Rhetorical Analysis Of Chris Christie's Speech

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.

Chris Christie delivers his speech through two personal anecdotes about his mother’s addiction to cigarettes, and an old friend’s battle with hardcore addiction. Christie’s “Drug Speech” sounds more like part of a conversation than a formal presentation. The usual presidential candidate’s speech consists of facts, statistics, and “vote for me because I did this” points delivered in succession like reading off a resume. Chris Christie avoids this cliche. His two anecdotes do not have any overly sophisticated vocabulary or unfamiliar terminology. They sound like parts to a talk one would have

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, the last speaker at Day one of Americans for Prosperity’s Defending the Dream Summit in Columbus, Ohio ended with the crowd on its feet to the point many ran to shake the governor's hand while he was still on the stage.

On January 28, 1996, the NASA shuttle orbiter mission STS-51-L and the tenth flight of Space Shuttle Orbiter broke apart 23 seconds after its launch, making it one of the most important events in the history of spaceflight in terms of its aftermath on the audience who witnessed the explosion. The spacecraft disintegrated over the Atlantic Ocean, claiming the lives of seven crew members. It was later found that two rubber O-rings had failed because of the cold temperatures on the morning of the liftoff. Family, friends, and millions of T.V viewers witnessed the explosion, which led president Ronald Reagan to address the accident. Reagan planned to give his State of the Union Address, but after learning of the Space Shuttle disaster he postponed it for a week and addressed the nation at the Oval Office late afternoon. By using rhetorical appeals in his address to the nation, Reagan effectively addresses the nation and crews’ families about the explosion while comforting, inspiring, and honoring the views through the use of rhetoric.

While viewing Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump speeches’ many would claim that they both have mastered the rhetorical triangle. As candidates, they both have both displayed strong and weak uses of their rhetoric. Aristotle also said that, “rhetoric is basis of democratic engagement in civic life.” Mastering rhetoric to appeal to the voters will be one of the key elements that determines our next president. Donald Trump attempts to use pathos a lot. He tries to play on the audience’s emotions. In one of his most controversial speeches he stated, “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending the best. They’re not sending you, they’re sending people that have lots of problems and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs.

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

Friedman carefully creates a powerful emotional response in his audience. For example, Friedman characterizes Trump as “someone whose campaign manager has to go on every morning show after the debate and lie to try and make up for the nonsense her boss spouted”. Friedman's emotional appeal works, as Trump is seen as an incompetent buffoon whose allies

Bush uses the first few paragraphs of his speech to introduce several of the people he is working with. The appeals he makes in these lines are excellent examples of ethos, the rhetorical appeal to character. Bush continuously comments on the character of the people around him. He speaks of them as if he knows them very well, almost like old friends. Through this appeal the audience became able to relate to these people and learn a little bit about their character. Some of the people mentioned have large families and are of an honest and selfless nature. Because the speaker’s purpose is to gain support from the constituents for the candidates represented, the appeal to the character of the candidates is a crucial tool that becomes extremely vital to the swaying of the audience to the purposes of the speaker.

Thank you, Governor Walker, for visiting New Berlin West this morning. I especially appreciate you recognizing that the School District of New Berlin is leading the State, when it comes to college and career readiness. We have a great team of Teachers and Staff who are committed to every students’ success.

I have chosen a political meme that elucidates the character of the 2016 Democratic Presidential Nominee, Hillary Clinton. Schwartzman (2014) defines character as “a reference to perceptions of how honest a source is” (p. 268). While Clinton possesses competence in regards to her experience as a politician, which Schwartzman (2014) refers to as the knowledge or experience an individual possesses about a topic, her credibility suffered due to her dishonest character coupled with her connection to Bill Clinton. This meme featuring her Republican opponent, Donald Trump, targets Clinton’s reputation of spreading misinformation, particularly regarding several instances during her time serving as the Secretary of State under Barack Obama. Accordingly, the meme targets the long list of lies that Clinton had been caught promoting while alluding to Trump’s immigration agenda.

Move over, parents and teachers. Someone with even more authority wants to tell kids to work harder in school: the president of the United States of America. In 2009, in the first year of his presidency, Barack Obama opened the school year with a speech to students, asking them to take charge of their own education. His speech, which he filled with many anecdotes meant to establish credibility and create inspiration, sent students an important message about their education. However, Obama could have made his speech stronger if he had avoided several missteps in the content and delivery of his message.

Demagoguery attempts to simplify an argument so much so that it effectively shuts down any discussion. Through the use of rhetorical fallacies and other techniques, demagogues persuade the masses to support them. Although it can be successful, demagoguery is usually associated with a negative connotation because it plays on prejudices and emotions rather than rational. In Patricia Roberts Miller’s brief article, “Characteristics of Demagoguery,” she defines the various concepts of demagoguery, and using her article as a lens, both Wayne LaPierre’s transcript of his speech on Newtown Tragedy and Donald Trump’s presidential announcement contain different aspects of demagoguery like scapegoating, polarization,

This paper will compare and contrast Mitt Romney's speech at the Republican National Convention and Barack Obama's speech at the Democratic National Convention. Both men show strengths and weaknesses in their public speaking ability.

Currently, the Presidency of the United States is coming close to the final and whoever gets elected president is an accomplished liar. Both of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are using the political skills to argue because their major party candidates for president have to appear to be fully qualified to occupy the Oval Office. After watching of these videos of both Hillary and Trump’s speech, in my opinion, I analyze three types of informal fallacies from their speeches such as argument against the person, hasty generalization, and appeal to people; especially, appeal to vanity.

On Meet the Press with Chuck Todd, Donald Trump was interviewed by Todd, in which different subject were touched. One of the of the points addressed was Trump speech during the Republican Convention. Todd stated that the speech was received with some negatives because it was a little dark. Trump agreed that it was somehow dark, but that it was the only negative from it. Trump went on to say that there is a lot of optimism because he talks about the problems and how he plans to solve them. Trump was also faced with the question regarding his statement “I alone can fix this country”. Trump stated that that he was comparing himself to Clinton and then proceeded to bash her. He went on to say that Clinton record was a disaster and that there are other far more capable candidates that can get the job done, but do not stand a chance to get elected. If these candidates that Trump is taking about are so capable, why do they not stand a chance of getting elected? I feel like Trump always contradict himself.