Childhood obesity in the United States has become a rather large issue. Michelle Obama, the wife of President Barack Obama, has realized this issue, and realizes the dire need to address childhood obesity. Obama is extremely passionate on the eradication of the issue, and whilst speaking radiates a sense of importance connected to the problematic topic. During the Conference of Mayors, First Lady Michelle Obama relates to the general public and refers to countless mayors and high-ranking officials in order to emphasize the validity of the rapidly expanding problem of childhood obesity. During her speech, Michelle Obama uses numerous ethical and emotional appeals to relate herself to the everyday citizens of America, giving the audience a better …show more content…
Obama mentions examples of what she has done in attempt to shrink this issue in order to show her audience how devoted she is to completely erasing obesity within American children. By conveying the immense work she has done in attempt to slow down the swiftly escalating problem of childhood obesity, Obama shows her audience her sole focus is to completely end this epidemic. She also refers to her old job “in a mayor’s office– working for Mayor Daley out in Chicago” (Obama 1), and how she used to “[juggle] a fulltime job with the round-the-clock role of being a mom” (Obama 4). By again using ethos when referencing to her prestigious job working for a mayor, Obama’s credibility increases as she worked hard to reach where she is today. It also shows that Obama was not always just the first lady of the White House; she had a fulltime job and was a mom, which is a struggle so many American mothers go through even to this day. Furthermore, Obama uses both ethos and pathos when mentioning how she is “the first to know that crime rates are rising,” and that she is “the first to get a sense of job losses when CEOs tell [her] that they’ve decided to locate their operations overseas” (Obama 2). Obama mentions these particular incidences because they are emotional and …show more content…
In the very beginning of her speech, she mentions “Mayor Kautz” and how she knows he will “do an excellent job” (Obama 1). Obama uses ethos to build her credibility by referencing to a mayor at the very beginning of her speech over childhood obesity. As she is associated with high-ranking officials like Mayor Kautz, a sense of importance is conveyed over her speech addressing the problem of childhood obesity. In the middle of her speech, she references countless mayors related to the problem of childhood obesity, such as “Mayor Mick Cornett [challenging] the people of Oklahoma City to lose a million pounds” (Obama 6). Showing how countless mayors are in support of Michelle Obama goes to show how important her topic is. Oklahoma City was a great example supporting her topic that hasn’t received much attention. Because of the mayors and high ranking officials she mentioned, Obama has increased support for her fight against childhood obesity. Finally, Obama recognizes “the U.S. Conference of Mayors for [their] leadership in supporting these efforts” (Obama 6). Obama was presenting her speech at the Conference of Mayors, and recognizing their efforts in the issue she is fighting against is a major appeal to ethos in that it shows that the host of where she is giving her speech supports her cause. Overall, her repeated references to mayors were in
The purpose of an “inaugural address” is to inform the people of his or her intentions as a leader. Two of the most prominent inaugural addresses throughout history are Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s and Barack Obama’s. Franklin Roosevelt’s inaugural address stands the test of time because it gave the American people hope that they may overcome the terrible Great Depression. Similarly, Barack Obama’s address is well known because it inspired millions that we will be lifted out of economic crisis, but it was also remembered as the first inaugural address from an African American president. The inauguration speeches of Franklin Roosevelt and Barack Obama use the rhetorical devices parallelism, allusions, and emotive language to convey their messages
inspired. What makes ethos so prevalent in Ellen’s’ speech is that she is now a
Ethos is established by credibility, morals, and ethics of one. In this political cartoon, there are two ethical characters: Barack Obama,
This is an essay written in the MIT Sloan Management Review that presents the correlation between businesses and the issue of obesity in order to persuade businesses to take action in regards to preventing the issue. Therefore, its target audience is anyone who currently works in business or plans to do so in the future. In this review, the author begins by citing four internal and external reasons for which businesses should care about obesity: self-preservation, public criticism, employee productivity, and opportunity. The author proceeds by providing an idea as to how businesses can assist in reversing the trend. In order to do so, he analyzes what he considers to be the two sides of the obesity problem: physical activity and food consumption.
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
Throughout her speech, Mrs. Obama used a rhetoric device to engage the audience. She used pathos, which is when someone appeals to another person’s emotions. Mrs. Obama uses this often to get her point across. One way that Mrs. Obama uses pathos is when she states, “Fears about safety mean that those afternoons outside have been replaced by afternoons inside with TV, video games, the Internet” (Obama 423). Most of the people in the audience are parents, which means that most of them grew up in a community where you spent more time outside than inside. The world has changed dramatically. Parents are more protective than ever, which diminishes the child’s experiences in the outdoors. By saying this, Mrs. Obama is creating
Throughout George W. Bush's political career he has implored the use of Aristotle's tripod, which we like to call it. This tripod is a rhetoric which implies that persuasion relies on three things, which are ethos, pathos, and logos. Logos is devoted solely to logic and reason. While on the other hand, pathos deals with attitudes and beliefs. Perhaps the most important one which pertains to George W. Bush is something called ethos, that is to say the branch of the tripod which deals with the personal strengths of the speaker and most importantly his character. Throughout his political journey he has showed the use of pathos, logos, and ethos time and time again, but the one of which he is commonly known for is ethos. The instances in which he has demonstrated them are countless, but I will recall but three. The first event took place on the day of September 14, 2001 at 'Ground Zero', three days after the attack of the World Trade Centers. The third instance was on September 20, 2001 during his Address to a Joint Session of Congress. Lastly, was the State of the Union Address in Washington D.C. Which was held on January 29, 2002.
In his “State of the Union” speech, President Barack Obama effectively uses the rhetorical devices of Ethos, Pathos and Logos to convey a more convincing message to the citizens of the United States to urge them to follow the example of the many people that have made their nation greater.
From the beginning, and throughout his speech he used in the most effective way rhetorical tools to support his beliefs. The rhetoric tool such as ethos, pathos and logos. He used ethos used to gives his audience a better understanding of who his character is. For him to establish an effective speech of ethos, Obama had to present himself in a way that will make the audience believe in his beliefs as well. In this speech Obama creates his ethos in many different ways that gives his speech not only credibility but, validity also. Obama does
Though Mr. Gerson is an experienced and seasoned bureaucrat and has also served on advisory committees for the President of the United States, the article under analysis here published by the Washington Post has many rhetorical elements to capture and engage the reader. Rhetorical elements of ethos, pathos and logos are clearly used in this article. We shall now document the occurrence and of such statements by through extracts from the article ...
In February 2010, a remarkable chef and speaker, Jamie Oliver, presented himself to a TED (Technology, Education, Design) audience as ruthlessly real and charismatic. In his speech, “Teach Every Child about Food” he shares powerful stories of his anti-obesity project and makes the case for an all-out assault on our ignorance of food. Jaime Oliver’s speech aims to alter the perspective of Americans and their decisions about food and its effects. Since then, Oliver’s TED talk has been viewed across the nation and brought a reality to the issue with food education. Jamie Oliver successfully utilizes ethos, logos, and pathos to portray his belief that without the use of food education, America and its children will fall under the weight of its own obesity.
Much of Obama’s speech applies repetition devices, principally anaphora and epistrophe, which imply emphasis on certain socially
Let’s take a step back to 2008 in Philadelphia. Neither the city nor year suggests that history is going to be made. On March 18, 2008, at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Barack Obama took the stage and delivered a speech that would portray the racial landscape of his presidency. In his speech, Obama points out rhetorical tactics to support his argument that we as Americans in this country need to be united for racial equality to exist. He begins his speech with a back story to highlight the kairotic moment present, then appeals to pathos through lots of examples of racial injustice to signify the need for such change, and then uses his appeals to ethos to suggest ways of change for Americans, both black and white. The speech was very successful: people from both sides praised his bravery, and later the same year, Obama demolished McCain in a close victory to secure his presidency.
“"Fed Up" also decries government policies for not tackling the problem, and in some ways making it worse. First lady Michelle Obama -- touting her "Let's Move"program to combat childhood obesity -- is shown standing with representatives of food corporations that, in response to the Obama administration's criticisms, announced in
In the case of this speech, the event at which it was given clearly means the audience was on the ideological same plane as Ms. Obama. The crowd of at the convention was also filled with many parents and women. She clearly states her theme of “every child needs a champion,” and Hillary is it. This is a highly effective theme because to those that have children noting is more important. To everyone else children represent the future.