U.S Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor, a former professor at NYU School of law was honored to receive the Doctors of Law degree, and there she delivered the NYU’s 180th Commencement to all the graduates and faculty at the Yankee Stadium on May 16, 2012. In this Commencement Sotomayor was greatly welcomed by the Trustee Maria Bartiromo, Kenji Yoshino, and the Chief Justice Earl Warren Professional of Law highly introduced Sotomayor to the enthusiastic crowd as “a self-described Nuyorican” and an “early and awesome achiever.” Since the beginning of Sotomayor’s speech, it is obvious that the most effective appeal for her speech was pathos.…
Ramani Goode Fannie Lou Hamer delivered a speech on behalf of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party to the credentials committee of the Democratic National Convention in 1964 to highlight the gruesome realities facing African Americans, especially those who attempted to vote. Her revelations about the methods used to withhold voting rights and the violent discrimination against blacks who tried to vote shocked the nation, but the most disturbing aspects of her speech were personal stories of the brutality wrought upon her. Hamer’s speech is reflective of the obstacles she faced throughout her life. Her depiction of racist atrocities gripped the attention of the nation at a time when President Johnson was trying to…
Majora Carter starts off her speech by directly addressing her primary audience who she proclaims is at the conference because they have heard about sustainable development and how it can correspond to “save us from ourselves.” We can infer that she is referring to the primary audience due in part by knowing that the primary audience are those who receive the speech directly from the source and were present during her presentation. Her secondary audience would include people like myself who have viewed her speech through TED’s website or other any other sources. We can infer this as such because secondary audiences include anyone who “indirectly” views or hears a speech. Carter starts off her speech by presenting a story about what led her…
Rhetorical Essay Florence Kelley, a social worker and reformer gave a speech at the convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association in Philadelphia that emphasizes the need to modify the existing working conditions of young children as a crucial change in society. Through her use of repetition and various anecdotes over the conditions these children work in and the different state policies put in place, Kelley develops a highly compelling argument that ignites an interest in her audience to be aware of the problem and to join the cause in order to reform child labor laws. Kelley first intrigues her audience to the cause by introducing the problem of child labor in the first few lines where she says “…
Franklin D. Roosevelt gives one of his most famous speeches only eleven months before the United States enters into World War Two. Europe has been at war for one year, four months and five days. In this address, FDR has two focuses, his plan to support the nation’s allies in Europe and build up the economy to aid both his international and domestic agenda. FDR uses the rhetorical appeals logos, ethos, and pathos to support his rally of the American people to the cause of the war effort in World War Two.…
Former Prime Minister of Great Britain, Margaret Thatcher, delivers a powerful eulogy to former President Ronald Reagan. In her eulogy she cherishes the greatness of her dear friend, Reagan, and she celebrates the astonishing achievements that Reagan accomplished. Thatcher uses a plethora of rhetorical strategies such as repetition, exaggeration, and she also creates a sense of pathos to the audience. Margaret Thatcher employs the use hyperboles throughout her whole speech. She says "When the world threw problems at the White House, he was not baffled, disoriented or overwhelmed."…
19th Century advocate for the cause of women’s suffrage, Susan B. Anthony, delivered a speech in 1873 following her conviction for the crime of voting. Anthony’s purpose is to argue that the treatment of women during the 19th Century was unjust and unconstitutional. She adopts a respectful and candid tone in order to address the sexism and prejudicial views of society. Anthony uses rhetorical devices in her speech in order to appeal to her audience’s sense of unity and human compassion.…
This lets her audience know she feels the same as they do, and that there is something to be done to change…
William Jefferson Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Through the speech, Clinton desires to relate his presidency to the American dream and values such as, freedom, prosperity, security, and a perfect union. Clinton achieves this using logos to highlight the positive parts of his presidency with diction words such as; stronger, freer, cleaner, more prosperous, safer, ect. These words communicates a disdain for the previous administration before his, it also triggers a subconscious comparison and contrast in the audience's mind of his administration’s achievements. Although there was no mention of all the problems that riddled his regime, such as Lewinski matter, where…
The weakness of the speech: The main points in her speech need more sources and documents to support, although the speech is inspiring, it is lack of…
One of Queen Elizabeth’s famous speeches is delivered to motivate the troops at Tilbury as they await the Spanish armada in 1588. The infamous speech incorporates both rhetorical influence and women empowerment. Queen Elizabeth’s brief speech utilizes rhetorical strategies of diction, epiphora, and tone that play an important role in encouraging the troops to fight for their queen and country. Queen Elizabeth had a difficult task, to convince her subjects that she was a worthy and sovereign ruler, even though she is a woman and women monarchs in the past had failed. Queen Elizabeth’s speech to the troops includes incredible diction that inspires loyalty from her subjects and against the threatening Spanish.…
To start off, the way she introduces herself for the commencement speech lacks the professionalism of an experienced public speaker. This would be fine to do on special occasions, like an impromptu speech at a family gathering of some sort, however, this is a speech reflecting one’s academic excellence. Barbara begins her first body paragraph with, “Thank you so much to all of you guys who are important out there.” This isn’t necessarily a bad way to start a speech off, but it would have been better if Barbara chose to thank whoever introduces her on stage (most likely the principal or dean).…
At the Golden Globes award ceremony Oprah Winfrey was presented the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement. Given recent events like the Me too and Time’s up movements Oprah dedicated her speech to speaking up about sexual harassment and emphasizing the need for change. Throughout the speech she talks about many different things from personal stories to the plights of everyday women to show that this abuse affects everyone. She uses many important rhetorical devices, namely pathos, syntax, and diction, to draw attention to this fact as well as others. Ultimately, Oprah delivers a powerful speech that resonates in the hearts of her audience members and creates a desire for change.…
Nakyla Dessalines CENG 311-01 Prof. Clark Obama Speech Michelle Obama Democratic Conventional Speech First lady of the United States, Michelle Obama set the tone for the Democratic Convention with her inspirational speech. There she gave a strong and persuasive speech promoting Hillary Clinton to becoming the next president of the United States. Her emotional speech allowed the public to connect to her. Throughout her speech she uplifted the crowd. Michelle Obama’s speech showed her support, and belief in Hillary Clinton as America’s next president.…
By speaking in a clear and powerful voice, she was able to grab the attention of the audience. In…