The Ted Talk clip, “David Brooks: Should You Live for Your Resume…Or Your Eulogy?” Discusses two different principles, Resume Virtues and Eulogy Virtues. Resume Virtues are the things provided on a resume such as the skills a person brings to a job. Eulogy Virtues are the morals of a person, their nature, and their personality. He starts off by saying to him Eulogy is the most important, however he thinks of the Resume Virtues first. Living in a society where favor come to those with Resume Virtues and the people with Eulogy Virtues are disregarded. Which informed me of the purpose of the speech and the actual truth in his words. The American Society does seem to only care for the things a person a resume more than who a person actually is.
The use of rhetorical devices in Lou Gehrig’s Farewell to Baseball Address helps the author get the appropriate feelings conveyed throughout the speech. During the speech, a common rhetorical device used is a rhetorical question. This device is a question being asked that isn’t meant to have an answer. Lou Gehrig is looking on the positive side by saying, “Which of you wouldn’t consider it the highlight of his career just to associate with them for even one day?” (par. 2). Gehrig is downplaying the whole situation at this moment and is trying to show his gratitude towards everyone who has helped him out during his career. Another rhetorical device he uses in his speech is anaphora.
David McCullough Jr., delivered the commencement at Wellesley High School in Massachusetts on June 1st 2012 to staff, the 2012 graduates, and their family and friends. The speech was straightforward and supplied valuable information for their future. . McCullough’s speech at times felt harsh, offensive, and insulting. His words and examples were given to achieve insight, knowledge, and awareness for each student’s future. The commencement expressed a great deal of achievement, but conveyed that there was more work to be done. His speech was effective and appreciated through humor parallelism, repetition, and anaphora. His point of view has obtained respect and determination by all those that have been challenged and have heard his words.
In the argument that college is not for everyone, Reeves establishes his ethos through both extrinsic and intrinsic support while maintaining clarity using the logos approach. Pathos, however, lacked the same amount of control. By using an excess amount of pathos while approaching rhetoric with a condescending tone, the author diminished the persuasiveness achieved by combining the techniques. This resulted in a limited audience due to the insulting nature of the closing remarks geared to the very audience he was trying to reach.
For this rhetorical analysis paper I chose one of my favorite, and most famous, sports speeches of all time, Lou Gehrig’s farewell to baseball address. Lou Gehrig was a famous baseball player in the 1920’s and 30’s. Lou didn’t really need to use a attention getting introduction, he was well known and loved by so many that people piled into Yankee Stadium to watch and listen to him give this speech. Although he didn’t need an attention getter, he began his speech with one of the greatest baseball quotes of all time, “Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about a bad break I got. Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.” (Gehrig, 1939) Every single time I hear or read that opening line it sends chills down my spine and stops me for a moment to reflect on everything that is going on in my own life.
Throughout the course of American history, there have been copious amounts of famous speeches, spoken by many different people. From political figures to sports players; these people have provided deep thoughts and great insights about who they are and the world we live in today. Being a sports enthusiast, a memorable speech comes to my mind. Lou Gehrig’s “farewell speech”, given on July 4th, 1939, to more than 62,000 fans at New York City’s Yankee Stadium, has become a cornerstone in the history of baseball in America. Lou Gehrig is considered one of the most under-rated sports players of all time. Gehrig played in the same era with greats like Babe Ruth and Joe DiMaggio. In Fact, Gehrig played on the same team and actually batted behind Ruth and DiMaggio. Gehrig’s nickname is the “Iron Horse,” which came about with Gehrig’s amazing consecutive games played streak. Gehrig played in 2,130 consecutive games, which stood as the consecutive games record until just recently broken by Cal Ripken, Jr. Gehrig died in 1941, at the age of 37. Though many famous speeches have been spoken throughout time, Lou Gehrig’s farewell speech has remained one of the most memorable speeches of all time, due to the way he captivated his fans with the use of rhetoric.
President John Fitzgerald Kennedy uses ethos in his inauguration speech to appeal to the audience. Halfway down the second page President Kennedy says “...not because the Communists are doing it, not because we seek their votes, but because it is right.”. This phrase appeals to the audience ethically by saying “right”. President Kennedy strengthens this use of ethos by saying two choices followed by the ethical decision. Then near the end of page three President Kennedy says “...to struggle against the common enemies”. President Kennedy appeals to his audience by calling them to “bear the burden of a long twilight struggle”. President Kennedy calls the audience to do the right thing and not to surrender to “the common enemies of man”. Which,
“Climb on one’s back and stand on their shoulders to reach the top” this is what the Coronel Colin Powell hints to recent graduate from the Howard University in 1994. The Commencement Speech was long enough to motivate the graduating students. Also, it was proper and formal. When the speech began, Powell was exciting by ending on sharing his own experiences and giving great advices for those future professionals. Powell´s Commencement Speech demonstrates his interest by sharing his thoughts, and its language was uplifting and captivating. (502).
This is effective because when it comes to their kids, parents get emotional. Whether that is positive or negative usually stems from their beliefs, but by showing parents that what he believes can build off what they believe, he will be able to convince them that he is trustworthy. The parents and students will be able to trust what he says and know that it will benefit them, along with following their moral code. This also does a good job of emphasizing the negatives that can occur if they do not follow his advice. He begins his article with congratulatory speech because he knows that parents view graduating as extremely important. He says, “You’re to be commended, and not just you but the parents, grandparents…” (18) By doing so he puts them on a pedestal and shows that he values the same achievement, along with how success comes with penalties. Edmundson warns, “If you do not undertake it [The journey of finding yourself at college], you risk leading a life of desperation.” (24). He enhances this idea by saying that if you do not listen to him, you should “get a TV for every room, buy yourself a lifetime supply of your favorite quaff, [and] crank up the porn channel…” (30), He does this to effectively scare students and parents into thinking that even if you get a good job if it is not something you will enjoy that you will be
In this essay, King uses ethos throughout the entire essay. Ethos is defined as “An appeal to the trustworthiness or credibility of
He verbalizes in lines 35-37 this by making known that “[Pinckney] conducted himself quietly, and kindly, and diligently. [Pinckney] encouraged progress not by pushing his ideas alone, but by seeking out your ideas partnering with you to make things happen.” This exemplifies how we must move with grace and move with the power to achieve a common goal. He does this to signal the ones who knew Pinckney to continue in his ideologies to discover another side of the world that is ridden of hatred. A second way Obama uses rhetorical appeal towards ethos is when he states in lines 54-55 the names of the people who have passed in this horrific event “Cynthia Hurd, Susie Jackson, Ethal Lance, DePayne Middleton Doctor, Tywanza Sanders, Daniel L. Simmons Sr., Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, Myra Thompson” He does this to remind the people viewing the eulogy that these people have been lost and this eulogy is about all of them not just Reverend Clamenta Pinckney. We must abide for a better and renewed the US that will stand united to show the people of hatred that we are not scared to unite and we will no longer discriminate based on any physical differences. Furthermore, Obama states in lines 6-7 how the Reverend was “ A man who believed in things not seen. A man who believed there were better days ahead, off in the distance. A man of service who preserved, knowing
In this passage Webster displays the use of ethos which demonstrates to the audience the pride he has for his country and for the sacrifices patriots made during the Revolutionary war. “We are Americans. We live in what may be called the early age of this great continent; and we know that our prosperity, through all time are here to enjoy and suffer the allotments of humanity.” Webster is proud to be an American, and wants the fledgling republic to realize the
In his speech to the graduating class, William Faulkner addresses the importance of forming one’s self to change to world to a better place. His uplifting tone and compassion brings the audience closer to him.
...importance of virtue here is that, virtues are needed for living well; But in order to obtain
Commencement speeches, which are presented in American graduation ceremonies, aim to inspire and motivate. Successfully, Nora Ephron 's commencement speech addressed to the Wellesley Class of 1996; inspired her audience to "be the heroine of [their '] li[ves], not the victim". Through anecdotes, Ephron explored the differences between her education and the graduates at Wellesley College, to remind the women graduating that whilst society was different in many ways, in particular for women, "there was still a glass ceiling".
Imagine a game of chess: there are pieces, players, and a board. What controls how the game plays out? The players do, not the board or the pieces. For most of my life, I was not the player; I was the piece. The choice to do what I want was not a viable option for my past self. That changed, however. Wallace’s commencement speech explores freedom and default thinking. Freedom is a construct of the mind; to actualize it, one must believe in the choice of free will.