Rojhenn Halle Capati Mrs. Stele AP Lang In 1997, United States Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright gave a commencement speech to young women graduating from Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts. Madeleine Albright uses credibility, repetitive ideas, figurative language and strong details to empower the women graduating from Mount Holyoke College and to congratulate them on their graduation. Albright used the credibility of America. Line one to twenty, Albright chooses to describe America, the place where actions for the better are made. In the line four to six Albright states, “As a nation, America must choose whether to turn inward and betray the lessons of history, or to seize the opportunity to shape history.” By using credibility Albright is telling them that with their degree they can change and be a part of America’s history. …show more content…
Not only does Albright use the credit of America to empower women, but she also uses the repeated idea of the greatness that America holds and carries. In line six to fifteen, Albright describes America in the positive light. She states, “..Under the leadership of President Clinton, America is making the right choice.” With that, Albright is mentioning the U.S. and their good leadership. The way Albright is using the U.S. as a leader role is empowering the women with the idea that the college the women graduated from, which is from America, and that it connects the two to greatness. This emphasizes that these women should also strive for greatness. Albright also uses figurative language in describing the accomplishments and struggles of women. Albright empowers the women by saying how with the women’s degrees, they have a choice. The choice being whether to lower their voices and sit
Due Date March 12th, 2024 Rhetorical Analysis Rewrite At the graduation of the class of Mount Holyoke College, the United States Secretary of State Madeleine Albright gave an uplifting speech to the women’s college in 1997. Albright went on to utilize an appeal to morals, effective repetition, eye-opening illustrations, and empowering wording to signify the strength and power the young women have to accomplish their ideal world. Beginning the commencement speech, Albright laid out the successes their
In her speech to the graduating class of Mount Holyoke College, Madeleine Albright explains that even though these women feel on top of the world right now, they have so much more to fight for. By using purposeful syntax, parallel structure, and a call to action, Albright establishes an assertive tone that allows the women graduating to understand the need for perseverance and courage to accomplish their goals. Madeleine Albright was the first female Secretary of State, so by speaking at Mount Holyoke
In 1997, the United States secretary of state, Madeleine Albright, gave a commencement speech to the graduating class of a women’s college in Massachusetts. She mentioned ethos, cause and effect, and process analysis to motivate graduates to be strong and take what’s their right to have. Her purpose in giving the speech was to encourage female students to become leaders and resilient women. She first started her speech by mentioning ethos and appealing to the audience's beliefs and ethics. She said