President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III delivered his first State of the Nation Address in a manner where he spoke in the vernacular which is closer to the understanding of the people he talks to. In this language, he was able to freely express his grievances and was able to deliver with ease the discoveries the past administration has left him behind. From a student’s point of view, it seemed that majority of the issues discussed in his first SONA are the anomalies involving the Arroyo government and its midnight appointees. It seemed to be a speech where he has an exposé against the past administration’s abuse of power, and he unfolded it in front of millions of Filipinos watching. He talked about the mishandling of public funds, specifically the 2010 budget which is now only 100 billion pesos from its original worth of 1.54 trillion pesos. This is roughly 6.5% of the total budget amended by the Congress. Our government expenditures also surpassed the target collection and furthermore increased our nation’s deficit to 196.7 billion pesos. Taking into perspective, there have only been three typhoons that have passed the Philippine Area of Responsibility from January to July this year, but the country has already spent 1.4 billion pesos of its calamity fund worth two billion pesos, and the rainy season has yet to take its toll on our land. Allegedly, the Arroyo administration anticipated calamities and gave the lion’s share of 108 million pesos to the province of Pampanga, with 105 million of it going to one district only. It was best underlined by the statement of P-Noy saying, “Pagbabayaran ng kinabukasan ang kasakiman ng nakaraan.” The President also revealed the irregularities in the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage Sys... ... middle of paper ... ...ncrete solutions to the problems. He unfolded a number of questionable agreements involving the past administration, but he did not state how his cabinet would tackle this problems. He lacked on the specific plan that would guide him in his six year stay as the Head of State. It was evident enough that a lot has been passed in the hands of President Aquino, but it was good enough that he convinced majority of the Filipino nation to have some trust in the government. P-Noy may have not presented long-term solutions, but his primary aim to revamp the government making it accountable and transparent to the public is a good start for an incoming administration that has been stained by corrupt leaders before him. Hopefully, this just did not change the outlook of the people towards the government but also convinced them that there is still hope for a better Philipines.
A deeper analysis is given in the speech and it is given on the event of leaving the presidency after eight years. It is a Special occasion speech and of ceremonial type and can also be said as retirement speech. It is not just saying good-bye to the public but the speech carries information which has been useful for the public for understanding the political agenda of the country. In this way, the speech is an informational one as
A series of measures took the nation off the gold standard, thereby offering some assistance to debtors and exporters. He also got Congress to appropriate $500 million in federal relief grants to states and local...
He called for restoration with action, and promised solutions to the economic crisis, unemployment, world policy. He however, does remind the people, “We do not distrust the future of essential democracy. The people of the United States have not failed.” He promises swift action to the problems the he and the nation face.
In his “State of the Union” speech, President Barack Obama effectively uses the rhetorical devices of Ethos, Pathos and Logos to convey a more convincing message to the citizens of the United States to urge them to follow the example of the many people that have made their nation greater.
It is remarkable that all of the “great” presidents in United States history are known for being visionaries. It’s imperative for presidents to have strategies for the future and that they have policies planned on how to protect national security and improve the lives of their citizens. It’s also important to see issues that the country is facing a find a way to resolve
President Trump’s inaugural address was a speech many have called short, brutish, but effective. While being shorter than the average inaugural address, falling nine-hundred and two words behind President Obama’s second inaugural address, it took only those one-thousand four-hundred and thirty-three words to reach out in an attempt to unite the divided American people. Trump’s speech effectively offers a new vision of our government, by connecting to people emotionally and logically, however lacking many facts and playing more off his credibility, many people questions his point in saying “empty talk is over.”
Because of the controversial issues surrounding President G.W. Bush before and during the time of his reelection, the acceptance speech that he delivered is an important piece of literature to study. This diplomatic speech is a piece of rhetorical contribution because the motives and meanings behind any President’s speech is significant to us as citizens of the United States of America. It further warrants our attention because if the audience is able to comprehend the inner meanings and motives behind a presidential speech, then they will eventually be able to differentiate the actual stances and platforms of future presidential candidates and nominees.
Words have power. However, for them to have the desired impact on the audience, some styles have to be incorporated in articulating them out. Orators of the time are best known for their ability to touch people through words. One such person is President Obama. He has a way of making people remember what he has said. This is because; he has styles that he uses in his speech which capture the interest and emotions of the listener. Oppositely, a speaker may want to bring out a certain point, but the choice of technique may impede the passage of such a point to the audience. Basing on this, it is vital for speakers not just to come with word they think are appropriate but also make a choice of the techniques that will influences the delivery of the desired message. Information regarding the styles and techniques utilized by the speaker cannot be gathered unless thee speech is critically analyzed. Accordingly, one of the speeches by President Obama is going to be analyzed.
Every president has his own way of dealing with the problems he faces. Some succeed by saving the country from its problems, while others fail by digging the country deeper in its hole. What is important, though, is that they do their best. Not all will succeed since there are some cases in which the country is helpless and must wallow in its problems for a short while.
The truth is I didn’t want the Philippines, and when they came to us, as a gift from the gods, I did not know what to do with them.… I sought counsel from all sides— Democrats as well as Republicans—but got little help. I thought first we would take only Manila; then Luzon; then other islands perhaps also. I walked the floor of the White House night after night until midnight; and I am not ashamed to tell you, gentlemen, that I went down on my knees and prayed Almighty God for light and guidance more than one night. And one night late it came to me this way… that we could not give them back to Spain… that we could not leave them to themselves— they were unfit for self-government… [and] that there was nothing left for us to do but to take them all, and to educate the Filipinos, and uplift and civilize and Christianize them, and by God’s grace do the very best we could by them.” (Thomas G. Paterson and Dennis
Barrack Obama’s inauguration speech successfully accomplished his goal by using rhetoric to ensure our nation that we will be under safe hands. The speech is similar from ideas obtained from the founding documents and Martin Luther King’s speech to establish ‘our’ goal to get together and take some action on the problems our country is now facing. As President Barrack Obama starts his speech, he keeps himself from using ‘me’, ‘myself’, and ‘I’ and replacing it with ‘we’, ‘us’, and ‘together’ to achieve ethos. He makes sure his audience connects with him directly by making them feel at his level, and him at theirs. This way he connects to the audience, and in exchange, helps his statement of unity. Using various examples of parallelism, anaphora and refrain, Obama brands the theme of equality and togetherness in our country throughout the speech, vital to gain the respect of his audience. Obama recalls the ‘enduring strength of the constitution’ by delving into the past alluding to America’s allegiance to the Declaration of Independence by quoting “we hold these truths… that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”. This expression clearly shows more ethos by reminding us that the quote of equality is of great importance today as it was the time it was written.
President Barack Obama goal when giving this speech is to inform the Congress on the State of the Union. The primary message being delivered is to focus on the future and the four questions that he believed the country should answer regardless of the future presidents. The person delivering the speech is the 44th president Obama because according to the Article II, Section 2 of the United States Constitution the president must give the congress information on the State of the Union. Obama is the right person to be delivering the speech because he is the president and he knows what it is exactly that needs to be conveyed to the congress.
On July 27, 2004, Barack Obama made arguably his most important speech, “The Audacity of Hope”, at the Democratic National Convention Keynote Address. These conventions are for political parties to announce a winner for nomination. All the way through his piece, Obama focuses on connecting Americans and himself to the audience. In fact, at the time, Barack Obama was a US Senate candidate for the United States president, and in making this speech, was offered a window for raising his popularity. Throughout “The Audacity of Hope” speech, Barack Obama implements three main devices to raise his political popularity: repetition, abstract language, and structure.
On January 20, 2009, President Obama was officially inaugurated and sworn in as the forty-fourth president of the United States of America. The tradition of being inaugurated requires the president to give a speech about the goals they want to reach during their presidency. The president must make a speech that appeals to the audience while being professional. Rhetoric is a useful strategy to utilize in speech making. Obama uses rhetoric to achieve presenting his message of creating hope and change together in America while fixing the economic and social challenges and issues left behind from the previous president. Barack Obama uses syntax, the rhetorical triangle, and diction to portray his message.
This speech was composed of messages towards his people claiming the standard of ‘greatness’ not only to himself but also to his people. Marcos used of rhetorical devices had help him to convince his people about this idea. Rhetorical devices such as anaphora, alliteration, rhetorical question, metonymy and hyperbole were used in his speech. The intensity of Marcos’ speech was built through gallant statements and anaphoric repetition. Every repetition constructs on the one before and strengthened by Ferdinand Marcos’ increasing passion. For example, “By your mandate”, brought ideas about how Marcos connects with and asked for his people’s permission for making the Philippines a better nation. He used inclusive language to express that he includes his people, not only his dream but also his people’s. Examples of this were “It is our nation.” and “We are in crisis.” Marcos also used hyperbole “I have heard the cries of thousands and clasped hands in brotherhood with millions of you.” for example, to let his people know that he listen and he understand the grieve they had. These were the ways he approached his people with the sense of nationalism, reminding them that similar to their ancestors, they could also achieve heroism by considering and living the principled culture of a useful