The presidential election in year 2016 has been described as both outrageous and strange. Media from all over the world has covered every debate and the reactions at the outcome have been apparent in almost every country. The choice between businessman Donald Trump, the Republican candidate, and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, the Democratic candidate, has caused several politicians and notable people to publically endorse their personal favorite - both on social media or at formal political gatherings. An example of the latter is Michelle Obama’s speech “Remarks by the First Lady” at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. As she and Barack Obama are the presidential couple, it is no wonder that their supporters and the general …show more content…
Michelle Obama is without a doubt aware of this, and it is no wonder that her speech is of the persuasive kind, trying to convince the voters that a vote for the fellow democratic Hillary Clinton is a vote for a bright future for the US. The audience can be divided into two groups: the primary and the secondary audience. The primary audience consists of the people gathered at the Democratic National Convention who are watching her speak live. The secondary audience is made up of the general public who hears, sees or reads the speech later. Michelle Obama’s speech is mainly aimed at the general audience though, which is very clear at the beginning of the speech: “You know, it’s hard to believe that it has been eight years since I first came to this convention to talk with you” (p. 1, l. 1-2). In this quote, she addresses the people at the convention in a very friendly manner, implying that they share a close bond with her. While a lot of the viewers may not necessarily have anything in common with her besides being a democrat, …show more content…
Instead of being hostile or rude, she simply points out which qualifications are needed in a president and low-key stresses that Trump does not have these exact qualities. This is used as evidence as to why Hillary Clinton is the favorable candidate. All of this is explained very softly, which is a big contrast to Donald Trump’s speeches where he speaks in a very aggressive manner. Michelle Obama uses words like “love”, “hope”, “dreams” and “joy”, which gives the whole speech a very warm and fulfilling atmosphere. This thought-through choosing of words continues throughout the whole speech, where she uses an anaphor: “how we urge them to […]. How we insist [..]. How we explain […]” (p. 1, l. 20-23) and twists Donald Trump’s words to justify her own cause: “don’t let anyone ever tell you that this country isn’t great, that somehow we need to make it great again. Because this, right now, is the greatest country on earth” (p. 3, l. 106-107) and imagery “putting those cracks in that highest and hardest glass ceiling” (p. 3, l. 95). These rhetorical effects give the speech impact. An anaphor emphasizes whatever point the speaker has while also adding flow and rhythm to the speech, while an imagery enables the audience to visualize and adds depth and life to the language. Twisting Trump’s words to her own gain is a clever move by Michelle Obama, as this
In President Barack Obama’s eulogy for Reverend Clementa Pinckney and others who died in the Charleston Church Shooting, delivered on June 26, 2015 at the College of Charleston in South Carolina, he commemorates Reverend Pinckney and at the same time advocates for his own political agenda. President Obama shifts between black and presidential registers, weaves the ideas of grace, sight, and blindness throughout the speech, and cultivates his ethos to better connect with his audience, the American people, not only African Americans or Christians. President Obama addresses the American public during this racially charged time in order to remember the lives lost during the shooting, to promote his political views, and to unify the all Americans.
Overall, Hillary Rodham Clinton gave a convincing speech on women’s rights at the U.N. World Conference by using the key rhetorical techniques ethos, pathos, logos, and anaphora’s. The use of these techniques helped the audience believe in the cause of which Clinton was speaking about, sympathize for situations females were being put through, and working to strive towards equal rights for everyone. Clinton used the same stance throughout her speech and raised her voice at points in her speech that needed
To summarize this analysis, Hillary Clinton shows us how as we unite, the stronger our bond is. She uses clever ways to show this action. Though she did not win this presidential election, she is still loved by many. She helped herself because of the way she wrote and persuaded people to join her. Using rhetorical appeals
The purpose of Clinton’s public rhetoric is to win the support of the American people, relative to the Republicans and the Independent Counsel. The support of the people will ensure the eventual cooperation of the House and Senate–who are directly responsible to the public for their jobs. Because Clinton is speaking to a broad and...
Throughout more than two hundred years Americans have witnessed more then fifty-six inaugural addresses. In those speeches presidents have been utilizing rhetoric to make their points and outline their positions on important issues before the nation. Both of President Obama’s Inauguration Speeches successfully craft rhetoric through
Americans in order to assure these ones of their importance and to remind them that they are
Chuck D and Johnson in their article state that while Obama is in office they with the rest of the African American population hope to see a smaller wealth gap between white people and African Americans as well as a lower percentage of homelessness (45). This couple not only strongly believes in Obama, but also that he can bring reform to the country. Chideya in her article talks about Obama facing many problems that need fixing in the United States, and that he should focus mostly on education (136). This is another example of looking ahead into Obama's presidency and urging him to focus primarily on education. Lastly, Cleage writes about Michelle Obama and how she is as amazing and influential to the world as her husband is. She states, "Michelle Obama would still be a very powerful woman" (27), even if she did not marry Barack Obama. Cleage feels so strongly about Michelle Obama that she goes as far as to say that the First Lady is the best of the new Americans and that she really is America (28). She is trying to say that it was not just the president that changed the US, it was the entire Obama family and that with both Michelle Obama and Barack Obama in power great changes can be made for the country. These writers are imploring Obama to bring change to America since now there is a powerful
This paper will mainly discuss the strategies Hillary Clinton uses in an attempt to achieve her various goals. Concentrating on Hillary’s two main persuasive methods, I will look into whether or not these are honest attempts and whether or not her methods and decisions have benefited or harmed society, mainly women. In an attempt to identify with her audience, Hillary uses two main methods. One, she tries to connect with her audience, and two she uses the power of guilt to get her messages across. She uses a few techniques in order to connect with the American people.
President Barack H. Obama has been always using rhetorical strategies in his political speeches. He used these strategies to present important points and views of his in front of public. Delivering points and views properly and logically got him to be the president in the first place. President Obama used mostly ethos and pathos, yet some logos to deliver his inaugural and the state of union speeches. Being that, he was able to reach the audience emotionally and make the speech flow efficiently while he preserved his credibility. Each speech has own audience that differs from the other. In the inaugural speech the audience was the public and therefor the speech was short and used short sentences that are easy to understand. On the other hand, the state of union speech’s audience was mostly the congers members and therefore the language was more specific and filled with political terminology. Both speeches will be discussed upon context and using ethos, pathos and logos consecutively.
She says "Knowing that after eight years of working really hard for this country, there are still people who won’t see me for what I am because of my skin color." She implied this to a Facebook post by a West Virginia mayor in honor of Trump's win that called her an "ape in heels" (Michelle Obama Has Repeatedly Faced Racism as First Lady. Here’s How She Responded).
Senator, Barack Obama, in his Keynote Address, expresses the importance of hard work, the greatness of America, and how Americans are all one people. Obama’s purpose is to induce people to vote for John Kerry as president. He adopts an urgent, but passionate, and hopeful tone in order to persuade people that John Kerry is the best choice for president.
The goal of Hillary’s speech is to persuade her audience that her ideas are valid, by using ethos, pathos, and logos. Hillary is the First Lady and Senator, she shows credibility as an influential activist for woman rights. “Over the past 25 years, I have worked persistently on issues relating to women, children, and families. Over the past two and a half years, I’ve had the opportunity to learn more about the challenges facing women in my country and around the world” (Clinton 2).
As previously stated, Franklin Roosevelt was and is the grandfather of the Democratic Party. In fact, one may say that Franklin Roosevelt is to Democrats as Ronald Reagan is to Republicans. Not only is Roosevelt idolized in Democratic history for his overall presidency and leadership of this country, but also for championing civil liberties and workers’ rights. Given this information and the fact that Hillary Clinton herself bases her own campaign on those issues as well, it is clear why she chose to host her announcement for candidacy in the 2016 presidential election in a place that is dedicated to someone who paved the way for her to be where she is now. Why host it outdoors though? The answer is simple; there is “absolutely no ceiling.” Hillary Clinton here alludes to the “glass ceiling” or the latent, steadfast barrier that has kept women from advancing up the corporate ladder despite having all the qualifications need to advance to a high position. The utilization of location is done in such a way that Hillary Clinton does and references in her speech lays the ideological foundation that Hillary Clinton builds the rest of her speech upon with the goal being that the audience will desire to become part of this
Not only has she graduated from two exceptional Ivy League colleges (Princeton and Harvard), she is also a lawyer. She was raised on the South Side of Chicago, had opportunities to study at prestigious universities, returned to her hometown, married, and raised two beautiful daughters. Unlike Barack, Michelle has two black parents and a black sibling, and she comes from a city readily associated with black life and politics. She even has a family tree that traces back to American slavery. Observers comfortably frame Michelle Obama as angry Sapphire figure, but how is that possible when she is one out of the few mothers who hold degrees from the most reputable schools around the world. Again, her critique was taken as evidence of her ideational anger. Michelle Obama is the most known example of an African American woman who has worked hard to become who she is today and is probably the most idealistic perfect woman. Still the success and difficulty she has experienced in gaining accurate recognition is emblematic, if not typical, of black women’s citizenship struggles. She is still only seen as the stereotypical black woman in the eyes of supremacist even though she has out succeeded the majority of people today. One could assume that Michelle Obama is someone who could be looked to as faultless representation of how black women can achieve and obtain such incredible power. Unfortunately, not even the first lady is respected even with her credentials. For example. there were attempts to frame her with the common trope of hypersexuality. In the heat of the general election fight, Fox News referred to her as “Barack’s baby mama”. Instead she fights strong against these over rationalized comments because she knows she is better than what they say. If Michelle Obama, the First Lady of the United States, is not recognized as credible, than it is clear that no black woman will ever be
Much of Obama’s speech applies repetition devices, principally anaphora and epistrophe, which imply emphasis on certain socially