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Morales 1 The Power of Rhetorical Devices Throughout American history, there have been countless number of speeches given by recognizable and important people. These people often use rhetorical devices to persuade their audience into considering a topic of a different perspective. Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States, provides a perfect example with his first inaugural address. Roosevelt uses ethos, logos, anaphora, and diction to persuade desperate Americans, wounded…

Will African Leaders Learn The Compaore Lesson? Following the resignation of the military dictator-turned-politician and former Burkina Faso President, Blaise Compaore, on Friday after violent protests over his audacious attempt to extend his 27-year rule, the question one might ask is: Will other African leaders learn a lesson from the Compaore nemesis? In an unprecedented move, the former strongman of Burkina Faso, who had stubbornly rejected earlier warnings to step down after his office…

the runner-up for Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” in 2007 1. He has received international recognition for his involvement in politics, business, and environmental activism. He was the vice president under Bill Clinton from 1993-2001, the Democratic nominee for the 2000 Presidential Election, a member of the board of directors at Apple, and a senior advisor to Google2. He has taught at Columbia University and the University of California, among others3. Despite all these achievements in…

forcing them to see each other as equals. After his first term and his failure to be re-elected in the next election, Bill Clinton took the role as president. Bill Clinton was the 42nd President of the United States of America, he was also the first Democratic president in 12 years. His Vice President was Al Gore for both of his terms. He accomplished many things while he was president, like the creation of…

Throughout history, there have been numerous monumental speeches that either changed public perception or brought forth a new era of thinking. From Abraham Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address” to Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, these orations have all had their own unique effects on the United States’ history. Among those most famous and sacred speeches, one must include John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address. On the afternoon of January 20, 1961, Kennedy delivered one of the most powerful…

Barack Obama served as the 44th President of the United States. He was the first African American to serve as President. His story is not different from the average person. He was raised in a middle-class family where he was taught that hard work and education were the keys to getting ahead, and the “conviction that a life so blessed should be lived in service to others.” President Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on August 4, 1961. His father was born in Kenya and his mother was from Kansas.…

Her past votes and interventions have come back to haunt her during debates and people are questioning her plans for foreign policy based on her past decisions. The media and her other Democratic opponents have repeatedly hammered her on her vote for the Iraq War in 2002 and her intervention in Libya. As former Secretary of State, she is the only candidate who is most informed about international affairs; however, her positions on foreign…

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In American History there have been many significant people like Franklin D. Roosevelt to Barack Obama who have fought for the better tomorrow of the United States of America and have left a great legacy from their political achievements that have developed in the United States from the 20th century to the present. To begin with Earl Warren, an American jurist and politician was appointed to be the 14th Chief Justice of the United States from the 1950’s-1960’s. The significance in this was that…

descriptive language. Secondly, is the use if repetition he uses in his speeches. Repeating a word or a phrase in a sentence helps to emphasize an idea make that idea memorable. For example, Martin Luther King Jr. speech, I Have a Dream. During the democratic national convention, he repeated the phrase “more to do for…” in order to emphasize on what society needs improve on to provide more of something or a particular set of individuals. Obama’s use of repetition shows how he “likes to group…