Barack Obama delivers a speech remembering Rosa Parks and how her actions changed the trajectory of a whole country, Among the rhetorical choices he made we can find the tone being, lifting, remembering and inspiring, also imagery, anecdotes, word choices to demonstrate her stubbornness and perseverance and more that made this speech a call to action for Americans by reminding them that even the smallest changes have an impact. In the speech the tone starts remembering, “And when they met again that winter evening in 1955, Rosa Parks would not be pushed.” He tells her story in a way that you feel like it's happening now. But it ends not just as storytelling or reminiscing about the past, but as lifting. In the end, the tone is inspiring and …show more content…
“month after month, walking miles if they had to, arranging carpools where they could, not thinking about the blisters on their feet, the weariness after a full day of work-walking for respect, walking for freedom, driven by a solemn determination to affirm their God-given dignity.” For being valued. For those who had to fight for something that should have never been taken away from them since the beginning. Obama uses anaphora in the next segment. “They began a boycott-teachers and labourers, clergy and domestics, through rain and cold 30 and sweltering heat, day after day, week after week, month after month” to emphasise on how much time and effort was put on this change. Like noted before, Obama uses certain words to describe Rosa as a leader, a game changer, a someone who shall not be pushed, and as an example for Americans. Some of these words are: “Nobody ever bossed Rosa around”, “challenged”, “She would not be oushed”, “refused”. These words light up something in your chest. They light millions of possibilities that can be reached just like Rosa reached them. And that is just what Obama wants. He wants to inspire
Talking about Language and Rhetorics, which in turn means using lanuage to communicate persuasively. Rhetorics date all the way back to the fifth Century in athens, Greece. There is 3 types of Rhetorics that are known. The First being Logos, which is the logic behind an argument. Logos tries to persuade an audience using logical arguments and supportive evidence. The next is Pathos, using Emotional Apeal in terms of persuading someone or an audience. Then there is Ethos, using moral competence to persuade the audience to trust in what they are saying is true.
“Death is the only pure, beautiful conclusion of a great passion” (David Herbert Lawrence). Coretta Scott King was an inspiring person to women of all ages and races. However her death had an impact on everyone, she was seen as an idol, more importantly as a leader. Malcom X’s daughter Attallah Shabazz who is also Mrs. King’s most pride supporter addresses her remarks in her eulogy and engages the people at the funeral service for Mrs. King on the sorrowful day of February 7th, 2006 in Atlanta, Georgia. With hundreds of people, (mainly women) watching on TV or listening in the stands during this depressing time reflect and honor on the achievements and positive attitude she had on the community for others. Attallah Shabazz hoped that this event
Roy Peter Clark, author of “A More Perfect Union”: Why It Worked, takes a stance on President Barack Obama’s speech while analyzing it. President Barack Obama delivered a speech titled “A More Perfect Union.” His speech focused on the prominent issue of racism in America. In this article, Clark talks about President Obama’s known power and brilliance. Clark makes references and comparisons to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and W.EB. DuBois. “A More Perfect Union” features writing techniques that makes the message more defined and effective. President Obama utilizes four closely related rhetorical strategies. Clark broadly explains the purpose of the rhetorical strategies. Allusion, parallelism, two-ness, and autobiography helped to shape President Obama’s speech that that was meant to create
For years the LGBT community has been consistently denied the same rights as their heterosexual counterparts, and it wasn’t until last year that same sex marriage became legal throughout the United States. However, they are not the only minorities being discriminated against in the United States. That is why Dolores Huerta, a well-known civil rights activist, points out that people who have experienced oppression should come together to achieve equality. In her keynote speech at the 21st National Conference on LGBT Equality, Dolores Huerta uses ethos, logos, and pathos as an effective way to inspire her audience to make a change in society.
Rosa Parks What’s a hero? A hero is a person who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements or noble qualities. Hero’s can also be someone who has made a change in the world and or a society like Rosa Parks. Rosa Parks is considered a hero because of all the things she went through and made happen throughout her life.
Thesis Statement- Rosa Parks, through protest and public support, has become the mother of the civil rights changing segregation laws forever.
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks historically known as Rosa Parks, was born February 4,1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama and past away from natural causes at age 92, on October 24,2005 in Detroit, Michigan. Parks lived with her mother Leona McCauley and her father James McCauley. Ater on in 115 her brother was born Sylvester Parks her only sibling.Both of park’s parents worked, her mother was employed as a teacher and her father was employed as a carpenter . Some time later after Parks’s brother was born her mother and father separated. Once the separation was final, Parks moved with her mother to Pine Level, Alabama while her brother and father moved to Montgomery, Alabama. parks was homeschooled by her mother until age 11 and attended Industrial
The topic of this speech is sufferage, specifically women's right to vote. This speech was delivered at a women's convention in Akron, Ohio to a group of white people. The purpose behind Sojourner Truth giving this speech was to allow women the right to vote. She made her tone very clear through diction and figurative language, she was determine to make it so women would finally have the right to vote. The tone present in this speech is determined and inspirational. This speech was a very powerful and has been an inspiration for decades.
The Mother of the Civil Rights Movement Have you ever stood up for someone or something, even if it risked your own life? An upstander is someone who sees something harmful happening and tries their best to help out without second guessing themselves. Rosa parks is an inspirational role model to women and men all around the world. Rosa Parks has been a leader since she was a kid at school.
up becoming one of the most inspiring speeches of all time and served as a catalyst for the Civil Rights
Many African American women stand as a testament to their fight for their rights and their warranted place in society. These women, despite the challenges faced due to racism and sexism, continuously break barriers and prove the people who do not believe in them wrong. One of these notable figures was Shirley Chisholm, the first African American woman to run for president. Through her presidential candidate speech, she uses repetition and an appeal to the American democratic ideals in order to position herself as a qualified and credible candidate. Her use of repetition allows Chisholm to acknowledge her audience, thereby, making her a candidate for the American people.
Barack Obama, President of the United States, empowers and frames Rosa Parks' legacy through contextualization of historical events, comparison to our modern struggles, and proposed application of her principles. Through this, Obama inspires all citizens who experience or witness injustice to stand up and fight back. Obama begins his speech by defining Rosa Parks as someone who "held no office", "possessed no fortune", and "lived her life far from the formal seats of power. " This sets up his next sentence, in which he contrasts her qualities with her legacy, stating that "today, she takes her rightful place among those who've shaped this nation's course."
...ledge concerning her struggle. So long, I only knew of the boycott for the history books point of view, but this book broadens my awareness. Rosa Parks: My Story allows you to become familiar with Rosa personally. It introduces you to her as a little black girl who just want to be treated right. Rosa was much more before the bus boycott, and even so much more after.
Martin Luther King Jr. is a major turning point of racism and segregation in America. Dr. King was an inspiring speaker with confidence. Dr. King’s speech is a masterpiece of rhetoric. Dr. King’s speech is wonderfully structured with all three persuasive appeals. The use of figurative languages such as metaphor, simile, parallelism, anaphora, and antithesis, enhance King’s speech.
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