Republican Convention Speech Rhetoric

On the morning of Janurary 28th 1986, the world witnessed in shock and horror what was known as the Challenger disaster as the space shuttle exploded only 73 seconds after its launch, killing all seven crew members onboard including one teacher Christa McAuliffe. Approximately 17 percent of Americans watched the live broadcast of this launch, many of them schoolchildren including those from McAuliffe’s school. From this grave moment emerged an exigency that demands immediate action by the president. Later on that same day, President Ronald Reagan delivered his Challenger address to the nation.

Regan states many rhetorical questions throughout his speech that really makes the American people relies what needs to be done. One rhetorical question Regan asks is, “Do you want a great big raise in your taxes this coming year of, at worst, a very little increase with the prospect of tax reduction and a balanced budget down the road a ways?” In the fist half of the speech Regan repeats statement about a “sick nation.” Regan believes that America is not a sick nation. He repeats statements such as, “Well, sick societies don’t produce men like the two recently returned from outer space”; and, “ Sick societies don’t produce young men like Secret Service agent Time McCarthy, who placed his body—he placed his body between mine and the man with the gun simply because he felt that’s what

Rhetoric can be a very successful method for getting people to examine their beliefs and views but can it really change people’s minds, especially in the long term. While his use of ethos, pathos, and logos seem very effective within the video itself, a hostile audience may question the appropriateness and even the validity of his

President Ronald Reagan’s main message was to offer his condolences to the families of the seven astronauts lost in the explosion. He acknowledges the tragedy for what it is, but also advocates for future space exploration. Even encouraging the school children of America to continue in the search for knowledge, and not allow this disaster to deter their natural desire for adventure and exploration. He also manages to address the Soviet Union in the only political portion of the speech, and attempts to reassure everyone that this is just the beginning, and that there will be more missions to space, more adventure, and even more exploration. In my opinion the President did an amazing job in his delivery of the speech,The content contained within

Since its conclusion, the 2016 presidential election had proven itself to be one of the most unprecedented elections cycles in recent memory Republican candidate Donald Trump, a self-proclaimed Washington outsider, scored an electoral victory of Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton earning him the role as 45th president of the United States. Though Donald Trump was criticized for polarizing the electorate with rhetoric seen as discriminatory, the building of a wall on the United States-Mexico border and banning Muslims entry to the United States, it is inarguable to claim that his rhetoric on economic matter was divisive. In matter of speaking, it could be considered quite appealing. For many in the electorate, just the simple conversation

During the presidency of George W. Bush, The lives of 3,000 innocent people were taken by an Islamic extremist group, al-Qaeda. The terrorists hijacked four airplanes and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States. Two of the planes were flown into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. Another plane hit the Pentagon which was outside Washington D. C, and the last plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. The next seven years following this brutal attack were full of improvements.

The 2016 political campaign has shown a series of debates and commentaries that tend to show the different personalities or character of each candidate: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Each candidate has his or her own rhetoric way in trying to grasp an individual’s vote. Hillary, for example, uses her role as a woman to try to convince women that she’s on their side. Donald Trump, on the other hand, uses the fact that he’s a business man to try to assure constituents that he has a plan to lower the national debt; though, that is not all Trump does to get the public’s attention.

June 12th, 1987 President Ronald Reagan arrives at the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin to speak to the citizens and leaders of West Germany. The main goal of this speech is to gather his audience, the people of West Berlin, to accept the ideas of western democracy and oppose that of the 25-year-old Berlin Wall. As Ronald Reagan is the President of the United States, he obviously has credibility; therefore, he in turn uses this in combination with logical and moral appeals to present a convincing argument to an eager German audience.

As the once Primary opponent and current Texas Senator Ted Cruz walked onto the Republican National Convention stage, millions of Americans watched feverishly as the belligerent politician began to defy all expectations. After a formal and archetypal address from the establishment legislator, Ted Cruz began to astound millions as he scornfully rejected the opportunity to endorse the Republican Presidential Nominee. The multitudes of Trump delegates in the convention hall began to heckle the speaker as Cruz stated, “Vote your conscience, vote for candidates up and down the ticket who you trust to defend our freedoms.” Despite the unprecedented act of delivering a convention speech with a message of opposition towards their nominee, Cruz’s actions

Senator Barack Obama’s unique ability to express his ideals to any audience effectively guarantees his success in persuasion. The key to his success is through the use of logical, ethical and emotional tactics that engage the audience, convince the audience of his legitimacy, and cause emotional reactions. Obama takes advantage of the make-up of his audience by appealing to every group of Americans: men, women, the young and old, rich, poor, from all geographies, races and both political parties. The timing, placement and delivery of his speech are impeccable. Obama is brilliant at convincing the audience that they have the power to effect change in America through the use of repetitive phrases to punch home his message, by deliberately shifting the spotlight from himself to everyone else, and by insisting “Yes We Can!”

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

In August 2012, a surprise speaker appeared before the Republican National Convention. As the surprise speaker, actor and film director Clint Eastwood delivered a speech before the Republican crowd. Through his speech, he wanted to appeal audience in order to endorse businessman and politician Mitt Romney, who was nominated as the presidential candidate of the Republican Party against President Barack Obama. For his speech, a chair was brought out to depict the seat Obama was sitting in, who, of course, was not actually present. Eastwood desired to enlighten the audience of the issues he felt were not handled well during President Obama’s first term. His satirical and jocular tone of voice as well as the use of hasty generalization and pathos

Politicians frequently receive negative publicity at the hand of their own use of language. Their uses of words as they relate to persuasion typically fall within one of the three dimensions of language functional, semantic or thematic. Often their persuasive language can be found to closely resemble any of these three categories simultaneously. There are many tools for analyzing persuasive symbols, many of which should be utilized when analyzing great communicators such as President Ronald Reagan. In response to the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion on January 28th, 1986 where seven brave American’s gave their life. President Ronald Reagan made history with his famous speech, which didn’t only serve to address the great tragedy but served as a focal point of comfort for the grieving nation. He commemorated the seven heroes who had fallen that morning in route to outer space; he expressed gratitude to NASA for their past developments and encouraged further explorations. Ronald Reagan was a great communicator, a charismatic persuader whose words delivered focus of the message through utilization of persuasive symbols. This paper aims not to be an all-inclusive guide for analyzing persuasive symbols but will sufficiently guide the reader to be a more perceptive of persuasive language.

The ability to publicly speak is an undervalued trait that can be a powerful tool in public relations. Near anything can be achieved with a compelling speech. A man can be sent to the moon and back, the discrimination between different ethnicities can be nulled, and even an idiot can become president all with the use of a great speech. Because of this, it is important to understand what makes a good speech and what breaks it. To do this, we will be looking at John Oliver’s Ted Talk, “Teach Every Child About Food”.

In 1969, the Apollo 11 disembarked the first people on the moon. Because of this remarkable achievement, articles, speeches, commentaries, and political cartoons would undoubtedly talk about the event. They, however, would not all talk about the subject in the same way. Although they may not all be on the same page they had to address their topic carefully as to appeal to the audience. Using rhetoric can aid in delivering their message in a way that’s effective. The use of rhetoric appeals can strengthen the message that they’re trying to convey. Whether it would be the use of SOAPS or the appeals of ethos, logos, and pathos they would both serve the purpose of improving their way of delivering the point of the message in such a way that would be effectual.