This final examination essay explores the content of Hillary Clintons 2008 Democratic National Convention speech. The examination of the speech will be conducted through critical analysis of 4 central areas; first, was Hillary’s speech appropriate for and clearly articulated to the audience, second, I will scrutinize 3-5 aspects that helped or hindered her with regards to nonverbal and verbal delivery to determine if her delivery was appropriate for the speech act, third, analyze and determine if the main points are clear, given the specific psychological context of the speech and if they are appropriate for the purpose of the spectators, and lastly, and analysis of the evidence she presented was suitable given the nature of the situation and purpose of the speech and weather citations offered appropriate for the context?
First, the speech appeared to be unmistakably voiced and was seamlessly appropriate for the audience even with the atmosphere hanging in the stadium from her losing the Democratic nomination to Barack Obama. Hillary was undoubtedly speaking to the audience as Democrats and not as devotees to exclusively her. This can be seen when Hilary states in her transcript from www.cfr.org, “Weather you voted for me, or voted for Barack, the time is now to unite as a single party with a single purpose. We are on the same team, and none of us can sit on the sidelines” (Clinton, 2008, para. 3). I presume her purpose was to set aside her and all her followers’ emotions of losing to Barack and to try and unit her and Barack’s supporters together. She showed full support for Barack Obama and wanted her supporters to do the same. I felt this was accomplished by expressing to everyone that now the campaigning is over it all boils d...
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It is adequate that Hilary gives the speech, because she, as a woman, can relate to every word and at the same time speak for others “As an American I want to speak for those
Angela Davis, a renowned political and civil rights activist, was invited in 2012 to Pitzer College to give the commencement speech to the graduating class. Her speech touched on important points in her life as well as many of the values she fought for and believe in. I have never heard her speak before watching this commencement address, and my initial thoughts when hearing her speech was that she was old. Her speech was slow and at first a little boring. However, as her commencement continued onward, she started to get more into rhythm and while she stayed relatively slow, the power behind her words as she spoke made me want to listen more to what she had to say. Angela Davis has had an interesting history as an activist and educator, and
Whenever Martin Luther King Junior, began to speak, he held everybody’s attention. This was the case in 1963 during the pinnacle of the Civil Rights Movement when Martin gave his career defining speech “I Have a Dream”. Over a quarter million people attended the protest, and the crowd varied in color as well as cause. A crowd of this size would certainly frighten most people; but Martin was not the type of man to be phased easily. Martin grew up on the racist streets of Atlanta, Georgia and faced much adversity in his life. Not even thirty-five Martin would give a speech that would shake an embroiled nation to its core. Martin Luther King Junior gave a speech to beautifully wove together the three appeals of ethos, logos, and pathos into one
Mary Fisher opened her speech by informing the audience those three months ahead of the moment she had asked the Republican Party to “lift the shroud of silence which has been draped over the issue of HIV/AIDs.” This metaphoric phrase mainly engages the audience since this shows a person who is up to a specific
Clinton uses pathos the moment she starts giving the speech because as a woman she can relate to every word she says and at the same time speak for those women that want to fight for their rights, “As an American I want to speak for those women” (Clinton). Clinton repeats the words “If women” followed by “will” (Clinton). This gives the audience a reason to accept her propositions. Good outcomes come with good actions.
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In a race for only one winner, it begins with the attitude and personality each reveals to the audience. No one wants their president to be rude and vulgar. Donald interrupted Hillary 51 times in the debate; he made faces, rolled his eyes, and “rocked” his body when Hillary talked. He put on his “I do not agree with you” and “that is not true” faces. On the other hand, from the start of the debate, Hillary showed her confident smile. Unlike Donald, she started the evening by thanking the host, the audience and the university for sharing its place for the debate. While these are small things, they truly reflect a person’s upbringing, grooming, and understanding of social
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).
Some people believe her values are “a result of having lived through the depression” (Harris 673). She has seen the worst and hopes to make things better for her people. As a child, Clinton was “earning merit badges in girl scouts and starring in the girls softball league” (Harris 674). She has always believed women were smart and strong. Earning badges and playing sports might not seem like much, but it taught a young Clinton that women can do anything they set their mind to. Clinton went off to college and met her husband Bill Clinton there. As the couple got older, Bill decided he wanted to run for president. Hillary “went to Indiana to coordinate the campaign” (Harris 678) for Bill. From the start to the end of Bill’s presidency, Hillary was “extremely active in government affairs” (Hurley 204). She “[emphasized] the need for a global feminist agenda” (Hurley 204-205). Even though Bill was the president, Hillary applied herself as if she were the president. She encouraged equality for genders. Her speech “Women’s Rights Are Human Rights” was given right in the middle of Bill’s presidency. She used her economic power to create awareness of the gender inequality in the
Elie Wiesel, a Noble Peace Prize winner and Boston University Professor, presented a speech as part of the Millennium Lecture Series at the White House on April 12, 1999. President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary Clinton hosted the formal lecture series. Numerous dignitaries from a wide array of public, private and foreign office attended the event. Although Elie Wiesel designed his speech to persuade, it actually fell somewhat outside the deliberative genre category, as being more non-typical within this genre category.
I understand that people understand her and I respect her and her supporters in that way. Bill was a very successful president and I respect him for his contributions to the country such as extremely low unemployment, and on a piece of paper the Clintons look like clean perfect people. Though you have to look at it through my eyes. I see deceptive selfish people trying to get in the White House. I understand that the candidates this year are crazy but, can you even believe what Hillary or her husband says? If they lie to each other and the whole United States.
Throughout the debate, Clinton uses a lot of positive language and good and charismatic terms. She rarely ever uses negative language to describe her candidate or things that he has done and I feel like she could have used some words to help her persuade the audience in listening to her points. Using different terms could have increased her credibility and ability to gain and persuade the audience. I would tell her to focus on certain words that could have helped her make points in a strong and effective way. When she talks about her beliefs and things she would do if she won the presidency is a great time to use words that make her sound like the more credible and reliable candidate. Clinton needed to in some ways match the intensity of her
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She was able to deliver such an exceptional speech because of her knowledge and credibility on the topic. Clinton is a woman and frequently has to deal with her own right to be treated as equal to men. Politics is viewed as a man 's job, viewing women as though they cannot do as good of a job as men. Clinton has also traveled the women talking to many women about the struggles they encounter, “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 own country and around the world” (Clinton). The Women’s rights battle is an important topic for Clinton. She was able to see, first hand, mothers fighting for healthcare, education, food, and safer housing and town for themselves and their children. By adding her own experience and knowledge on top of the heartbreaking facts and struggles of women makes this speech even more
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