Oprah Winfrey, yes, the same person handing out cars like candy, had won an award titled the Cecil B. DeMille, it was with this award she delivered a speech that carried an awe-inspiring mellow message for reflecting, truly deserving of its standing ovations. But those standing ovations weren’t just given out philanthropically like Oprah’s gifts to her audience – cars. However, her gifts are not just cars, for in this case she gives the gift of literary nourishment in terms of appeal. Oprah had used her speech to explore the grandiose power once wielded by men trying to hide the truth doing what they can to stop their righteous justice, but as Oprah covers, the truth is more than justice; it is something subjective and objective – ineffable. …show more content…
She gives an anecdote of her life as a little girl and imagery of “a little girl sitting on the linoleum floor of my mother’s house. watching Anne Bancroft present the Oscar” which, at least for recent generations, sparks memories of watching idols in a dark room with childish wonder and wanting to be exactly like them. However, this idol was so much more to her due to one fact “his skin was black” which was something “that literally made history” in a time where black people were discriminated against and never deemed important. But as alluded to already, she is now the idol giving inspiration which not only leaves a more sentimental impact on everyone due to how pulchritudinous a student to mentor moment is, but sentimental alone due to it being a cycle of life, following the ambition of an idol to “. become the first black woman to be given this same award”. For it is our idols we share our inner truth with. Secondly, Oprah Winfrey begins a story of heinous crime with gratitude given to the women who were abused and assaulted. Oprah told the story of this heinous crime that was enacted on Recy Taylor, “She was just walking
At one point Ellen DeGeneres got kicked off of a talk show, but it wasn’t for her performance, it was because she came out as lesbian and the talk show did not accept that. But instead of giving up, Ellen decided to take her career in her own hands by doing that she raised to fame years later. But how did she come from being at rock bottom to an inspiration to so many? It was a journey but in order to inspire, Ellen persuaded the audience to stay true to themselves by using pathos and ethos.
On June 11, 2004, the former prime minister of Great Britain, Margaret Thatcher delivered a eulogy in honor of former president Ronald Reagan, she declares Reagan as a great man and president. Thatcher develops her ideas by analyzing all he has done using parallelism, repetition, and ethos. Using Reagan’s accomplishments and personal experiences, she amplifies how great of a man he was in order to make the nation comprehend what Reagan did. Thatcher opens her eulogy with “We have lost a great president,” indicating that the speech she gives with apologetic and heartfelt tone is not only to the American people, but to everyone else.
Lauren Zalaznick’s Ted Talk: The Conscience of Television is descriptive and explanatory as she incorporates the idea that televisions have a conscience. The speaker explains how television reflects the moral, political, social, and emotional need our nation. Zalaznick gets into the topic of evolution in order to show how human beings are separated from the animal kingdom simply because we love to be entertained.
On September 5, 1995 Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered a speech to the United Nations 4th World Conference during a Women Plenary Session, located in Beijing, China. Clinton spoke about how women around the world were not treated equally, how women rights should be equal to human rights, and the ghastly abuse and discrimination women faced around the world. The reason for the conference was to strengthen women, families, and societies in order to empower women to taking control of their lives and not be subject to such discrimination. She emphasized how education, health care, jobs, and political rights were not equal between genders and that the world needed to change. Clinton gave a very convincing speech because of her use of rhetorical techniques. The use of pathos, ethos, logos, and anaphora created a powerful, persuasive argument against the way women were treated around the world. Clintons main goal of this speech was to appeal to the audience and convince them that this is unequal treatment is an immense matter and needs to be addressed all over the world.
The year is 1940. Wading through a sea of the industry's finest is the first African-American female Oscar winner. When her name is called she approaches the podium. Cloaked and crowned with flowers, she is glowing, iridescent. This latent icon delivers a beautiful speech, graciously receives her applause, and returns to her seat, a segregated table for two. A makeshift raft docked next to yachts. With this night, the world was changed. American media found its place for the Black Women.
In today’s society “failure” is dreaded by most people. In 2013 Oprah Winfrey deliver “The Harvard Commencement Speech” and in 2008 she spoke “The Stanford Commencement Speech,” which both spoke about overcoming failure. Throughout these speeches, the audience learns that failure is something everyone will experience. Winfrey teaches readers that failure may hurt, but failure helps everyone learn from their mistakes and allows them to become a better person. Winfrey tells readers about a time when she failed and instead of feeling sorry for herself, she allowed herself to exceed expectations and change her failure into something spectacular. Oprah Winfrey is an effective speaker because she uses rhetorical devices and
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.
"She was born poor and powerless in a land where/power is money and money is adored," the poet Angelou writes in tribute to another astonishing black woman of our time, Oprah Winfrey. "Born black in a land where might is white/and white is adored./Born female in a land where decisions are masculine/and masculinity controls." Angelou's lifelong effort to escape and expose the "national, racial and historical hallucinations" that have burdened black women in America and replace them with a shining exemplar of power, achievement and generosity of spirit is as miraculous as she says it is, even if one suspects that in "real life" Angelou must be a little hard to take.
The first paragraph effectively sets up the context for the speech by introducing the speaker, Barbara Bush, and the occasion, the 1990 Wellesley College commencement address. It also provides a clear thesis that evaluates the overall effectiveness of the speech, noting that while Bush's use of ethos was "very impressive," there were some weaknesses in her use of logos. The student clearly identifies the occasion, audience, and purpose of the speech in the opening paragraph, providing important context for the analysis. The overall organization of the essay is clear, with each paragraph focusing on a specific aspect of Bush's rhetoric.
2016 was one of the most divisive elections. Party lines were set in stone, and factions within parties began to break apart. It was marked with arguments between the parties, and within them. For the democrats Bernie Sanders and HIllary Clinton competed for the democratic nominee for president in a race that split the democratic party. Clinton managed to gain the nomination with controversy following the nomination.
Viola Davis has established herself on the hit drama, “How to Get Away with Murder” as a fierce leading woman. She was highlighted for her work when being the first black woman to ever win the Emmy title best leading woman in a drama, when accepting her honorable award she gave a speech that touched the heart of many Americans and hit close to home for many black women. She went to explain the hardships of finding leading roles as an African-American actress in a harsh industry. When accepting her Emmy award Viola Davis executed her persuasive speech beautifully by offering imagery, and pathos to compel the hearts of America to see the inequality in the industry changing the audience’s perspective on the opportunities provided for black women.
I chose to do my Speech Analysis Essay on Hillary Clinton’s Official Campaign Launch video. Hillary Clinton did a nice job of including a rhetorical methods. She was speaking in New York to her supporters. There was proprobaly more than 500 people in the audience, in Four Freedoms Park in Roosevelt Island, New York City, where the speech was held. The type of speech Hillary Clinton was conducting was a persuasive speech.
Throughout Hillary Clinton’s campaign for president, Barack and Michelle Obama had been public about who they supported for the presidency. The week leading up to this speech, Michelle Obama hosted an event to celebrate International Day of Girl at the White House. That same week, democratic presidential candidate, Donald Trump, also said hurtful and degrading statements about women and even stated proudly that he sexually assaulted women years prior to running for president and recently. Even though he said this only weeks before election day, he was still proud of announcing it. In Michelle Obama’s speech on Trump’s alleged treatment of women,” she clearly wanted the people of New Hampshire and those who listened to her speech to vote for Hillary Clinton, but more importantly, she discussed the empowerment of women through the issues of Donald Trump’s campaign for presidency.
In wrapping up this section allow me to quote the very words of the most successful woman in the world herself Oprah Whimphrey from p188 same Issue as above. “That’s way my number one spiritual practice is trying to live in the present moment… to resist projecting into the future, or lamenting past mistakes…to feel the real power of now. That, my friends, is the secret to an inspired life. If everybody remembered to live this way (as children do when they first arrive; it’s what we hardened souls call innocence), we’d transform the planet. Playing, laughing, feeling joy.
Michelle Obama, first lady of the United States spoke at the opening night at the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Mrs. Obama speaks on candidate, Hilary Clinton for the election that will soon be approaching. She spoke about why Clinton should be president and all of the characteristics that makes her qualified to be the president this year. Michelle Obama delivered the message with confidence on the information she gave the audience with focusing on about the children of America only but, not once did she mention on Americans that do not have children