State of Address The Sate of Address is a yearly address delivered in January by the president of the US to Congress, giving the administration 's view of the state of the nation and plans for legislation. In President Obama’s 2016 Sate of Address, his purpose was to inform Americans about his vision for the remainder of his term. He conveys this message by using a relatable and concerning tone, which allowed his readers to connect to the ideas he had proposed. Also, during his speech, President Obama’s chose topics that spoke to every gender, race, and social class. For example, President Obama said “First, how do we give everyone a fair shot at opportunity and security in this new economy? Second, how do we make technology work for us, and not against us especially when it comes when it comes to solving urgent …show more content…
As the President was ending his speech, he gives recognition to those American that are often overlooked. Due to, not having a political title or a high social class position. Throughout these recognitions, the president said “I see it”, which allows viewers to feel a sense of appreciation. By him addressing all walks of life, Americans were able to identify with the various situations and feel worthy and important. For example, Obama said “I see it in the American who served his time, and made mistakes as a child, but now is dreaming of starting over and I see it in the business owner who gives him that second chance.” This was impactful because there are millions of Americans that can relate to this story. So when they hear the president recognizing them despite one’s shortcomings is heartwarming. Furthermore, this emotional appeal leaves viewers with a good feeling about Obama, because they feel he understands them and has their best interest at heart. Therefore, Obama succeeded at being the voice of the people and touching their heart with his empathy and positive
Remarks by President Obama at the eulogy for the honorable Reverend Clementa Pinckney; A man who was killed when an another man rushed into a church in South Carolina and killed 9 people while they were immersed in an afternoon mass. President Obama created different appeals and feelings through the use of different Rhetorical Devices such as Logos, Ethos, and Pathos. The use of logos ethos and pathos help the president convey his central idea which is to ensure the people of South Carolina and the people of the United States that not only are they safe, but they will unite to take this opportunity to create a more united U.S. This will happen through the establishment of new gun reforms.
...persuasion in his speech: anecdotes, rhetorical strategies, and calls to action. By having a progressive structure, first starting with the origins our country was founded upon, then having rhetorical strategies that would enlighten current issues in America, and lastly he gave calls to action for America to participate in. As for me, by the end of the speech I understood why as Americans we needed to work for a better nation as our nation was based upon unity and equality, and not to mention moving forward. Once again, Obama is widely recognized as one of the most persuasive and elaborate speakers of all time, and this was proved once again.
The application of allusions successfully helps President Obama emphasize the idea of equality and unity. The author supports this when he mentions the "blood drawn by lash"; referring to slavery. This quotation lets us reflect on the struggle slaves were obliged to endure in order to gain equality with the rest of the White population. He later alludes the preamble to the United States' Constitution when he says, "We, the people..." The preamble is extremely critical to the history of the United States since it summarizes the basic rights that guarantees equality for all. Lastly, President Obama ends with a reference to the Declaration of Independence when he mentions the unalienable rights of "life, and liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.".
President Obama seems to be this best president to do a rhetorical analysis on because he seemed to have been elected solely on his public speaking abilities. There are many things that can result from someone delivering a well written speech, people like Martin Luther KIng and Obama will go down in history as people who delivered some of the best speeches that gathered the most attention and inspired some of the biggest changes in the US. Leading up to Obama 's first term, his ability to speak to people about subjects that directly relate to them granted him a lot of votes and basically put him in office. Analyzing President Obama 's speeches you can tell that they are always well crafted and well written. Though Obama does not write his own speeches the way that the speech is delivered is just as important.
George Bush intentionally generates this emotion at the end to leave viewers feeling slightly better on the situation at hand. In his conclusion, the then president merges viewers in saying, “This is a day when all Americans from every walk of life unite in our resolve for justice and peace. America has stood down enemies before, and we will do so this time. None of us will ever forget this day, yet we go forward to defend freedom and all that is good and just in our world.” His conclusions strike different chords in raising hope amongst viewers. He ultimately depicts a unified country and reminds viewers that something similar to this tragedy has happened before, proving that our country has overcome similar challenges. In addition, his reminds viewers of “all that is good and just in our world” evoking more hopeful thinking from Americans. At the end of his address, Bush uses many positive images that cancel out the tragic ones from his introduction and thusly ends his address portray great amounts of hope, comforting
President Barrack Obama has been one of the many presidents in United States who utilizes the rhetorical question tool when delivering his speeches as the nation’s highest ranking government position. This was because Obama always delivered messages he
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.
Obama begins his speech by stating the problems in the country and what we can do as America to help fix it. He appeals a tone of fear toward the audience explaining the different problems in the past with the nation, “Our health care is too costly, our schools fail too many -- and each day brings further evidence that the ways we use energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our planet”.
In a nation that thrives on diversity, it has become more important than ever to maintain coherency. Being the country with the longest standing constitution, the United States holds a very special position in the world. Its fellow citizens-white or black, man or woman, gay or straight-are what serve as the foundation of this free republic. In his Inauguration Speech on January 21st, 2013, President Barack Obama spoke of the strength of the United States as derived from the unity of the American people. He further continues to convey a major point: that to maintain this prosperity requires continued perseverance, which can only be accomplished by a continued sense of togetherness across the nation. Through the use of a distinct
Obama successfully used ethos, logos and pathos to appeal to the audience. With the use of rhetorical strategies the audience was left filling closer to the speaker and gained a connection. With Obama’s tone being determined yet patriotic this speech became more persuasive and appealing to the American audience. “A more perfect Union” was crafted to unite Americans and persuade them to act now and fix the real problems in America. Using rhetorical strategies, it allowed Obama to open up a door on such a sensitive topic like the existence of racism and allowed him to transform it into a subject that become empowering and had the purpose to create unity and bring everyone together not as different races but as one country.
Barack Obama, in his 2009 presidential inauguration address to the citizens of the united states goes on to say how humbled and grateful he was to stand before them as the 44th president of the united states. Obama’s purpose is to inform us on how the economy is bad and what us as a country needs to do in order to fix it. He creates a informative tone in order to convey his readers that the economy is badly weakened. While using pathos,ethos and logos he adopts a subject that pronounce an new era of responsibility.
In 2008, Barack Obama delivered the delightful speech which caught millions of people’s attention. The speech was delivered after he won the election on November 4th, 2008. Barack Obama gave a 'victory' speech in the Grant Park, Chicago which has been named one of the best speeches in history of mankind. I found this speech as persuasive speech. In this VSA I will point out why I think this speech is a persuasive speech by using the attention, problem, solution, visualization, and action.
This is where the rhetorical strategies begins, he starts the sentence off using anaphora to avoid being noticeably repetitive but still effectively reach his point. This tactic can help the audience to remember what he says. The future is one of the main points Obama wants to get across to the American people. He again using anaphora saying “it moves forward because of you”..”it moves because..” sequencing each other. He uses all this to keep the main topic in the audience's minds.He used “You and I” twice, “Together, we the people” three times, “We, the people” four times, “Our journey not yet complete” five times. Even though he employed these expressions all through the speech he first uses it early in the speech.The phrase used in Obama's speech support the idea of what the message he was trying to convey being unity. Also, used word such as “family’, “nation”, “help”, and ‘with” only strengthen what he is trying to persuade with the audience. He also used this to build his ethos earlier so neutralize possible condemnation. “Harvard is studying the effect of using positive words or images, such as those related to rewards, victory, or security, at the start of a negotiation, rather than focusing on the items in dispute”. (Meacham,
Techniques are used in various ways in a speech to: convince, influence and connect with the audience. These tools make a speech effective because it supports the argument of the speaker making it credible and appealing to the audience. President Barack Obama touches on several of his many accomplishments and addresses the three main issues that our country has or has had: our economy, education, and creating jobs. President Obama was able to decrease debt in our economy while creating numerous jobs for people in our nation. He also increased high-school graduation rates and brought credibility to his plan of establishing community colleges without the need of paying for college in the near future. Obama explains his achievements and how he
Who knew in 2004 that we would have our first black president? In the Democratic National Convention, senator Barack Obama spoke for the presidential candidate, John Kerry. As the keynote speaker for the Democratic party, he emphasized the principles of his party and unity of American people . With his audience members being democrats, republicans, liberals, and conservatives, he knows that they have their differences, but in the end, they pledge their loyalties to the same country; Obama effectively captures the mind of his audience in a well-orchestrated speech, his character and spirit spoke volumes about him as an individual, and his expert storytelling made the audience members think.