Speeches are used for many purposes; inspiring, informing, influencing or entertaining people. During the United States presidential campaign many candidates give speeches around the country, trying to influence people to vote for them. One such candidate is Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump, who is a successful businessman, television personality, and author, which he mentions briefly in his speech announcing his presidential campaign. This speech is significant as it is the first of many that Trump will give concerning his presidential campaign.
He begins his speech by commenting on the great number of people who are present, mentioning how nice it is and thanking them for coming. He mentions how great it is “to be in a wonderful city”, which is in turn a compliment to the audience as most of them would live in this city. He then makes a joke about Rick Perry, who was sweating early during his speech. This humour humanises Trump as it shows he can make jokes. This could however be perceived as an attack on Perry instead. Immediately after this he turns his humour towards Lincoln Chaffee and his less-than-full audience. As Trump makes these jokes towards fellow candidates he shows his confidence and that he is not afraid of them. Later on he mentions current president Barack Obama. When Obama was first elected Trump said “The one thing I think he’ll do well. I think …show more content…
This makes his overall speech easy to listen to as his short, repeated sentences allow the audience to easily comprehend his message for the most part, even when he references numbers. If statistics are used too often they can confuse an audience if many different statistics are thrown at them, however when Trump mixes statistics with short sentences they become easy to hear and understand, especially when he repeats them. This way of speaking makes the audience absorb more than if the speech was harder to
He begins his speech by commenting on the great number of people who are present, mentioning how nice it is and thanking them for coming. He mentions how great it is “to be in a wonderful city”, which is in turn a compliment to the audience as most of them would live in this city. He then makes a joke about Rick Perry, who was sweating early during his speech. This humour humanises Trump as it shows he can make jokes. This could however be perceived as an attack on Perry instead. Immediately after this he turns his humour towards Lincoln Chaffee and his less-than-full audience. As Trump makes these jokes towards fellow candidates he shows his confidence and that he is not afraid of them. Later on he mentions current president Barack Obama. When Obama was first elected Trump said “The one thing I think he’ll do well. I think …show more content…
This makes his overall speech easy to listen to as his short, repeated sentences allow the audience to easily comprehend his message for the most part, even when he references numbers. If statistics are used too often they can confuse an audience if many different statistics are thrown at them, however when Trump mixes statistics with short sentences they become easy to hear and understand, especially when he repeats them. This way of speaking makes the audience absorb more than if the speech was harder to