In the speech, Phil Davison uses the fourth canon of Rhetoric (Delivery) clearly. He started the speech with good loud volume. He addressed his audiences clearly and introduced himself in a bold manner. He filled the room with his strong voice and covered the room. It also seems as if he had memorized the speech as he took a long pause before mentioning his master’s degree in communication.…
Christopher Reeves uses diction and detail to capture the emotions of the audience in order to convince them to pass the Americans with Disabilities Act. First, Reeves used diction such as family and value throughout his speech in order to show that he thinks that America should unite as a nation and recognize if someone is hurting. He believes that if America comes together as a family, they can overcome this situation. Reeves thinks everyone has value and should have equal rights.…
Throughout the speech Hill shows he is credible by using a project that he began. Hill states “I started a project called life edited at lifeedited.org to further the conversation and to find some great solutions in this area” (Hill). Hill uses this source and makes it obvious that he wants to show the audience that he is capable of giving them an immense amount of information and facts over this topic. With this project as he said he was able to further the conversation and capture the audience's attention. Information such as “By using a space that was 420 sq.…
Unfortunately, tensions between the majority ethnic group and minority ethnic group have been prevalent since the beginning of this nation’s history. Dr. Whitlock and Reverend Tim Keller both give similar speeches on the inequalities/unbalance between races and systematic evil. Dr. Whitlock’s speech is speaking mainly to his goals for his university and racial tensions still present today. While Reverend Tim Keller’s speech speaks mainly of systematic evil and its effect on civilization as a whole. During Convocational Chapple Dr. Whitlock began his address in a way that I felt was very relatable.…
The most recent Presidential election has consumed the national consciousness. With each passing debate, speech, headline, and commercial, we have been flooded with negative messages that are highlighting all that is wrong with our current and perspective political leaders. We seem to have leaders who are devoid of the character necessary to handle the great challenges that face our nation and our world. It would be easy to sit in a state of despair about the future of our country. I, however, find solitude in knowing that we are raising a new generation of young adults in our schools, such as Nathan Lefeld, who can strive of excellence academically, persevere through adversity, find joy in service to others, and work extremely hard to earn…
“Every request needs humility of spirit. Fast then and you will receive from the Lord what you ask” (Hermas, The Shepherd). Imagine fasting for twenty-five days straight, no food, no water, by choice!…
On October 13, at the auditorium in Whitman College, I went to go see writer and civil rights activist Shaun King. Shaun King’s lecture surrounded Civil Rights and the Black Lives Matter movement. Shaun King brought up several intellectual philosophical questions to the audience, such as “If humans are getting steadily getting better than why are than why are there 102 unarmed African Americans killed last year?”, which he compared to 1902, when 102 African Americans were lynched. King described human’s progression life peaks and valleys on a line graph. King then brought a line graph that started out as an increase, then showed a dip, and then showed the line increasing again.…
After the assassination of nonviolence supporter, Martin Luther King Jr., acts of violence ironically broke out. On the tenth anniversary of MLK’s assassination, Cesar Chavez released an article in a religious magazine asserting his stance supporting nonviolence. Chavez exudes his beliefs supporting non violence and convinces his audience through the use of diction that unites his audience, and appealing to the audience's emotions. Channeling his audience's sense of national pride and promoting unity was effective in Cesar Chavez’s process of persuasion. Chavez strategically uses diction, such as, “we” “men”, and “Americans” that unites himself with his audience and promotes nationalism.…
There was never a dull moment due to the wide range of diversity, talent, and personalities of students. I made amazing lifelong friends that appreciated my presence, ideas, and personality. The entire student body participated in deep discussions over a wide range of topics including beliefs, injustice, and conflicts in our society. Everyone treated other’s contributions with respect and consideration of their ideas and views. Each discussion and activity opened my eyes to recognize meaningful things that society normally overlooked.…
One of the most important parts of the civil rights movement was to be able to give a compelling speech that encourages the people to act and fight for what is right. One of the key speeches of the civil rights movement was John Lewis’s speech during the march in Washington on August 28th 1968 because of his way of persuading the audience. Although he was asked to make adjustments to his already powerful speech at the March on Washington, John Lewis uses rhetorical appeals to make his argument strong and persuasive. He uses emotion to show the horrors of what is occurring, logic to convey the reasons why there needs to be a change, and his credibility to show his involvement in the civil rights movement. First of all, Lewis was able to make his argument compelling by his use of emotion, or pathos.…
Some were glaringly obvious — Bill and Melinda Gates, co-chair one of the biggest foundations focused on education in the country. Some less so but just as important — Carlos Chavez, a Gates Millennium scholar, spoke about his experiences as a community college student in today’s America. The forum focused on four key areas — advancing educational outcomes for learners in the twenty-first century, valuing and supporting great teaching, the promise of personalized learning and building a movement with students and educators at its core. All of the teachers, students, administrators, entrepreneurs, politicians and lobbyists milling about at the breakfast buffet had one thing in common — they traveled to Seattle to put their minds together and work to reform the United States public school system.…
Bush’s speech comforted the devastated nation by telling us acts of heroism and by telling us that we were going to get the men who did it. He wanted to comfort the nation because we were all affected by the tragedy of September 11th. He knew that we were confused about who did this and why anyone would ever do this. He comforted us by saying that the world was with us, supporting us and that we would never forget our nation’s national anthem playing at places such as Buckingham Palace, the streets of Paris and Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate. Knowing that the world’s prayers and support was with us reminded us that the entire world felt for us in the face of this tragedy.…
New Orleans mayor, Mitch Landrieu, gave a speech on May 19th, 2017 addressing the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee. Landrieu does this to show his full support and explain why they are removing the statue. He uses a heavy and empowering tone, as well as facts and references throughout his speech to rally others into seeing and agreeing with his views. Mayor Mitch Landrieu understood that when he gave this speech, there were some things that he had to emphasize by repeating. One of the major things he tries to emphasize is the fact that New Orleans is a melting pot of many cultures and that ¨Out of many, we are one¨.…
Cancer remains the second leading cause of death in the United States and one of three major medical problems internationally (Siegel 7). Constant donations and charity raising events are brought to the public eye in hopes to one day find a cure. In 1993, ESPN developed an award called the Arthur Ashe Courage Award to commemorate someone who demonstrates courage and do things to transcend their sporting careers. In the first year of its existence, ESPN awarded this award to Jim Valvano at the 1993 ESPYs. Valvano presented an iconic speech that chronicled his life, and brought attention to his Jimmy V Foundation for Cancer Research while employing many tactics of persuasion to impact the audience and effectively develop a great appeal.…
In the book of Matthew 15:13-16, Jesus discusses the notion of being a city on a hill. In Winthrop 's speech he tells his shipmates that they will to be a “city on a hill”. Many major politicians have referenced the “city on a hill” speech such a former presidents John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan. Kennedy’s speech and Reagan’s farewell address use Winthrop’s “City upon a Hill” speech differently. Kennedy uses the speech in a positive way because he is about to enter the office for his presidency and therefore he doesn’t know how the whole “city on a hill” idea works with America, this is just his prediction for when he starts his term.…