House of Representatives Speaker, Newt Gingrich, in 1995 gave America a riveting speech about the betterment of America. This partainted to both Democratic, and Republican parties because this was a time where Americans received broken promises from the government. In light of this, Gingrich wanted to assure American citizens that their voices were being heard and that congress was making changes for their benefit. In his speech, “The Contract with America,” Gingrich used stern hand gestures, dramatic facial expressions, and ethos along with foreshadowing to enlighten Americans of the government's forthcoming actions. In his “Contract With America” speech, Mr. Gingrich wanted the people of his country to know that their values were important …show more content…
Gingrich goes into more depth of his moral obligations using the rhetorical device ethos. This is exhibited when he explains “it should be clear we have a moral imperative to remake the welfare system so every American can lead a full life” letting listeners know that he’s making it his obligation to society to make sure they are living the best life possible (“The”). With this, he gains trust by announcing his values lie with citizens’ best interests. Remaking the aid system for Americans esures more money and resources going to those who need it most. This is especially revealing in today's society because we as Americans are still needing change in the welfare system, since poverty is still a prevalent issue. Gingrich mentions Medicare for elderly, “My father, my mother, and my mother-in-law all rely on Medicare” by him saying this, he is showing Americans that he knows firsthand what Medicare is like.This shows he is personable, and familiar with situations and eases the authoritative figure image. He continues to say, “... provide the care our seniors need with more choices at less cost to the elderly” Gingrich has acknowledged the fact that everyone gets old, and most feel comforted knowing that the best care will be offered to them (“The”). This helps further reassure Americans that their best interests are being put
Ann Richards’s keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention in 1988 was extremely interesting to watch. I believe her speech was intended to be focused on the American family and also the American farmers. These two areas seemed to be very important to Mrs. Richards and she made a point to discuss both.
Politics is dirty and competitive and has not changed between 1879 and 2018. It is a complex system of jargon, charm, facts, and lies. Mark Twain’s “The Presidential Candidate” satirically expresses the essence of both old-world and modern politics as a presidential candidate who blatantly tells the truth of his wrongdoings. As a politician, one must be an open book. Their life must be truthfully written on the pages for the readers to analyze and evaluate their credibility as leaders. “The Presidential Candidate” resonates both in 1879 and 2018 with his use of humor, use of diction and use of subtlety.
Though Kennedy and Clinton addressed their audiences nearly thirty-two years apart, each rhetor faced a common rhetorical barrier – an American populace too heavily focused on the personalities within each respective presidential election rather than the true issues confronting the United States. To overcome that barrier, both Kennedy and Clinton utilize definitional strategies – in the form of association – as well as language strategies –specifically, historical allusions. Whether or not the speeches directly correlate with both candidates winning their presidential elections does not concern the examination; this paper observes how exactly the rhetorical devices used served to dissolve the barriers between the rhetor and the intended audience.
On May 5, 2018, Atlanta rapper Childish Gambino released a video for his new song titled “This is America.” The video featured not-so-subtle commentary on the current gun debate in the United States and began trending quickly. Many began to wonder if a song with this much political weight could make it past the viral stage and hold its own on the music charts. One of those inquiring was Chris Molanphy, a journalist for Slate.com who often writes about popular music. He makes the claim that this song is “one of the most lyrically daring [Billboard] Hot 100 No. 1 in history.” In his article, “‘This is America,’ the Video, Is a Smash. Will the Song Have Legs?,” Molanphy uses diction, ethos, and analogy to argue that Gambino’s “This is America”
President Obama’s Address to the nation was presented on January 5, 2016. His speech was shown on all of the major network stations. The main goal of his speech was to get the point across to the nation about the increasing problem of gun use. His speech really focused on the issue of gun control and if it would benefit the country. Overall, the biggest idea of his Address was that gun control is a large issue in the United States. The way to prevent deaths caused by firearms can be prevented in other ways than taking peoples guns away. The examples brought up in this Address really stood out to me. The use of personal, national, and global examples really made his speech stronger on the topic of effectiveness.
President Obama’s Inaugural Speech: Rhetorical Analysis. Barrack Obama’s inauguration speech successfully accomplished his goal by using rhetoric to ensure our nation that we will be in safe hands. The speech is similar to 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 Barack Obama starts his speech, he keeps himself from using ‘me’, ‘myself’, and ‘I’ and replacing it with ‘we’, ‘us’, and ‘together’ to achieve his ethos.
Some of these strategies include ethos, logos, and pathos. Johnson’s specific audience is the members of congress but there is an implied audience of every American. Johnson starts his speech by saying “I speak tonight for the dignity of
Many would argue that President Obama is one of the most effective speakers in the decade. With his amazing speeches, he captivates his audience with his emotion and official tone.
Congressman, Robert H. Clancy in his speech, An “Un-American Bill”: A Congressman Denounces Immigration Quotas elaborates on how the Johnson-Reed Act was un-american and treated the immigrants of America poorly. Clancy’s purpose is to persuade congress, and the people voting to not vote for the Johnson Reed Act. He adopts a sentimental tone to tell the people the history of the immigrants and what they have done for us to the people of congress, and the voters. Clancy supports his argument of racial discrimination in the Johnson-Reed act, by appealing to ethos by talking to actual immigrants that have immigrated to Detroit and personal stories, pathos by
Federalist #10 is written by James Madison addressing the state of New York, and is a continuation of Federalist #9, which attempts to address the Union as a safeguard against domestic faction and insurrection. It hopes to instill in the anti-federalists that the constitution safeguards against incivility and uprising. Madison believes that “(the American constitutions) have as effectually obviated the danger on this side, as was wished and expected”. He believes that the United States Constitution is well-covered against possibilities of insurrection and uprising from both inside and outside of government positions in office, and this is what he is attempting to explain to the citizens of New York.
Considering that the United States ranks low in health status, the percentage of its population covered by health insurance is also low. Health care should be a right that all Americans has, not a privilege. (McGovern) With this in mind, everyone should work to extend that right to every American. “To succeed at it, we must find common principles that unite us and move beyond what divides us.” (Sweeney) We must work together to make coverage accessible to everyone. As a nation, we are all facing a crisis of the uninsured, and if it doesn’t get fixed, then the problems will never go away and the percentage of uninsured people will keep going on a rise. (McGovern) Preventative care, total overall costs, and morality are just some of the few arguments for getting coverage for everyone.
Throughout American history, important, credible individuals have given persuasive speeches on various issues to diverse audiences.
We Shall Overcome Rhetorical Analyses Throughout the history of the United States, racial discrimination has always been around our society. Many civil rights movements and laws have helped to minimize the amount of discrimination towards every single citizen, but discrimination is something that will not ever disappear. On March 15, 1965, Lyndon Baines Johnson gave a speech that pointed out the racial injustice and human rights problems of America in Washington D.C. He wanted every citizen of the United States to support his ideas to overcome and solve the racial injustice problems as a nation. Throughout the speech, Lyndon Johnson used several rhetorical concepts to persuade the audience.
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 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.