Donald Trump's FOA Analysis

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I did my FOA on the influence of Donald Trump’s words in a speech he delivered in West Palm Beach, Florida. In my presentation, I analyzed his language and its impact on his audience through the form of a presidential speech. I gave a speech to convey the feelings that might have been felt by his audience on that day, to my fellow peers. In my FOA, I used the speech terms taught in the first semester to help discuss what the person who wrote Donald Trump’s speech might have wanted the audience to feel. I used words such as alliteration and connotation to unpack Trump’s words as well as using the experience gained from our unit on presidential speeches. This relates to the Part 1 learning outcome of analyzing how the audience and purpose affect

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