Subject- The democratic National Convention and Obama's Campaign
Occasion- Democratic National Convention 2008. Denver CO, August 25th
Audience- Democrats, citizens of the U.S
Purpose- Persuade people to vote for Obama , to gain people's trust and to motivate democrats.
Style-Formal
Tone- Hopeful, Inspiring and Joyful
Speaker- Barack Obama's wife, also a democrat
Michelle Obama uses the following rhetorical devices: repetition, great diction and parallelism
For example she mentions the American dream a lot and talks about her children, she also repeats how her parents raised her and her brother.
The speaker did an excellent job because she had a great body language and eye contact. Her volume and pace were very good and lastly, she knew how to mange her tone. An example of this is that she sounded sad when speaking about her father and she sounded hopeful and confident when she raised her voice to state that her husband would make a great president, and the crowd would go insane.
In this speech, Michelle Obama appeals mostly to ethos. she also appeals to pathos but not as much. And i didn't really notice an appeal to logos. She appealed to ethos when saying that Barack would make a great president because he believes that every single person is capable of great success no matter their background. And she appealed to pathos when talking about her father, brother and daughters.
I believe that this speech was in fact effective because the speaker did a great job delivering the speech and because it turned out to be very persuasive thanks to the constant appeal made to ethos. The response of the audience shows how effective this speech was.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Speaking Like
Mary Fisher- "A whisper of AIDS"
1) The pace is slow and stays like that throughout the speech. The speaker makes a few long pauses that do make people think and they usually come after the speaker says something that appeals to emotion. Its is somewhat boring since it's pace is always slow.
2) This speech is quite easy to hear and understand. Mary Fisher speaks very clearly and at an appropriate volume, and she also marks her punctuation very well. The volume however, doesn't change which makes it boring. She uses a very strong and convincing diction that appeals mostly to pathos, some examples are: rejection, prejudice, danger, ignorance, courage and shame.
3) The speaker sounds serious and formal but at times she does change her tone to sadness when she appeals to pathos. She also uses the following tones: hopeful, determined, encouraging, strong and loving/caring.
Lyndon Baines Johnson- "The great society"
1) The pace of this speech is quite slow but it also changes, sometimes it's faster and other times all the more slow. The speaker makes long pauses very frequently and they're not always to make people think so it is sometimes annoying.
2) The volume changes, it is slow when saying something sad and louder when the tone is demanding. The words are pronounced clearly and so is the punctuation. I think that the diction being used is mostly used to give a sense of hope.
3) The tone changes throughout the speech. Some of the emotions that Lyndon Baines uses are: sadness, hope, demanding, determined and a bit upset at times.
I think that in order to make a speech appealing and effective, the speaker should speak clearly and with an appropriate volume. The diction should be chosen carefully according to the purpose and the audience. To make it interesting there should also be a change in pace, tone and volume. Body language and eye contact are also very important.
1) The pace is slow and stays like that throughout the speech. The speaker makes a few long pauses that do make people think and they usually come after the speaker says something that appeals to emotion. Its is somewhat boring since it's pace is always slow.
2) This speech is quite easy to hear and understand. Mary Fisher speaks very clearly and at an appropriate volume, and she also marks her punctuation very well. The volume however, doesn't change which makes it boring. She uses a very strong and convincing diction that appeals mostly to pathos, some examples are: rejection, prejudice, danger, ignorance, courage and shame.
3) The speaker sounds serious and formal but at times she does change her tone to sadness when she appeals to pathos. She also uses the following tones: hopeful, determined, encouraging, strong and loving/caring.
Lyndon Baines Johnson- "The great society"
1) The pace of this speech is quite slow but it also changes, sometimes it's faster and other times all the more slow. The speaker makes long pauses very frequently and they're not always to make people think so it is sometimes annoying.
2) The volume changes, it is slow when saying something sad and louder when the tone is demanding. The words are pronounced clearly and so is the punctuation. I think that the diction being used is mostly used to give a sense of hope.
3) The tone changes throughout the speech. Some of the emotions that Lyndon Baines uses are: sadness, hope, demanding, determined and a bit upset at times.
I think that in order to make a speech appealing and effective, the speaker should speak clearly and with an appropriate volume. The diction should be chosen carefully according to the purpose and the audience. To make it interesting there should also be a change in pace, tone and volume. Body language and eye contact are also very important.
Friday, August 8, 2008
What is propaganda?
In my opinion, Propaganda is advertisement that isn't always truthful.
One example of propaganda could be a festival to promote a radio station. I consider this an example of propaganda because it appeals to the audience by giving away free stuff, lying or exaggerating the truth and distracting them to convince them of something, in this case to convince them that they should listen to that radio station.
An example of Persuasion could be a speech about fast food at a school. This is not propaganda because it uses facts, credibility and emotional appeal while propaganda uses manipulation and maybe even lies.
One example of propaganda could be a festival to promote a radio station. I consider this an example of propaganda because it appeals to the audience by giving away free stuff, lying or exaggerating the truth and distracting them to convince them of something, in this case to convince them that they should listen to that radio station.
An example of Persuasion could be a speech about fast food at a school. This is not propaganda because it uses facts, credibility and emotional appeal while propaganda uses manipulation and maybe even lies.
Equality
Well i think that equality means having equal rights, as in being equal before the law so that there is no discrimination and that some people don't have special privileges. Some people might think that equality means everyone being equal to each other, i think this is completely wrong because we're all different and unique, that doesn't mean that some are better or worst than others and therefore we should be treated with the same respect. I came up with this definition by reading the story : "Harrison Bergeron".
Equality has a big value in society because society is build up by humans and no human wants to be treated differently than others for reasons like : race, gender, sexual orientation, economic class, etc.
I think that true equality is achievable because we're coming closer to it day by day. Now in our country women have the same rights as men, African-Americans have the same rights as white people and Latinos and Asians have rights also. We have taken big steps towards equality, and now more than ever we're not so far away from that concept.
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