The United States presidential election are amongst us, which means people are being attentive on which politicians will benefit their future in the long run. While during research, I came across Russell Granger’s article “Why Donald Trump is So Persuasive” (Granger). Granger has a background in being an “author specializing in business development, sales, marketing, management and personal success skills” (“Russell H. Granger”). But in the article Granger’s communicating on why Donald Trump is so persuasive. I’ve analyzed that Granger’s text is directed to people who are engrossed in current political ventures, and I have also explored the content of the text and how Granger argues that Trump success comes from his aggressiveness, him being the known rebel in the political world and how he relies on emotional connection for supporters. In Granger’s text he targets individuals interested in the current political climate. Individuals interested in the appeal of Trump as a …show more content…
Granger states, “Trump is activating what in neurological terms are referred to as emotional triggers, which the brain uses to avoid the energy and difficulty of analytical thinking” (Granger). Whether deliberately or by intuition, extraordinary persuaders tap into the elements of the emotional brain where choices are made with great speed. One emotional trigger that Trump uses quite often is called the Contrast Trigger. Contrast Trigger is a is a well-worn and corporate marking figure of speech used to accentuate the significance of qualification – of being unique in relation to the next “brand” or “item” (Granger). Trump is a great representation of that. Granger also indicates the use of emotional words in his speeches, like “going down the drain”, “they kill us”, and “it's terrible”. Believing that Trump uses his emotional connection to his loyal supporters really helps his political
The use of persuasive literary devices and tactics guarantee a strong and powerful address. However, Trump’s address, could leave Americans feeling unsettled as he manipulates a traditional address. He synthesizes an addresses that will surely be remembered for its lack of sophistication, abandoned formality, and aggressive tone. The ramifications of breaking tradition results in Trump’s failure to prompt
Politicians frequently receive negative publicity at the hand of their own use of language. Their uses of words as they relate to persuasion typically fall within one of the three dimensions of language functions, semantic or thematic. Often their persuasive language can be found to closely resemble any of these three categories simultaneously. There are many tools for analyzing persuasive symbols, many of which should be utilized when analyzing great communicators such as President Ronald Reagan. In response to the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion on January 28th, 1986 where seven brave American’s gave their lives. President Ronald Reagan made history with his famous speech, which didn’t only serve to address the great tragedy, but served as a focal point of comfort for the grieving nation. He commemorated the seven heroes who had fallen that morning in route to outer space; he expressed gratitude to NASA for their past developments and encouraged further explorations. Ronald Reagan was a great communicator, a charismatic persuader whose words delivered focus of the message through utilization of persuasive symbols. This paper aims not to be an all-inclusive guide for analyzing persuasive symbols, but will sufficiently guide the reader to be a more perceptive of persuasive language.
Without it, the colonies would not have unified sufficiently to fight Britain. There would have been a United States of Great Britain instead of the United States of America! Henry’s successful ability to persuade the audience was why his speech lives on as the epitome of persuasive writing. As seen throughout the oration, he creates an emotional bond with the crowd and isolates the key points that the audience should remember. His work exemplifies the everlasting importance of rhetoric. The art of persuasion, developed since Ancient Greek times, is a valuable skill that can catalyze advancement in the workforce, which is why it has such a profound historical importance. As the saying goes, “It's not what you say, but how you say
Obama is able to gain his listeners’ ears because of his clear and effective writing. In Obama’s writing various elements of rhetorical framework create a strong and persuasive argument that Obama is able to present in grabbing his audience’s attention and consideration. Seen through his writing, Obama’s use of rhetorical appeals, devices, and context create an in-depth look into the problem of the racial divide which still exist today. In writing an effective argument, Obama employ’s through rhetoric’s personal experience, historical events, religion, and the current state of things, which he asks his audience think more about. By noting that the problems of America as a whole is a problem that every citizen shares and not a problem that exist individually for different races. Obama is able to have his audience focus on the real issues Americans face moving forward. Ultimately, as it is seen prior before the speech was published and given, Obama’s intent on the direction and how his speech would be formed, along with writing techniques that were used to craft the speech, all reveal his personal knowledge of rhetoric’s and ability to write a persuasive argument. Through his speech Obama is easily able to dismisses his critics and do what he intended to do, being that he wants his audience to focus their attention on to the more serious problems that remain unsolved for American
Donald Trump posted a YouTube video offering President Obama $5 million dollars to produce his collegiate records and individual passport application (O’Connor, C., 2012). When contacted by Forbes magazine in response to this offer, Trump professed that the offer was extended due to the voters knowing so very little about the president’s personal background. Further stating, his motives were in the best interest of President Obama based on the current state of suspicion surrounding his presidency and this would all questions to rest (O’Connor, C., 2012). This is an example of the ad hominem reasoning fallacy and how the persuader focuses on personally attacking the individual (Larson, C., 2013, p. 245). The statements called president’s background and character into question. The objective of persuader was to further discredit the president in the upcoming 2012 presidential election. The response of the president and White House was predictable based on the oppositional views and past responses to other similar claims and requests (Larson, C., 2013, p. 245). Donald Trump committed an ad hominem when he launched a character assassination of President Obama by introducing meaningless perceptions of character flaws in an attempt to divert votes as well as bring attention to his upcoming show (O’Connor, C., 2012).
As easy as actors put on clothes and become a different person to film a movie, successful politicians appear much more heartfelt and honest as they are in real life. This is backed by the idea posed by Chris Hedges that “political leaders…..no longer need to be competent, sincere, or honest. They need only to appear to have these qualities.” If a politician were able to appear honest and heartfelt in a campaign event, they would much more likely to appeal to the audience and be able to win their trust and vote in some cases and succeed in winning an election to the benefit of the politician and not the audience. . Similar, posed propaganda and social medias of today are often used to exploit the audience and give them poorly supported feelings of support and trust for these political leaders.
...olitics. The idea of the election is to sound the most charismatic and he takes one last opportunity to mention the “tarnished ideals” of America and give his vote of confidence in the last line, “We have a long way to go, but we start today. And I hope you’ll join me.”
Donald Trump can be appreciated for his cunning business savvy and an ability to at various times throughout his career, make it big. By co-creating this reality show with Mark Burnett, not only has he capitalized on the public's desire to fantasize about (and for a precious few, compete for) achieving a high-profile, financially lucrative career as a business mogul, he has also brought to the mainstream audience a heated, emotional and stimulating debate about something that we all seem to have an opinion on: what it takes to be a great leader.
In the book, Propaganda, author Edward L Bernays, who is nephew of Sigmund Freud, transcends the public relation industry. This short, 13-part instructional manual delves deep into the intricacies and usage of propaganda. Bernays claims that the public is in a constant state of manipulation. He argues that in order for a society to be highly functioning and stable, public opinion must be manipulated and swayed. While I find his claims disturbing, it was refreshing to read something so blunt. Bernays’ use of psychological techniques to work the mechanics of public opinion truly classifies him as the “father of public relations.”
“David Robinson, who performed a statistical analysis of the President-elect's Twitter account in August, said Mr. Trump's tendency to tweet like an "entertainer" meant he was able to garner the “interest" of the American people, which in turn boosted his chances of election success”(Independent.co.uk 1). His appeal to emotion has personally benefited himself to the point where he remained a key subject of interest throughout the entire election. Whether or not he was favored, he was the most focused on topic for the widespread media.
Caesar was a great speaker and was able to persuade the people through his speeches. The charm that Caesar had created a group of followers. Similarly, in today's world, Donald Trump has persuaded the people of the United States. His charismatic personality and social skills also enticed a group of followers. This was evident when he won the presidential election of the United States.
According to Aristotle, every emotional speaker will always ensure that they make their audience to feel with them even if there is no logic in their argument (Van, Frans, & Peter, 357). When it comes to Donald Trump, he knows how to be rhetorical in his social platforms when conversing with the audience. "Global warming has been developing by and for the people of the republic of china" is a famous tweet by President Trump (Joe,
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 audience’s emotions, to gain support from the crowd and connect them to the issues he addresses on an emotional level. The best example of such an issue is the promise of creating a new forest policy. By raises an issue that the audience was emotionally concerned with, Bush is able to persuade the audience to his purpose as well as relate them to it on an emotional level. It was likely that there were people in the audience who were directly affected by the recent forest fires in Arizona who felt very passionately about the topic of a new national forest policy. The appeal of emotion became a very effective tool in motioning the audience in the direction of his purpose, mainly the gain of support for the republican candidates in the next Arizona election.
Last night, Elon Musk unveiled plans in a speech given in Mexico City to start sending humans to Mars, thus making us an “multiplanetary species” by 2024. I understand that this is a big deal for many, but I mean really? Is this what we are turning to in today’s world where we are experiencing refugee crises, wars on unprecedented levels and scandals in the highest offices in the land? Let me start off by focusing on the financial implications of Musk’s venture. $200,000, according to Musk, would be enough for one interplanetary space ticket.
The focus of this analysis will be on Mr. Trump’s use of social media sites, namely Twitter. Mr. Trump has a twitter feed that according to Amber Phillips of the Washington Post, “Trump tweets, at minimum, 10 times a day, nearly every day. On Oct. 31 — a typical day in Trump 's campaign — he tweeted 59 times.” (Phillips). Therefore, Donald uses Twitter quite often. He uses it throught the day everyday as a way of keeping his name in the public’s eye. The message and success of such Twitter posts will be discussed