Michelle Obama Speech Analysis

On September 5, 1995, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke in front of delegates from 180 countries at the United Nations Fourth World Conference of Women. There, she was to deliver one of her greatest speeches on a topic that affects all of us; human rights, more notably, the rights of women and children. In her speech, Clinton persuaded those in attendance, utilizing ethos, pathos and logos, to understand the importance of women’s rights and to demand that they take steps to ensure that women receive the same liberties as men.

To keep things simple, people simply want to be heard, and they will do anything in order for their audience to listen. There are various ways in which the speaker would gain the right to be heard. Former Governor of Louisiana, Kathleen Blanco, uses various forms to obtain attention from her audience as she addresses the Louisiana Legislator on Hurricane Katrina where she not only discusses the effects of the hurricane but also acknowledges the people who have helped out so far.

Criticising others takes a great deal of courage, especially when this criticism could reflect upon one’s own work. However, in the introduction of her speech to the Women’s National Press Club, Clare Booth Luce utilizes changes in tone, humor, while appealing to ethos, and pathos to prepare her audience for the impending criticism.

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.

Some examples of convoluted sentences from the text are “His father,” and “The people I meet.”

Answering the question on unfair treatment of African Americans, Hilary stated “too many young African Americans and Latino men ended up in jail for nonviolent offenses and its just a fad that if you’re a young African American and do the same thing as a young white man, you’re more likely to be arrested, charged, convicted, and incarcerated.” Expressing this type of injustice, Hilary is using Aristotle’s Pathos mode of persuasion, reminding the audience of how African Americans are treated makes people emotional and convinces people that action needs to be taken. Asked about police being bias towards black people Hilary Clinton said “I’ve met with a group of very distinguished, experienced police chiefs a few week ago.” By

Barbara Bush gave a speech unlike any other, a speech to an audience that had gone as far as to protest her even coming to speak to the point where her husband the President of the United States had to stand up for her (Eidenmuller). A speech that combined the use of Aristotle's Ethos, Pathos, and Logos in such a manner that each aspect grew the next. As one aspect developed in her speech it boosted the other up as well, allowing her to come from behind and present the True American Dream - the individual's personal dream. To an audience that despite her individual accomplishments looked down on her because of her Title First Lady.

The Great Angela Davis came to East Carolina right in time as me and my peers suggested. East Carolina is at a time of great racial divide both noticeable and unnoticeable. The crowd was quite a pleasant one as we listened to the powerful speech of one of the great leaders of society. Her speech was based around prisons complex and racial divides and injustice happening within society. She spoke with great poise and assurance as the audience accepted all her knowledge and teaching. I was an amazing event that I wish more students and professors could hear and witness.

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.

It is that time of the year again where American politicians stand under the spotlight and appeal to the world’s attention. The Democrats gathered in Philadelphia together this night to support their party. Presidential candidate Hilary Clinton and her better half. Those who are on the Capitol Hill and surely, our standing President and the First Lady, Barack and Michelle Obama. It is of no surprise that the President speaks for his party during election season; Obama is well-known for his unpretentious and engaging speech. It is one of his last speeches before the end of his tenure and, by dissecting his speech, we learn how he managed to entertain the Democrats for almost fifty minutes. With the ultimate goal of bringing the Clintons to the limelight.

Michelle Obama is giving a speech at Bowie State University. The location and reason of the speech is part of the “Reach Higher” initiative to encourage education beyond high school. Michelle Obama begins the speech by thanking the University the Opportunity to be there and the staff. This includes Freeman Hrabowski, a professor who won the Presidential Medal of Excellence. Next, Mrs. Obama thanks the class of 2013 at Bowie State and give them recognition for being the few who have been able to continue the education while also maintaining the personal life and matters. After she gives recognition the class, she then begins to mention historical context including the first African Baptist Church and how it helped begin offering many African

Admittedly, Hilary Clinton has spoken around the world about the challenges that women have faced. However, it is the continued struggle of American women that inspires and fuels her passion and fight for equality in this male-dominated culture. Also, while married to bill Clinton who was actively involved in women’s right, Hilary advocated for a standard of equality that embrace all colors and cultures. . Clinton establishes ethos when she states, “Over the past 25 years, I have worked persistently on issues relating to women, children, and families. Over the past two and a half years, I've had the opportunity to learn

Both, Obama and Clinton were against same sex marriage until voting commenced; as a result, people considered the sudden change of mind to be a political move. She was interviewed by Terry Gross, who wanted to find out if her ideas had evolved since she last ran in the 90’s. However, Clinton never gave detailed answers, she stated, “We have all evolved,” and became angry when Gross repetitively asked. She complained, stating Terry was,” playing with my words.” She also went on to say how proud of herself she was for what she has done for this issue, however, Mrs. Clinton never quite specified what she did (“Hillary Clinton”). In another interview, Clinton answered questions from various women and indicated she wanted to focus on children and education, however, throughout the interview she spoke about her hair style and a new brand of milk she found. The women also asked her why she desired to be President, yet she did not give an answer (“Hillary Talks”). Clinton believes after having an African American President in office for two consecutive terms, we now want a female President. However, voters call her a clumsy campaigner because of the questions her staff gave the audience before a speaking event in her last Presidential run, hence, some voters believe this could happen again (Malcolm Andrew). Clinton continues to be baffled by how little her voters know about her and that it

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.