How do you introduce one of most controversial presidential candidates of all time? Use one of the most popular first ladies in United States history. Even with her popularity, First Lady Michelle Obama needed to carefully craft her speech to stroke the emotions of her audience as she spoke at the 2016 Democratic National Convention in support of Hillary Clinton. Appeals to emotion, is known as pathos. A high level of pathos is vital as Mrs. Obama tries to establish a strong connection with her audience. This connection is a determinate in the audience understanding the speaker’s perspective, accepting her claims and heeding a call to action. The goal of the first lady was to convince the audience that as a concerned parent with daughters …show more content…
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. Throughout her speech Ms. Obama uses her children “the heart of our hearts” to help guide the audience emotions. Her choice of this description is designed to trigger the deep emotion parents feel for their kids. Further she uses the word bully to describe those that are cruel and hateful. In the United States, bullying is an important social issue due to the dangerous effects bullying has on young people. The word evokes the protective emotions towards …show more content…
An emotional landmine is a trigger that can create a negative rush of emotion in the audience. In her speech Michelle Obama, came close to several potential landmines with the crowd. Typically crowds at party conventions are predisposed to being emotional charged in the speaker’s favor. In this case, supporters of Bernie Sanders could possibly have unfavorable feelings toward Mrs. Clinton. Speaking of Clinton as trustworthy, may trigger a landmine with these supporters as many questions of fairness surrounded her days before the speech. Further as she makes the case that the Democrat candidate for president is the champion for children and the rights of everyone, she implies that the other nominee is chasing “fame and fortune.” Many people on both sides of the political spectrum could see Hillary Clinton in a similar light. Ultimately these triggers were not an issue due to this being a choice between the lesser of two
She understands just how unfair America can be to people who don’t fit in. She knows that she doesn’t seem like the best representative for the group of people she mentioned, but she wants the audience at the DNC to know that she has their best interests at heart. Mrs. Glaser wants the DNC audience to join her in the fight against AIDS. Glaser also uses Pathos in her speech. “Exactly four years ago, my daughter died of AIDS.
In his speech, Obama uses terms like “Us”, “We”, and “Our” which let him connect with his audience by allowing him to identify with them. In a way it lets him connect with his audience’s mourning . Obama also allows his audience to use their imagination to remember Reverend Clementa Pinckney during his speech. He uses imagery like “ He would not grow discouraged. After a full day at the capitol, He’d climb into his car and head to the church to draw sustenance from his family, from his ministry,from the community that loved and needed him.” With this Obama paints a picture of Reverend Clementa and uses emotion to captivate the audience’s attention. In efforts to personalize his speech,Obama uses bit of humor. When referring to the time he met Reverend Clementa Pinckney he states, “Back when I didn’t have visible grey hair.” With this bit of added humor, Obama attempts to ease his audience into the eulogy. He lets his audience have a laugh and connect with him. Obama also uses a lot of passion in his eulogy. Halfway through his speech, Obama makes a bold statement which makes his audience roar with applause. With a strong and passionate tone he states “Oh, but God works in mysterious ways. God has different ideas.” Obama’s tone and statement makes his audience feel his compassion which creates a memorable and unforgettable speech for his audience. Obama use for pathos in his eulogy is very effective since he is able to target the of his audience and use emotion to connect with
...n our country. She’s saying that the advancement of women is getting stuck between a rock and a hard place. This was such a strong point in her speech because it shed light into the logical thinking, and made a historical connection to slavery. By making this connection, she was able to help many see that women were convicted slaves to the current state of the union.
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
Also, the fact that she debuted this speech at the National American Woman Suffrage Association is critical because it stirred up a certain determination and emotions that other groups may not have had, as well as the logical reasoning behind relating women’s suffrage and child labor laws.
Have you ever wondered how influential people write great speeches that grab people's attention? They use a literary device called, rhetorical appeals. As supported in Hillary Clinton’s November 03, 2016 speech, uniting the American Public, will lead to an advantageous country. In her speech for the Democratic National Convention it states that, as elected for president, she will get everyone saying “We” instead of “I”. To reach out to the American Citizens and grab their attention, Clinton uses many rhetorical devices as she speaks. Using Logos, Pathos, and Ethos, the people of America jump on board with Clinton's ideas.
The connection between these three elements are very strong, they are used right after each one gave out such as ethos go after logos. Not only used logos, ethos, parallelism but Hillary Clinton also used cause and effect and pathos tools to make the speech more influence. She made her points clear that women also are important as men do, sometimes they are even greater. If women are treated well, they could change the whole world. This is the message that I found in this speech. From “Woman’s right are Human’s Right” speech, I learned that in order to give a good speech, I need to combine many literary techniques to make it more fluent. Importantly, where to apply the right tool to amplify the effect of the
President Obama’s memorial speech following the Tuscan shooting carefully utilized the Aristotelian appeal of pathos, or emotional appeals through his word choice, which aligned him with the American people while still conveying a sense of authority, and his use of biblical allusions, which drew his audience together on the basis of shared ideologies.
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).
Overall, Hillary Rodham Clinton gave a convincing speech on women’s rights at the U.N. World Conference by using the key rhetorical techniques ethos, pathos, logos, and anaphora’s. The use of these techniques helped the audience believe in the cause of which Clinton was speaking about, sympathize for situations females were being put through, and working to strive towards equal rights for everyone. Clinton used the same stance throughout her speech and raised her voice at points in her speech that needed
Hillary Clinton speech “Women Rights” transmitted a crucial message to the world and that was to do something about gender inequality. Pathos helped transmit an emotional appeal to the audience and make them see the soft side of Clinton. Pathos and Logos supported the facts stated to the public with evidence and compassionate words. The rhetorical device of repetition made it possible for the audience to realize the level of importance the topic had. Altogether made the speech have the great impact on people’s perspectives about women
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
President Obama’s Address to the nation was presented on January 5, 2016. His speech was shown on all of the major network stations. The main goal of his speech was to get the point across to the nation about the increasing problem of gun use. His speech really focused on the issue of gun control and if it would benefit the country. Overall, the biggest idea of his Address was that gun control is a large issue in the United States. The way to prevent deaths caused by firearms can be prevented in other ways than taking peoples guns away. The examples brought up in this Address really stood out to me. The use of personal, national, and global examples really made his speech stronger on the topic of effectiveness.
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
Pathos, or appeal to emotion, is what this speech revolves around. Clinton gives quite a few horrifying examples of the way women are abused and treated unjustly. She paints a picture for the audience that is intended to make them feel sympathy toward the victims of this violence. One really upsetting example was when she stated, “It is a violation of human rights when a leading cause of death worldwide among women ages 14 to 44 is the violence they are subjected to in their own homes by their own relatives.” This statistic probably surprised many people in the audience and maybe even hit close to home for many