Rhetorical Analysis Of Oprah Winfrey's Speech

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.

Shirley Chisholm's speech is effective because of her use of logical flow of ideas, persuasive techniques, credible sources, and counter-arguments.

Graduation caps fly into the air, cheers erupt, and diplomas are received. This is a typical graduation day. Not only did these ceremonial events take place for Tulane University's class of 2009, but Ellen DeGeneres was there to congratulate them as well! This class was dubbed the "Katrina Class" for being survivors of the devastating Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Katrina was named one of the deadliest Hurricanes, causing more than 1,836 deaths. Tulane University is located in New Orleans, Louisiana, where the most significant amount of deaths took place and 80 percent of the city was destroyed. These graduates have survived a lot , and Ellen wants to congratulate them on their

The intended audience for this speech was young women who aspire to become a better woman independently. Even though the actual audience was young women, the place where she gave a speech was the best place to show the similarity between Michelle Obama and her intended audience. The school was “girls-only, inner-city, its pupils, of whom 20% are the children of refugees... 92% of whom are from a black or minority background”(Cadwalladr, 2009, para.9). She says, “ I want you to know that we have very much in common”(1:24). Then, “I did not raise with wealth or resources or any social standing to speak of, and I raised on the Southside of Chicago. That is the real part of Chicago”(1:50). She uses her personal statement to lose the gap between

On July twelfth, 1976, Barbara Jordan delivered a speech to the National Convention. She was the first African American to do so. Barbara represented the Democratic party. In her powerful speech, she addressed equality in everyone, response to change, and the future of America.

The press is definitely not perfect. Who better to let journalists know this than a fellow journalist? Clare Boothe Luce’s introduction of her message to journalists at the Women’s National Press Club utilizes literary devices and techniques such as pronouns, hypophora, anaphora, and antithesis. Luce looks to prepare her audience of female journalists so they respond more positively to her criticism of the American press by giving the reason for her presence and complimenting them. Luce adopts a conversational yet stern tone in order to help incite change in the press.

Hillary Clinton uses the pathos rhetorical appeal more than the other two. When she says “ Isn’t he forgetting? Troops on the front lines. Police officers and firefighters who run towards danger.” (Farley, Robert). This shows pathos because she is appealing to the families of the people who risk their lives, and she cares about the people who work hard to make this country better. She also uses pathos when she says “I want you to know, I’ve heard you. your cause is our cause. Our country needs your ideas, energy, and passion.” (Clinton, Hillary). This uses this rhetorical appeal because it shows that she will take our ideas and what the people of the United States have to say and use them when she becomes president. She makes it seem like

Clinton uses imagery again to help her audience imagine some of the hardships women around the world face. She describes some of the specific problems and difficulties women face when she says "At this very moment, as we sit here, women around the world are giving birth, raising children, cooking meals, washing clothes, cleaning houses, planting crops, working on assembly lines, running companies, and running countries..." Clinton uses this sentence to create an image of the variation of the duties that women perform around the world. Some women are successful enough to be able to run companies and countries, while others are stuck with only being able to perform basic duties, like washing clothes, cooking meals, giving birth, raising children, etc. Next she explains how women don't have equality by explaining some of the rights they are being denied, she states "They are being denied the right to go to school by their own fathers and brothers. They are being forced into prostitution and they are being barred from the bank lending offices and banned from the ballot boxes." She explains in detail some of the difficulties

Ellen DeGeneres once said that “Life is like one big Mardi Gras. But instead of showing your boobs, show people your brain, and if they like what they see, you’ll have more beads than you know what to do with and you’ll be drunk, most of the time” (DeGeneres). In the 2009 commencement speech to University of Tulane’s “Katrina Class”, she utilizes devices such as hyperbole, allusions, and rhetorical questions to make the speech effective in achieving her purpose of inspiring her audience of graduating students to be true to themselves by following their own path and passions and to realize that one will have to overcome hurdles to reach one’s idea of success. Even though DeGeneres uses a variety of rhetorical devices, her speech mainly appeals to emotions through comedic anecdotes and witty lines infused throughout the speech.

Throughout Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech is an array of rhetoric’s. The three main ones that are highlighted more than the others are persuasion, power and community. Dr. King’s speech was intended to persuade the audience to give the African American community freedom from years of harsh slavery. An aspect that contributes to persuasion is the appeal of what is trying to be persuaded. The speaker wants to use emotion or personal appeals when persuading and that is what Dr. King truly succeeded in. He was affected by the mistreatment and cruelty by others which made the audience feel closer to him because they were also affected.

An oratorical speech aims to influence listeners to change their ideas or at least consider the ideas of the speaker for the latter to ponder. This paper will analyze the speech given by Susan Anthony, a feminist advocate who saw the injustice in the political sphere during her time. Her speech was a moving piece, which aimed to stop the discrimination and let women exercise the rights guaranteed by the constitution. The said speech will be evaluated in terms of the strategies used and also the influence of such speech to the society in the end.

Mrs. Obama had a speech in August of 2016, at the Democratic National Convention. She is supporting Hillary as a political nominee. Mrs. Obama says that Hillary is a better president because she is a role model to her daughters.Mrs.Obama has faith in 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.

confidence to her audience. It is critical that the audience trusts the speaker. It was wise to

I was born on January 29, 1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi, USA. As I was growing up, I moved back and forth between my grandmother, mom, and dad. After a difficult youth, including multiple counts of rape by family members and a family friend, I finally began to get my life back on track and made the decision to enter Tennessee State University in 1971. During this time I began focusing my energy on radio and television broadcasting. I continued to put all my concentration on broadcasting, spending a bit of my time at a couple of different radio stations, when I finally found a job I enjoyed thoroughly. Following my move to Chicago, I was chosen to host a local talk show, “AM Chicago”, which quickly gained much popularity and eventually became “The Oprah Winfrey Show”. (Biography.com)