Rhetoric Speech On The State Of The Union Address

In President Bush’s Address to the Nation Speech the day after September 11 (9/11) in 2001, President Bush wants to inform the country of this tragic event and what was going to happen for the country. President Bush uses rhetorical devices to captures the audience’s attention and to reach this purpose. President Bush mainly use pathos, logos, anaphoras, and personifications to achieve his purpose.

In his speech, “Remarks by the President in a National Address to America’s Schoolchildren,” Obama effectively argues his claim, that kids should go to school and try very hard to succeed to schoolchildren around the U.S. He effectively argues his claim because he uses supporting details and stories of students that have undergone tough situations, but still overcame those obstacles to succeed and school. Also, he is trying to tell kids that they should do well in school to get a good job and make a difference. He also uses rhetorical appeals to help with the supporting details. One of supporting evidence that he brought up was that if someone wants to become something such as a doctor, or lawyer you will need a good education to do

President Bush’s speech was directed towards an audience of northern Arizonan republican supporters. Bush continuously uses the rhetorical appeal of pathos, the appeal to the

Plato, a great philosopher, once said “rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men” (Plato). He accentuates the importance of rhetoric in persuading the audience to support a cause or take action. In his speech addressed at the 50th anniversary of Selma march, President Barack Obama uses rhetoric to persuade his audience, Americans as a whole, to discourage racism in the United States. President Obama appeals to the rhetorical strategies, uses rhetorical devices, and applies a presentation style; which make his speech effective in terms of rhetoric.

President Barack Obama spoke his remarks at Howard University commencement ceremony for the class of 2016. This special moment in the speech is honoring people of color, especially African Americans and made history at this University, having the president to present his speech (Donnella). Obama explained how America was different when he graduated college and society is now accepting new cultures and backgrounds within today’s workforce and education. Obama wants the audience to take opportunities and learning new skills to expand their education.

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

The most interesting parts of Obama’s speech, to me, were the clarifications on his educational policies. His plans for higher education, such as halting student loan payments after 20 years or 10 years for public servants, seemed pretty cool to me. I’m not sure if taking government money to be used for student loans and giving it to parents while simultaneously stopping loan payments after 20 years is such a good idea. Pissing off the entire banking system might not be such a good idea in the long run. Grunts will be fired before CEOs cut their own bonuses, and I really don’t feel like that is particularly conducive to a good financial system.

In his State of the Union Address for 2016, Barack Obama uses logical and ethical arguments to emphasize shared ground rather than partisan disputes. He also taps into the audience’s desire to feel better about themselves and their country. By using humor and irony, Obama paints his opponents into corners, out of which it would require outrageous extremism to effectively squirm away. At its best, this approach demonstrates how much Americans actually have in common in a culture dominated by ideologically polarized cable-news channels, Facebook, and cultural tribes that increasingly live and socialize apart from one another. The president's technique throughout the speech is to frame issues through a rhetorical jujitsu to persuade his opponents,

Rhetoric is a significant part of our everyday lives. Whether it's convincing our friends to go to a concert on the weekend, to go to a certain place for lunch, or even convincing yourself to do something that you should but don't want to do. Rhetoric is all around us today. Billboard ads, television commercials, newspaper ads, political speeches, even news stories all try, to some degree, to sway our opinion or convince us to take some sort of action. If you take a step back to look and think about it, rhetoric, in all actuality, shapes our lives. Every day we have an array of options of things to do or things to buy. So every day, our opinion or actions are being influenced, however minutely, by rhetoric.

Firstly, the Address to Congress after 9/11 speech uses multiple appeals of pathos to encourage citizens and Congress the necessity to fight back against al Qaeda. In the beginning of the speech, President George W. Bush explains the horrors of what occurred on 9/11 but also “the courage of passengers who rushed terrorists to save others on the ground,” to demonstrate that average American citizens are willing risk their lives to fight terrorists with evil intentions, to save unknowing people on the ground. This type of statement ignites a fire in American hearts because they want to be as brave as their brothers and sisters and, “bring our enemies to justice or bring justice to our enemies,” to bring vengeance to the dead. They are inspired

Rhetoric gives you an avenue to tell a story from your perspective in a way that connects with the intended audience without having to be one hundred percent substantiated. This writing style is evident in almost everything we read from billboards to Internet ads and even political speeches.

Former President Barack Obama performed a speech in response to a mass shooting that happened in a community college in Oregon. This speech included other gun related incidents which occurred during his time in office in 2015 regarding Umpqua Community College and Roseburg. After giving his condolences and love to those who felt loss in their hearts, Obama gave a powerful argument regarding gun control and how we, as Americans, should fight and strive for better gun laws. While Obama gave a moving speech, I could not help but feel it fell short in its argument while conducting a thorough critique. Obama appealed to his audience utilizing pathos and ethos with ease but fell short for those in the audience looking for logos or specific facts within his performance. I will be taking this opportunity to delve further into an analysis of this speech and both its heights and pitfalls.

On January 20, 2009, President Obama was officially chosen to be the forty-fourth president of the United States of America. The meaning of inauguration is the beginning or introduction of a system, policy or period. At the inauguration the president is supposed to speak on the things he plans on doing and how he will make the country better. The president must make a speech that brings attention to the audience all while being professional. Obama spoke to the crowed in a very convincing and prideful way.

A vast majority of political speeches are most likely to put you to sleep, especially if you are reading them. Your eyes begin to get drowsy as they scan from one meaningless word to another, and before you know it, your mind starts to wander off topic. Unlike many politicians, Donald Trump’s Republic Nomination Acceptance speech does not make you want to have an exciting dream (Hilary Clinton’s speeches do). In order to not lull his audience to sleep, Trump utilizes rhetoric writing in his speech. Rhetoric writing focuses on different uses of persuasive communication (Praxis pg. 6), and thus has the audience read rhetorically and contribute to the conversation. There are three main types of rhetoric persuasion; logos, ethos, and pathos (Praxis pg.13). Logos utilizes logic, it is logical that a business man like Trump would be able to run a successful country. Ethos persuades the audience by using credibility. In Trump’s speech, the audience is listening because he is a credible presidential candidate. Perhaps most importantly, Trump uses pathos which focuses on the emotions of his audience. Trump engages the audience and pulls them out of their aloof mood through his strategic rhetoric arguments. We will also examine the rhetorical situation in depth. The rhetorical situation consists of the author, the audience, and the purpose of a text. Rhetoric reading will help you better understand a text by knowing the audience,

President Barack Obama begins his State of the Union speech by formally addressing the Speaker of the House, Vice President, and his fellow Americans. He challenges those who have low expectations for the year ahead to rethink all that has been accomplished in 2015 and what the future will hold for this country. He highlights the efforts made by the Speaker and fellow leaders to pass a budget and make tax cuts permanent for working families. He hopes that we can continue to work together on bipartisan priorities. President Obama sets up the rest of his speech by focusing on the future and only briefly listing off proposals for the coming year. Throughout the rest of his speech, three key points are made. These key points made by President Barack