Family of Barack Obama

Rhetoric is the act of writing or speaking in order to persuade. In order to excel as an orator or writer one must be able to convince an audience of the importance of their subject matter. By presenting information in a succinct manner and backing up the main points writers and orators persuade individuals. However, this is no simple task, when writing or preparing a speech the author must contemplate their message, and the audience in an effort to persuade even the most resistant spectator. So…

Mrs. Ledbetter was not compensated for the injustice, but it brought the case front and center that even after the tragic outcome something good came out of it. On January 29, 2009, President Barack Obama signed The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which stated the 180 days statute of limitations would reset every time an individual received a discriminatory paycheck. It also promoted voluntary compliance by employers, for example, some employers took…

Sonia Sotomayor, a judge, in her speech Opening Statement to The Senate Judiciary Committee, describes her past and her accomplishments such as all of her experience being a judge and her nomination into the supreme court by president Obama. She writes about her experiences and shares her accomplishments so that her audience sees why she is a good candidate to be in the supreme court. Sotomayor’s purpose is to persuade and seek the support of the judges and America for her election into the…

In my opinion, the speech ‘I Have A Dream’ by Martin Luther King Jr. was a better speech in many ways than ‘Glory And Hope’ by Nelson Mandela. The similarities between both the speeches were many too. Both the speeches have many metaphors in them like ‘A promissory note, a bad check’ in MLK’s speech and ‘As intimately attached to the soil of this beautiful country as are the famous jacaranda trees of Pretoria and the mimosa trees of the bushveld.’ in Mandela’s speech. The metaphors that are…

their ethnic backgrounds while incorporating their language. Anzaldua and Tan, facing language difficulties, learned that in order to overcome these challenges, they needed to incorporate their families. The changes they would make not only affected themselves, but also their families. When living with a family who speaks “fractured English”, they faced hardships and challenges on a daily basis. Anzaldua’s Mother would tell her that in order for her to get a good job she would “..need to speak…

it’s important for you to understand that overcoming adversity is actually one of your biggest advantages.” - Michelle Obama. The quote connects to the novel Purple Hibiscus by the main character, Kambili, who uses adversity to elicit talents. In the novel Purple Hibiscus, Chimimanda Ngozie Adichie writes about a young girl named Kambili who lives with a religious and strict family and starts to find herself by visiting her Aunty Ifeoma’s house. Throughout the book, Kambili gets sent to her…

presidency. It sets the tone for what there is to come in their next four years as president; what issues they will chose to focus on and what tone they will take on while accomplishing those issues. This essay will examine the inaugural addresses of Barack Obama, his first address, and Donald Trump and the differences and similarities of their speech in their first ten minutes as President of the United States. Initially, the differences in the two inaugural speeches are extremely apparent.…

ETHICAL ISSUES IN SPORTS In today’s world ethics is one of the common principles which is neglected and taken for granted by the people all over the world in every aspect of life. When we talk about sports India is the largest populated country in the world who has won less Olympic gold medals than the US swimmer, Michael Phelps, who alone has won in a single edition of sports.One of the main reasons for this drawback on Indian sports is because of the ethical issues faced by our nation which…

Deception Point by Dan Brown is a thrilling and suspenseful political fiction book that has to do with the deception of everyday politics in Washington, DC. Dan Brown created a near impossible situation for any one person to win. He created a situation that puts Rachel Sexton in a position of who to trust and what to do with information that could change the presidential race. Summary Rachel Sexton is the daughter of Senator Sedgewick Sexton. Rachel works for a government program known as the…

During Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign he addressed a live audience in New Hampshire. His ‘Yes We Can’ speech was acknowledged as a rhetorical masterpiece and one of the greatest political presentations. Obama used a variety of verbal and nonverbal techniques to persuade voters that he could guide a positive and enduring change. Verbal techniques such as repetition, anaphora, pronouns and the rule of threes aided his portrayal of a prospering America under his leadership. Nonverbal…