Rhetorical Analysis Of The Speech Of Cal Ripken Jr.

692 Words2 Pages
bulb-icon

Recommended: Ethos and logos and pathos

The speech I chose was Cal Ripken Jr.’s it was given at the Orioles home ball park, Camden Yards at his last home game before retiring. It is a special occasion speech and was given in front of over 48,000 fans. He used a tried and true opening sentence that although a little altered had a very familiar ring. He opened with “As a kid, I had this dream” a very loose but familiar take on MLK’s “I have a dream”. This was a great attention getter and probably had people on their feet immediately. This audience was already motivate to hear his speech so that was not an issue. Most of the fans were there for the purpose of hearing his retirement speech. He did not preview his points in the introduction he addressed those in the body of his speech one at a time. He did not try to establish credibility as he was speaking about himself so who knows more about him than himself. …show more content…

He listed them one by one starting with his parents, then moving to the organization, then wife and children, team mates and last fans. Telling what each of them had given him over his career and thanking them for their support. He did not speak long on each one literally just one sentence on each. This was a little concerning as he should have been more thankful to those who gave him such a great and long career. It was almost like his speech only had an introduction and then a conclusion as the body was so

Show More
Related

  • Rhetorical Analysis Of Personal Judgments

    476 Words  | 1 Pages

    Cory Booker, senator of the United States, uses personal judgements along with pathos,ethos,logos, and various rhetorical devices to convince the audience that Hillary Clinton and Jim Kaine are the most suitable candidates from the Democratic party for presidency. During the month of July 2016, a speech by Booker was given at the Democratic National Convention in New Jersey. The speech was to inform and connect to the people of America, known as the audience, that the two candidates, Hillary and Tim, are capable in holding the position of presidency and continuing the traditions of the past.

    Read More

  • Nike Rhetorical Analysis Essay

    1039 Words  | 3 Pages

    Advertisements are constructed to be compelling; nonetheless, not all of them reach their objective and are efficient. It is not always easy to sway your audience unless your ad has a reliable appeal. Ads often use rhetoric to form an appeal, but the appeals can be either strong or weak. When you say an ad has a strong rhetorical appeal, it consists of ethos, pathos, logos, and Kairos. Advertisers use these appeals to cohere with their audience. Nike is known to be one of the leading brands of the sports shoes and apparel. It holds a very wide sector of followers around the world. In the Nike ad, Nike uses a little boy watching other basketball players play, and as the kid keeps growing, his love for basketball keeps growing. Eventually, he

    Read More

  • Rhetorical Analysis Of Alfred M. Green's Inspirational Speech

    580 Words  | 2 Pages

    Alfred M. Green uses persuasive techniques that are based solely on the emotions of the audience. Due to the fact that this was a speech, it is more influential to listeners that he chose using emotions of the audience to persuade the audience instead of using other persuasive techniques. The emotions of the audience is more commonly known as Pathos, within the Ethos, Pathos, Logos persuasive techniques that the greek philosopher and scientist, Aristotle created. Green was presenting an inspirational speech and speeches are different than regular persuasive texts because they have to appeal to their audience more and if they do not, the audience would lose interest and not pay attention to the speech. Green can perfectly craft his words into appealing with the emotions of the

    Read More

  • The Analysis of the Rhetorical Situation of Arthur Ashe

    727 Words  | 2 Pages

    Bruce Brooks is often revered as one of the elite youth literature authors; Brooks was won the prestigious Newbery Honor from the American Literature Award. In this essay, Arthur Ashe, Brooks writes about the late Ashe, who died a few months before this essay was published, not only to honor him but to provide youth with an athlete who both excels at their sport as well as is intelligent.

    Read More

  • Rhetorical Analysis of Speech John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Speech

    999 Words  | 2 Pages

    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.

    Read More

  • Isiah Thomas Rhetorical Analysis

    264 Words  | 1 Pages

    ISAIAH: Good morning. I’m Isaiah Thomas. No, not ‘the’ Isaiah Thomas from the Bad Boy Pistons or new Celtics Isaiah Thomas, I’m just Isaiah Thomas. I’m here with my colleague and friend Ben Jackson. Welcome to our podcast “Two Men and a lot of Balls”, where we talk about a lot of balls. We’ll go through each and every week talking and comparing the old verse the new players of the NBA, NFL, NHL, and MLB. Each week we’ll argue between two different players, one from the old era, and one from the more recent era. We’ll have argument on whether Jordan or Lebron is better, Montana or Brady, Ruth or Trout, and so on.

    Read More

  • Golf Club Rhetorical Analysis

    404 Words  | 1 Pages

    The message should be a subtle but powerful one saying something along the lines of “Fortune, favor, fortitude”. It should communicate this to the general public. Showing wealthy and influences to those who doubt it and view it negatively.

    Read More

  • Rhetorical Analysis Of Old Major's Speech

    218 Words  | 1 Pages

    Old Major pinpoints and labels humanity as the enemy, using them as a scapegoat for all the animals’ problems. In this particular instance, when he was addressing the animals’ problems during his speech “Is it not crystal clear, then, comrades, that all evils of this life of ours spring from the tyranny of human beings?” From this instance, Old Major’s usage of ethos leads the animals into believing that their every misfortune and problem is caused by the greedy humans. He then uses the built up animosity from the animals towards humans which he uses to strengthen the resolve of the animals’ idea of rebellion. Furthermore, during his rant of the horrendous crimes humans have committed, Old Major stated that “no animal shall escape the cruel

    Read More

  • Rhetorical Analysis Of Rfk Speech

    966 Words  | 2 Pages

    Martin Luther King Jr. left a great legacy to the nation, specifically the african american community. RFK begins his speech by describing the recent incident of MLK’s death by saying, “Martin Luther King was shot and killed tonight in Memphis, Tennessee”. Kennedy

    Read More

  • Rhetorical Analysis Of Bernie Sanders's Speech

    1186 Words  | 3 Pages

    On July 12, Bernie Sanders endorsed Hilary Clinton as the Democratic Party Presidential Nominee. By endorsing his former running mate, Sanders utilizes rhetoric to convince his voters to vote for Hillary Clinton for President. He evokes ethos, pathos, and logos. He stresses pathos to convince his voters that his opponent is worthy of their trust. Furthermore, his use of logos helps to prove the credibility of Hillary Clinton. Additionally, Sanders employs ROADS to prove his point and convince his audience of what he believes is the right thing to do in the upcoming election. Overall, Bernie Sanders merges logos and pathos to construct an effective rhetorical argument to convince undecided voters, as well as his own followers to vote for the

    Read More

  • Nike Rhetorical Analysis Essay

    87 Words  | 1 Pages

    This commercial by Nike who used its platform during the grammy awards to share a strong message about equality. The message is deliver by the the biggest stars from Serena Williams, Lebron James, Kevin Durant. Nike was responding to the Under Armour's CEO comment about Donal Trump. The message was in black and white with the only word EQUALITY. The behind the scene look at the commercial shows what equality mean for each athlete. The company plan to donate $5 million to organizations that fight for equality.

    Read More

  • David Foster Wallace's This Is Water

    304 Words  | 1 Pages

    The speech that is most compelling and persuasive is David Foster Wallace's, "This is water." His speech describes a basic scenario of two fishes not understanding their reality and surroundings, water. Water is the environment they need to survive, however they have no understanding of what it is. He uses this a the basis of his speech, relating the fishes to people who are unconscious of their surroundings. He describes that people must constantly exercise their ability to control how they think instead of mindlessly going through life. This represents the awareness of people must have to go through life and being able to be aware of what is all around us just like water and the Fish. The usage of the parallels between the fish scenario and

    Read More

  • Rhetorical Analysis Of Tiger Woods's Speech

    1124 Words  | 3 Pages

    On February 19, 2010, Tiger Woods spoke to his fans, supporters, and non-supporters in search of forgiveness. In the speech, he apologizes for his acts of cheating on his wife, Elin. He hopes to change and gain support from his audience in doing so. Woods issues a strong apology by showing his respectable character, establishing culpability in the audience, and utilizing first-person point of view.

    Read More

  • Rhetorical Analysis of President Reagan's Challenger Address

    991 Words  | 2 Pages

    Eidenmuller, Michael E. Great Speeches for Better Speaking: Listen and Learn From America’s Most Memorable Speeches. New York: Mcgraw Hill, 2008. Google Books. Web. 4 September 2010.

    Read More

  • Steve Jobs Speech Rhetorical Analysis

    85 Words  | 1 Pages

    One element that makes this speech effective is Jobs use of pathos, which are emotional appeals. The emotional appeals he uses, includes the stories of dropping out of college, getting fired from Apple, and then later being diagnosed with cancer. Jobs dropped out of college because he had no idea what he wanted to do with his life and he felt it was a waste of his parents’ life savings. He stopped taking the required classes, and began dropping in on ones that interested him.

    Read More

More about Rhetorical Analysis Of The Speech Of Cal Ripken Jr.

Open Document