Business man, Donald Trump, is regarded as our generation’s political hero for honest and direct speech. He is identified as master and creator of political rhetoric whereby he has created a language encompassing all ambiguity and obscurity as that of complex and multifaceted words without the sophistication. Trump in the winter of 2015, then presidential nominee, gave a speech at Hilton Head, South Carolina. In this speech he addressed or rather mentioned a range of topics and opinions that were eagerly welcomed by an audience that writer, Maria Bustillos would describe as “the most willfully blind and/or deranged Republicans.” [Bustillos]. Most, if not all the words, never exceeded one or two syllables and could not be replaced by a simper synonym. This then begs the question: if Trump claims to possess an “Ivy League” vocabulary why has his vernacular never represented this level of pedigree? In journalist George Orwell’s book Politics and the English Language he argues that politicians have adapted a “mixture of vagueness and sheer incompetence” in “any kind of political writing.” [Orwell] Trump’s campaign relied heavily on the vague, emotive slogans and phrases that Orwell deplored so intensely. “Make America great again” is the most infamous …show more content…
He uses the word “love” at least thirty four times in his speech. This is notable when he seeks to insult the idea of having Hillary Clinton as president, “I love the concept — I love, love, love having a woman president. Can’t be her. She’s horrible. She’s horrible.” He accepts the notion towards having a female president in hopes of appealing to feminist voters while simultaneously dismantling his opponent. When Trump proposes the need for a wall on the border of Mexico, immediately before his proposition he states “I love Mexico.” With an “Ivy League” degree Trump should be able to employ more complex synonyms such as admire, respect or
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
Bill Clinton’s main purpose was to appeal to his audience in a way that would make them think the way he thinks. Using the techniques he used the speech was successful and really caught people’s attention. His speech was mainly used to fill people in about the way our society is even after so many events that have ended tragically. What Clinton did was appeal to his audience emotionally, appeal to their character, appeal to their logic and finally he used humor and reason to give his speech an interesting vibe.
In the “George Bush’ Columbia” speech, George W. Bush used a variety of ways in order to make his mark and effectively assemble his dialog. One of the most prominent strategies Mr. Bush used was his sentence structure. He did a great job shaping his speech by initially addressing the problem at hand. He first stated what happened, who it happened to, and gave his condolences to the ones who didn’t make it, along with their families. Mr. Bush also seemed sincere throughout his speech as he made sure to mention each hero apart of the crew. Another technique George W. Bush displayed was the diction and tone he used while delivering the speech. From listening to the audio last week, I remember the passion behind Bush’s words and the sincerity
John F Kennedy delivered one of the finest speeches on January 20, 1961 after being sworn into office. His inauguration speech was so powerful that it captured the entire nations attention, and quotes from it are still remembered by people today. It is one of the finest speeches ever written. It provides a strong appeal to pathos, ethos and logos, and it is because of this that people who never heard the speech can quote lines from it.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy delivered one of the most important American speeches after being sworn in as president on January 20, 1961. His inauguration speech was so influential that it seized the nation’s attention, and quotes from it are still clearly remembered by people today. It is considered one of the best speeches ever written and ever delivered. It presents a strong appeal to pathos, ethos, and logos and accomplishes what any speaker strives for – it speaks straight to the heart of the audience and inspires people.
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.”
Every 20th of January, the United States undergoes the passing of power from one president, to another. On this specific election, Donald J. Trump was elected as president. He has received much criticism from opposition, but much praise from his supporters. Although a very controversial person, Trump gave a great speech that was based on uniting the people as one. Trump used multiple rhetorical strategies such as repetition, pauses in speech, and listing are just a few of them. Adding hints of populism, his speech was one that touched many citizens. While very controversial, Trump’s inauguration speech was one that was based on the people, not the elite, about bringing back what made America great, and uniting everyone as one.
Americans in order to assure these ones of their importance and to remind them that they are
With famed verses like, “Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country,” Kennedy makes the spectators feel inclined to make an impact in the world they live in. Apart from infusing a sense of obligation in the crowd, Kennedy’s greatest element in his speech was the aptitude to arouse a feeling of esteem in the audience. Kennedy constantly uses phrases about freedom and sovereignty to remind the people they still are. “The heirs of that first revolution.” This dialect portrays America as a powerful and patriarchal republic that possesses greater philanthropy than all the other nations around the world.
This may not have been so damaging, if only Donald Trump had any political experience whatsoever, but he has none (Project Vote Smart). Karl Rove, former President Bush’s chief political advisor, once said that being the President of the United States may b...
“The beauty of me is that I am very rich” according to Donald Trump. His ignorance has lead him to do things that he shouldn’t being doing or has done. In the past few months he has been racist man that would insult people that are from a different race. When Trump started running for president he would insult and bully everybody in general not knowing the people’s stories. He made people seem like they are poor and have nothing to live for, Trump’s inability to see past his greed. He wants to separate the United States and wants people to think he is the best of the best; Trump should not be President.
Bush’s method of topic by topic argument along with many emotional appeals was a rather effective way of winning the audience’s support. By appealing to the emotions of the audience Bush was able to give the audience issues they could relate to as well as issues they would feel strongly about. With an emotionally involved audience Bush was able to gather a great number of supporters of his party, just as he intended in his original purpose. The further reference to the character of the people involved in the issues really paid off by drawing the crowd closer to the people working for them. With the topical structure and the appeals used, the speech was a very effective tool in gaining support for the Republican Party from the northern Arizonan audience.
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.
Everything he did and said during that election period is almost like we were watching a movie about the Donald trump campaign. It was like he took the presidential campaign as a total joke. What I have come to realize is that sometimes stupidity can take you a long with people because honestly, Donald trump is president I can’t help but think that I am living in a world of illiterate people who would actually vote for Donald trump after all the crazy and unpredictable things he said during the campaign election. Donald Trump is Cam Brady from “the
"Yes We Can" Rhetorical Analysis Of Obama's Victory Presidential Speech In 2008. Ahmed Negmeldin Abdeltawwab University Of Science And Technology, Zewail City. "Our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand. " (EternalMedia, 2008) Those words are from Obama's aspiring, and emotional speech.