On January 7th, 2018, Oprah was awarded the Cecil B. de Mille Award. After receiving the award, Oprah gave an empowering speech. In Oprah’s speech, she uses emotional appeal, ethical appeal, and parallelism to encourages men and women who are victims of sexual harassment or assault to “say something” to put an end to the era, where perpetrators of sexual harassment or assault are free to roam. Oprah begins with using an anecdote to draw a connection to her childhood experience to her current situation. In her short story, she describes her childhood experience of witnessing Anne Bancroft present the Oscar for the best actor at the 36th Academy Awards to Sidney Poitier, the first black male to receive this award and how this moment was so
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For example, she demonstrates great character when thanking the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and how proud and inspired she was from all the women, who were brave enough to speak up and share their personal stories of sexual harassment or assault. This strengthens her credibility for the audience to see. In addition, she appeal to the emotions of the female audience by making them feel empowered by listing the numerous significant roles the victims of years of abuse and assault fall under using anaphora. For instance, when she uses “they’re” or “they are”to list all the important roles women take part in such as a mother, farm worker, factory worker, athletes in the Olympics, and soldiers in the military. She also included ethical appeal by referring to her mother as being one of these victims for the audience to understand she knows the pain and struggle they are going through as a victim of sexual harassment or assault. This will encourage those who are in similar experiences that it is alright to speak up and you are not only instead, it is “Me …show more content…
For example, she explains how Recy Taylor’s battle for justice was at lost because of the era of Jim Crow. However, Oprah states that women have lived too long to not be heard or believed because of “the power of those men”, but it is time to stop these men and make a change. She adds that it starts with “every women who chooses to say, “Me too” [a]nd every man who chooses to listen”. The comparison emphasizes the significant of the movement and understand from the audience that it empowers the audience to partake in this massive
For example, she demonstrates great character when thanking the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and how proud and inspired she was from all the women, who were brave enough to speak up and share their personal stories of sexual harassment or assault. This strengthens her credibility for the audience to see. In addition, she appeal to the emotions of the female audience by making them feel empowered by listing the numerous significant roles the victims of years of abuse and assault fall under using anaphora. For instance, when she uses “they’re” or “they are”to list all the important roles women take part in such as a mother, farm worker, factory worker, athletes in the Olympics, and soldiers in the military. She also included ethical appeal by referring to her mother as being one of these victims for the audience to understand she knows the pain and struggle they are going through as a victim of sexual harassment or assault. This will encourage those who are in similar experiences that it is alright to speak up and you are not only instead, it is “Me …show more content…
For example, she explains how Recy Taylor’s battle for justice was at lost because of the era of Jim Crow. However, Oprah states that women have lived too long to not be heard or believed because of “the power of those men”, but it is time to stop these men and make a change. She adds that it starts with “every women who chooses to say, “Me too” [a]nd every man who chooses to listen”. The comparison emphasizes the significant of the movement and understand from the audience that it empowers the audience to partake in this massive