Debates and speeches are an enormous part of our lives as communicators, and having the skills to properly address an audience is a key factor in becoming an effective speaker and persuader. Persuasive speeches can be challenging because the speaker’s objective is to get you to understand why you should be on their side. Throughout the speech, they have to prove to their audience that they are ethical, truthful, and passionate in order to spark an emotional response and win them over. On this paper, I will be comparing Michelle Obama’s 2008 Democratic National Convention speech versus Melania Trump’s 2016 Republican National Convention speech in order to determine who gave the most powerful speech. I was able to identify the best speech by …show more content…
I found Michelle’s speech to be very inspirational and uplifting, and the reason for that is because her words were relatable to struggles we all face throughout our lives. I felt like her whole speech was a series of events that have shaped her and made her the strong person she is today. Another major strength in her speech was when she stated, “It is because of their will and determination that this week, we celebrate two anniversaries: the 88th anniversary of women winning their right to vote, and the 45th anniversary of that hot summer day when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. lifted our hearts with his dream for our nation.” The fact that she incorporated some factual information from past historical events made her speech more credible, and powerful. The Martin Luther King Jr. reference also helps the audience look back in time and compare how much change has occur, but also how important it is to try to evolve into a stronger, united …show more content…
Her speech was a story, and a journey of her life. She made sure that every story had some type of relatability to some aspects of our lives, and how there is never a dream to big if you are passionate and are willing to work for it. Her speech was filled with enthusiasm and emotion. Towards the end of her speech, she made a very deep remark which I found very inspiring. She stated, “They’ll them how this time, we listened to our hopes, instead of our fears. How this time, we decided to stop doubting and start dreaming. How this time, a girl from the south side of Chicago can go to college and law school, and a son of a single mother from Hawaii can go all the way to the white house.” That quote resemble her idea of how we all have struggles and difficulties, but we also have the power to overcome those hard times and become extraordinary individuals. If that quote was able to spark such a positive emotional response in me, I can not only imagine how those word could have brought so much hope to thousands of people who were going through worst things in their lives. If a speech is able to inspire you and lift your spirit, it has truly done its job, and she should be very proud for composing such incredible
She states many of her opinions on how the press should stop telling and spreading false events and ideas in the newspaper. When given the chance she tells her audience journalist about how the American press about her feels and how she feels challenged by them. Overall, the beginning of her speech tells the audience how she is going to state information and how they should listen to
Shirley Chisholm's speech is effective because of her use of logical flow of ideas, persuasive techniques, credible sources, and counter-arguments.
The amount of knowledge and powerful words that can actually get to one’s head is amazing. Michelle Obama was the First Lady for 8 years and stood by former President Barack Obamas side. She is a great example of what today’s kids should look up to. A woman with dedication to her word. A woman with dedication to what she believes. It is pretty easy to say that she has become an impressive public speaker who can deliver a powerful speech to her supporters. In her speech at the DNC in 2016, Michelle Obama did not fill her supporter’s heads with politics and facts, but a great use of personal experience, feelings and connections. Her love for this country and her love for her family is one thing that brought her audience together. In fact, if it wasn’t the great use of ethos, pathos and logos Michelle Obamas speech would have probably have been like any other.
The amount of knowledge and powerful words that can actually get to one’s head is amazing. Michelle Obama was the First Lady for 8 years and stood by former President Barack Obamas side. She is a great example of what today’s kids should look up to. A woman with dedication to her word. A woman with dedication to what she believes. It is pretty easy to say that she has become an impressive public speaker who can deliver a powerful speech to her supporters. In her speech at the DNC in 2016, Michelle Obama did not fill her supporter’s heads with politics and facts, but a great use of personal experience, feelings and connections. Her love for this country and her love for her family is one thing that brought her audience together. In fact, if it wasn’t the great use of ethos, pathos and logos Michelle Obamas speech would have probably just been like any other political speech.
Her speech was mostly drawn from her experience of racism, racial injustice and poor treatment of women when she lived in the South. Her belief in the ending of these injustices was based on her religion and belief in Christianity and then natural rights of all individuals. Her motives to write the speech was based on changing the thinking of other people into acknowledging that all humans were equal despite their race, gender or ideologies. They were therefore supposed to be treated as the same irrespective of their social classes. Some of her personal details could have influenced the speech that she wrote. Among them is gender since she was a woman and her beliefs in Christianity through reading the Bible that championed that all people were the same
When attempting to present a certain perspective to an audience, the speaker must not merely string a list of monotonous and meaningless words together and call it a speech. Rhetoric, also known as persuasive elocution, has the power to captivate an audience and is essential to any effective oration. In his 2008 Republican Convention speech, actor Fred Thompson lends his support to John McCain’s presidential campaign in order to convince American voters to do the same. Appealing to his audience’s patriotism and sense of responsibility while also discrediting the possibility of a successful Democratic nominee, Thompson delivers a memorable presentation laced with passion, light-hearted humor, and, most especially, hope for a better future lead
Great speeches are those which timelessly captivate audiences through their integrity and rhetoric treatment. This is relevant to Margaret Atwood’s speech in 1994, Spotty Handed Villainesses (hereafter referred to as Villainesses), and Aung San Suu Kyi’s speech in 1995, Keynote Address at the Beijing World Conference on Women (hereafter referred to as Keynote). The ability of a speech to resonate with audiences is dependent on their effective constructive of rhetoric to support the orator’s main ideas.
As first stated by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, the art of rhetoric in persuasive speaking is based upon the usage of the three key components, logos, ethos and pathos. Logos representing the usage of logic and reasoning within the speech or text, ethos representing the writer or speaker’s credibility and pathos representing how the speaker or author establishes an emotional connection with the audience. In former president Bill Clinton’s 2012 democratic national convention he relies heavily upon Aristotle’s persuasive speaking techniques to help convince the participants of the convention and those watching at home to reelect the nominee of the Democratic Party, current
From the beginning she pulls the readers attention, she uses a metaphor “Eventually being perfect day after day, year after year, became like always carrying a backpack filled with bricks on my back”(Quindlen, 296). This metaphor is the most significant part of her speech as she continues to refer to this metaphor throughout the speech. She uses this for the purpose of appealing to the audience in a meaningful, and personal way, creating a connection between her and the audience as most students, not only college students, can probably relate to the feeling of being heavily put down by something , not necessarily what she is talking about. Her use of pathos is what makes the speech so appealing and interesting, because she makes it so relatable and easy to understand.
She makes great points that women will no longer be depending on men for money and that women have the ability to be just as successful as the men. Though the main focus is on colored women and men she makes it clear that one days she hopes that it is equal rights for all, no matter what skin color or gender. The ability to back up all of her facts with supporting details made the speech much more
Usually a great speech brings together three aspects- the right speaker, with the right message, at the right time. Sometimes you may be the wrong speaker, or your message isn’t right or even the timing of the speech isn’t perfect. Obama, in the DNC, showed to be
I love hearing people speak and hear different perspectives on certain topics. I think everyone did an amazing job and Donna Murch was a very good speaker and her speech was very informative. After sitting at home it took a while for me to think about how this event could relate to something we talked about in class, but then it hit me. Framing and agenda setting happen around us all day every day and we just don’t notice it. This whole event was based on civil rights then and now and what Donna chose to tell us was her agenda and she was setting the frame for her information so she could leave us with what she wanted us to take away from this whole experience. Framing the civil rights as the struggles we had still aren't gone and showing us the similarities of then and now really help people to see that we still have problems and things haven't changed like we thought. Learning about framing and agenda setting really opened up my mind and has me seeing things for what they really are now and I enjoy applying those concepts to such a powerful event that
First Lady Michelle Obama has always been one known for her inspiring speeches and her commitment to women’s rights. In Manchester, New Hampshire, she is seen once again standing up for women and for this country by opening the public’s eyes to disrespect Donald Trump has shown for us. Throughout the entire speech the three rhetorical appeals of pathos, ethos, and logos, are all used effectively and powerfully to get her message across. She mainly targets the audience of empowered women but she also addresses the effect that voting for Donald Trump will have for men and women. Through the rhetorical appeals and the tone, she sets for her audience, Michelle Obama campaigns for the presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
At the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Michelle Obama the first lady at the time, was endorsing the democratic candidate, Hillary Clinton. Using her personal connection with the president and Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama creates a more personal speech. With her credibility as first lady, use of her family and her platform she lead as first lady, she persuades the audience to spread Hillary Clinton’s campaign message. Michelle Obama uses the rhetorical devices including, anaphora, several allusions, and imagery to strengthen her 3 appeals and persuade her audience.
Michelle Obama’s 2016 Democratic National Convention Speech was beautifully presented; as she spoke about the issues that faces Mrs. Clinton as well as herself, education, health and welfare of this nation as a whole and why Hillary Clinton should be the next president of the United States of America. As I listen to this speech I realized that Michelle Obama uses rhetorical devices and appeals throughout this entire speech, and frankly since her purpose is to persuade the people of the this country to vote for Hillary I think Michelle Obama took the right approach. I get a strong sense of honesty from the first lady as she talks about why Ms. Clinton is worthy enough to take on the mantle of leadership for our great nation. After listening to my speech multiple times I notice how Michelle Obama also uses amplification, which is the expansion of detail to clarify a point. Then as I continued to listen to the speech I also realized how the first lady also uses anaphora, which is the repetition of one or more words at the head of consecutive phrases, clauses, or sentences. Next I saw how the first lady utilizes both ethos and pathos to help convince the citizens of America that Hillary Clinton deserves their vote. Through the use of these rhetorical devices and appeals, Mrs. Obama’s speech is made very strong and convincing.