚ Bush‚ and King all want to stop inequality and violence. All three speakers want the world to have better communities and better education for children. The three speakers talk about what is going on in the world currently and what needs to be changed. The speakers also talk about ways to change the negative things that are going on. Mr. King’s speech is about the fight for justice and equality. In Mr. King’s speech he talks about the signing of the emancipation proclamation 100 years
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In 2001‚ George W. Bush gave a speech to Congress after the terrorist attack on 9/11. Although I was 10 years old and unable to understand everything then‚ I am able to understand them now. And as an American citizen I stand by Bush wanting to keep America free and the world a safe place for all human’s to live in. Bush gave this speech on September 20‚ 2001. Nine days after America had been attacked by terrorists. Bush makes sure to thank many people‚ including all of America for pulling together
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