Sometimes there’s nothing more powerful than a personal story of tragedy and perseverance. With poise, humor and emotional pleas, Monica Lewinsky is able to captivate her audience through her narrative – one known to many in a public sense but far more vulnerable and moving when told through her private moments. Lewinsky’s speech, titled “The Price of Shame,” shares a broad call to action against cyberbullying and online harassment, highlighted by her own battles and a devastating tale of a young man who inspired her to finally speak out. Decades of silence create a sense of expectation among the audience. It also automatically captivate Lewinsky’s listeners as they hang on every word from someone they’ve heard so much about – but never from. Over the course of this paper, I will analyze Lewinsky’s TED Talk as a persuasive speech meant to galvanize listeners to recognize and actively combat cyberbullying in an age where many try to capitalize and profit on public humiliation. I will show how her persuasive style is effective with respect to her personal expertise and gut-wrenching stories, while also recognizing areas – like her call to action – where her argument could be strengthened and better delineated to …show more content…
She advocates that as more and more of our interactions move online, we need to be conscientious of our impact and bring compassion onto the internet. Lewinsky’s rhetoric with this propositional statement is strong, challenging the existence of how things are at this moment – the status quo (Keith & Lundberg 45). Her language is clear and the audience is in quick agreement because she established an emotional connection early. In this next section, I will look more closely at the way Lewinsky sets up her speech to effectively draw in her listeners before making powerfully making her argument for a better, more compassionate
After the Watergate Scandal in 1972, the House Judiciary Committee needed to decide whether or not to start the process of impeaching President Nixon. As a new member of the committee, it was Barbara Jordan’s job to convince everyone else to vote for the impeachment of Nixon. In Jordan’s speech, pathos is effectively used to persuade the House Judiciary Committee to impeach President Nixon. Through the use of rhetorical questions, repetition, first person pronouns, and dramatic imagery Jordan impacts her audience’s opinion on the impeachment of Nixon.
In response to his alleged affair with Ms. Monica Lewinsky, who at the time was an intern at the White House, President Clinton took to a national broadcast to clear his name. In his testimony, Clinton begins with a formal and slightly apologetic tone, and then subtly shifts the blame from his actions to the nosiness of the American public, victimizing himself. There were four different tone shifts in this particular speech, and he uses this to his advantage in turning the spotlight away from his private life, and to national issues. In his address, President Clinton uses a wide variety of rhetorical devices to convince his audience, the American people, that his stance on the matter is the most valid, and to reestablish his credibility,
Conveying a message through the use of public speaking goes far beyond the words you say. When presenting a speech, there is much that goes into it, and more to truly get your message into the minds of the listeners. Every great speech consists of several key elements that are used to support and back up the words that are spoken. In 2011, Pamela Meyer presented her speech, “How to Spot a Liar,” as a TED Talks. In the speech, she uses many of these public speaking techniques when she discusses the key ideas she addresses in her novel: Liespotting: Proven Techniques to Detect Deception. Her speech is informative, consisting of information on how to spot someone who is lying, as well as mindboggling statistics concerning the omnipresence of lying in today’s society. In Meyer’s speech, she uses specific
"I ask that all Americans demonstrate in their personal and public lives... the high ethical standards that are essential to good character and to the continued success of our Nation."
Hilary Clinton impacts he audience with various ways that she explains all the abuse and torment women go through. Her diction consists of words that are horrifying and unpleasant. Such as, “violence”, “fire”, “death”, “burned”, “suffocated”, “drowned”, “greed”, “prostitution”, “rape”, etc. This use of diction creates a disgusted and harsh tone.
Hillary Clinton’s speech “Women Rights” transmitted a crucial message to the world and that was to do something about gender inequality. Pathos helped transmit an emotional appeal to the audience and make them see the soft side of Clinton.
On September 11, 1998, former president Bill Clinton delivered the infamously self-proclaimed speech entitled “I Have Sinned.” In an attempt to convert the public suspicion and hatred back to trust and loyalty, Clinton finally confessed to the inappropriate relations with Monica Lewinsky. By deeply expressing his sorrow through his foreboding and apologetic tone, Clinton constructs various examples of ethos, uses stiff body language and blank facial expressions, direct eye contact, and crafts the majority of his speech on short and choppy sentences. The overall purpose of this speech was for Clinton to ultimately express his remorse for the regretful acts he committed, and also to ensure the American people that he will remain trustworthy throughout
The goal of Hillary’s speech is to persuade her audience that her ideas are valid, by using ethos, pathos, and logos. Hillary is the First Lady and Senator, she shows credibility as an influential activist for woman rights. “Over the past 25 years, I have worked persistently on issues relating to women, children, and families. Over the past two and a half years, I’ve had the opportunity to learn more about the challenges facing women in my country and around the world” (Clinton 2).
In conclusion, Carr and Gladwell’s essays have proven that the internet positive effects are outweighed by its negative effects. Carr has found he is unable to finish a full text anymore or concentrate. He thinks that the internet has taken our natural intelligence and turned it into artificial intelligence. Gladwell discusses how nowadays, social activism doesn’t have the same risk or impact as former revolutions such as the Civil Rights Movement. The internet is mostly based on weak ties based among people who do not truly know each other and would not risk their lives for their
“How online sexual harassment towards women has spiraled out of control” was delivered by Ashley Judd, an American actress and political activist who could not stand to see women be harassed online any longer. After experiencing online sexual harassment for some time, she decided that something needed to be done about this issue. She and other activists created WMC Speech Project to make social media a safer place for women. The rhetorical principles can be observed in her lecture through her ethics, reasons, and emotions.
Although, the internet is a faster alternative, it destroys the purpose; going by different servers or mediums which the letter might have passed through before getting to the recipient- it diminishes its worth. According to Goodman, “I am among those who still believe that sympathy is diluted by two-thirds when it arrives over the internet transom”.
The first question I asked in the interview was, “what technology you feel has had the biggest impact on society?” Her response: “The internet has had a revolution impact on the world. It has permitted huge amounts of information to be at our fingertips but has also contributed to the decline of critical thinking. In many ways it helps us stay more connect but for many it has replaced real life
On November 8th 2016 the election of the new president of the United states of America started, but right before the election the two candidates gave their last speeches, on why the American population should pick them as their president. The writer of the first speech is Hillary Clinton. Hillary Clinton is writing the speech to the American population and especially to her voters and the people who is rooting for her to be elected as the next president of the united states of America. The writer of the second speech is Donald J Trump. And like Hillary Trump speaks out to the American people and also his loyal voters who had followed him through the campaign.
Digital Nation: Life on the Virtual Front. Dir. Rachel Dretzin. 2010. PBS. Web.
President Bill Clinton, gave an apologetic speech “I have Sinned” on September 11, 1998 in front of over a hundred priests and ministers in the annual White House prayer breakfast. The whole nation knows what happened with President Clinton and his intern, many would defend him even say that media and other sources are invading his privacy but something like that coming from our president? I don’t think it’s something a big icon as himself can just let slide by. Which leads to this speech of his, he wanted to apologize and gain forgiveness not only from his family and America but from God as well. As the speech goes on you can hear President Clinton’s sorrowful tone. Taking us deeper into how admitting and regretful he is about his sin and