Michelle Obama's Speech Analysis

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During the election in 2016 one of the candidates said very hurtful and hateful things about women. They have come a long way to be treated equally. We thought that we left all this behind, it seems like we haven't. While Michelle Obama was still the 44th first lady of the United States gave this speech while the elections were going on in 2016 “ Michelle Obama’s speech on Donald Trump’s Alleged Treatment Of Women”. She thought that she needed to speak about it to conclude that women are not less than men but have the same amount of equality as men. Michelle Obama uses a quantity of rhetorical devices to argue that women should not be viewed as sexual objects because they have the same amount of rights and equality as men, but also to reflect that they should not vote for Trump.
Obama deepens into pathos to demonstrate how she tries to convince the world that women are the same as men and that they have come a long way to be respected.“ I told them that they deserve to be treated with dignity and respect… that they should make their voices heard in the world.” She points out that women should be
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She defines what women can be and do. Women have as much right as men do.“ we rise up to perfect our union. We rise up to defend our blessings of liberty. We rise up to embody the values of equality and opportunity…”. She challenges women from all over to be themselves. Obama demands to stand up for all women because together they have more power and to conclude that women are successful as men. While using anaphora Obama appeals to the audience by stating the true fact about women. They are human beings who are not objects and are the same as men, therefore to demonstrate that we should not vote for someone who will try to take these rights

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