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    audiences. Therefore, composers employ ‘great rhetoric’ and cohesiveness in their speeches which have the capability to persuade and transform society’s views, attitudes and beliefs. This is undoubtedly clear in Paul Keating’s, ‘Redfern Speech’ and Anwar Sadat’s, ‘Speech to the Israeli Knesset’, which both exhibit the power of words in refining our perspectives and ideas. They both achieve value beyond the time and place in which they were first delivered. Great rhetoric can have the potential to persuade

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    Brayden Libby Mrs. Pound English II PreAP/Block 7 14 May 2018 Rhetorical Analysis of “Hate Speech and the First Amendment” In an article titled “Hate Speech and the First Amendment”, the author provides an overview of the debate and opposing side’s viewpoints. The author adopts an unbiased tone in order to convey key topics of the debate to an audience that is already putting up defenses to protect their stance. The purpose of the article is to suggest that the boundaries between opposing parties

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    commencement speech, a speech that sends off college students into the real world. When these speeches are said, they are meant to be eye-openers, a lesson that should be held close to you to aid in whatever comes your way in the future. This is what Steve Jobs wanted to do when he gave his commencement speech. He gave his speech to his fellow graduates to guide them into something more and tell them a fundamental tip on how to live their life. In Steve Jobs commencement speech, he uses rhetorical devices

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    Steve Jobs Commencement speech was presented in 2005 to that years graduating class at Stanford University. During his speech he appeals to his audience through their emotions with his theme of birth, death and rebirth in the fact that life is limited so love what you do. He connects everyone together by the statement of all people have the similarity of death at some point. Steve shares three of his most meaning life stories- connecting the dots, love and lose, and lastly death, they all convey

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    experiences of their time By utilising rhetoric, convincing speakers are able to portray the unjust human experience of their context captivating the audience expounding values such as peace, unity and justice. Anwar Sadat’s “Speech to the Israeli Knesset” and Paul Keating’s “Redfern Speech” reinforce the significance of injustice within their societies, prompting for social change. By engaging the audience through rhetoric devices these speeches evoke a personal response from the audience, transforming the

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    speeches was not only to entertain the audience, but also to inform the audience of topics important to the speaker. They also used their speeches to persuade the audience. For this criticism, I will talk about Rob Green’s speech, Afraid All Over. His specific goal for the speech was to persuade his audience to not let fears control your life. He accomplished this by informing us of three ways he got over his

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    2011 University of Pennsylvania Commencement Address. During his speech, uses of rhetoric can be heard all throughout his words. Making the message he is trying to say to the graduating students that still have their lives in front of them, just so much more robust. Washington’s use of all three kinds of rhetoric throughout his speech about defeat and how to change your thoughts to overcome them. Washington starts off his speech with pathos. Pathos is appealing to the emotional side of the audience

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    Steve Jobs gave a speech at Stanford University, to address his feelings toward success and how being near death, due to pancreatic cancer, changed him. He gives a personal narrative on what happened to him, as well as how he felt about it. He describes how life is filled with limitations, reasoning, and fear, but once a person faces death, all reason is forgotten. As he said, “You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.” Steve Jobs concludes by showing gratefulness for life

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    achieve success. Daymond John speech is targeted towards every single person in the community that is willing to make a change and be successful, but most importantly high school and college students on achieving their dreams. The presentations goals were to inspire young minds to change the world and be able to make money doing something they love. The presentation as a whole lacked logical reasoning and only consisted of the emergence and history of hip-hop but the speech was strong on ethical and

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    Steve Jobs’ Commencement Speech Analyzation Within Steve Jobs’ Commencement Speech, he uses rhetorical appeals to convey different messages to his audience. This speech was given at Stanford University to the graduating class of 2005, their families, and school faculty. Although Jobs was a dropout himself, Stanford University was just ten minutes from where he lived in California, and he had a deep respect for the university and its ties to Silicon Valley. In his speech, Jobs tells three stories

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