Obama’s Victory Speech Obama’s Victory Speech has impressed the whole world. Obama have used a lot of techniques which make people in the USA believe in him and make them feel united. In this essay of Obama’s victory speech, I will explain some of the techniques Obama uses and for what purpose. Besides that I will comment on important and meaningful quotes. Obama’s Victory Speech is separated in a lot of small sections. After finishing one section of his speech, he makes a long dramatic pause. That makes the speech very intimate. These dramatic pauses are used by almost any good speaker. Obama’s manner of speaking is very natural, he tells about experiences he have had, he shows a lot of gratitude, he speak with humility of a high …show more content…
The audience can almost feel the changes of a greater country within the speech. Obama also shows his great love for his one and only wife Michelle.” Let me say this publicly: Michelle, I have never loved you more. I have never been prouder to watch the rest of America fall in love with you, too, as our nation’s first lady.” He doesn’t make this romantic declaration just to show he isn’t afraid of showing Michelle how much he love her in front of the whole world, but he also shows that he appreciate the hard work she have put into the campaign, and also to show that everybody should recognize her as an important figure for America. The first lady in the USA has a great responsibility, for being a kind of role model. The first lady is often volunteering in support for poor areas for example. So by those words Obama really wants everybody in America to love her. “But that doesn’t mean your work is done” In this quote Obama really make it personal for his listeners, by telling the audience that it is also your job to make the USA a greater country. The frequent use of different pronouns is one of the most conspicuous techniques Obama uses in his victory speech. Obama wants to draw you in to his speech. So he does not use the word “I” nearly as much as he use “You/you’re/your” and “We/Us/Our” Even though Obama mostly uses “You/you’re/your” and “We/Us/Our” he still involves himself in the speech, but he does it in a slightly more humble manner than just
Obama introduced his speech greeted the audience, and since the beginning he identified himself as one more citizen of the America, by refereeing to his broadly audience as “his fellow citizens,” (Klein) which was an effective way to have the people attention. Then he grounded his words on the Constitution of the United States to introduce his thesis about how the patriots of 1776 fought to give us a republic and a government that defended the rights of its people. He also presented the main points of his speech, and concluded his introduction by sharing common past experiences about the economic success achieved and about the importance of protecting the most vulnerable. This way he put his ideas in context and made his address more credible.
2016 State of the Union Speech In president Obamas State of the Union Speech he addresses how the future is important. He starts off by joking and then gets serious with some priorities. The priorities were immigration, minimum wage, gun violence, equal pay, etc. When president Obama first went into office the United States was facing some economic and employment problems.
Barrack Obama’s inauguration speech successfully executed crafty rhetoric to ensure our country that we will be under safe hands. The speech draws from ideas straight from the founding documents and Martin Luther King’s speech to establish ‘our’ goal to join together and take action on the many problems facing our country. As President Barrack Obama begins his speech, He refrains from using ‘me’, ‘myself’, and ‘I’ but instead ‘we’, ‘us’, and ‘together’ to establish ethos. He makes sure his audience feels at his level, and he at theirs. This way he connects to the audience, and in turn, aids his
It has been seven years since President Barack Obama took over the commander in chief in the United States. In his speech, he acknowledged that America being the most powerful country in the world, in his term he has not been able to achieve all the campaign promises: one of them is bringing together the divided Capitol Hill. He also acknowledged that in his presidency, his party has worsened and has only one promise of trying to better it.
President Obama, like all Presidents before him, delivered a farewell address to the United States on January 20, 2017. As he stepped down as President he was eloquent and it was as clear as ever that he is a master of oration. Obama will go down in history as the first Black President as well as a strong orator who had the ability to captivate an audience through his use of ethos, pathos and logos amongst other rhetorical devices. His farewell address is a perfect example of Obama’s mastery of discourse as it is chock full of oratorical devices. Obama’s message to the American people and to the rest of the world is that it is essential that we maintain a sense of what it means to have a democracy and that in order to maintain peace and
Barack Obama's powerful diction creates hope for the future of the United States with word choices such as “continue,” “shifted” and “ambitions.” Barack’s shift from informal to formal diction constructs an image of unity through the usage of simple, personal pronouns, such as “we” and “us.” The shifts from informal to formal and back appeal to the emotions of the audience because they feel as if Obama is talking directly to them. His allusions to the Bible are sentimental because when he says "the God given promise that all are equal, all are free, and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness" he creates a bond between himself and his audience. His words have a motivating connotation that appeal to both logos and pathos. The way in which Barack Obama presents his ideas allows his audience to have confidence in him and his role as president.
Barrack Obama’s inauguration speech successfully accomplished his goal by using rhetoric to ensure our nation that we will be under safe hands. The speech is similar from ideas obtained from the founding documents and Martin Luther King’s speech to establish ‘our’ goal to get together and take some action on the problems our country is now facing. As President Barrack Obama starts his speech, he keeps himself from using ‘me’, ‘myself’, and ‘I’ and replacing it with ‘we’, ‘us’, and ‘together’ to achieve ethos. He makes sure his audience connects with him directly by making them feel at his level, and him at theirs. This way he connects to the audience, and in exchange, helps his
Throughout his speech, Obama uses words and phrases such as “the task before us”, “our nation”, “We the People”, “for us”, and “we will defeat you”. All the phases and words involve not just Obama, but the entire nation coming together as one. Including the audience to the commands and promises he puts fourth. With his speech, and using the rhetorical device of ethos, Obama can steer the audience into the direction that they oversee the nation and that they have the power and control to change the nation for the better.
In Obama’s speech, it says that students must take responsibility for their own success in school, no matter what obstacles they face. Obama claims this will benefit not only the students themselves but also their whole country. Obama's perspective seems to be that hard work is patriotic.
In 2004, Obama walked up to the podium at the Democratic National Convention as a political novelty. The speech he delivered established Obama as a natural leader and transformed him into a future presidential candidate. Rich in demonstrative rhetoric, its purpose was to unite the American people through nationalism. The exploration of his rhetoric and style throughout this paper will cement why the speech was beneficially identity transforming for Obama's political career.
A former president, Barack Obama.., in his speech, emphasizes a call to change in his Inaugural Address speech. Obama’s purpose is to highlight on Nation economic crisis. He adopts a motivational tone in order to comfort and reassure the American people. Barack Obama clearly articulates and emotionally persuades his audience through the use of anaphora, preamble, and allusion to contract the needs of American people.
One of the most famous speeches in the last decade was President Obama’s Inaugural Speech on January 20th, 2009. President Obama took everyone by surprise when he was elected to be our first African American President. This groundbreaking occurrence provoked many Americans to look at the impossible and feel some sense of encouragement for the future of our country. What President Obama did in the Inaugural Speech was display to his fellow Americans that they shouldn’t be skeptical about the future or doubts his ability to lead. Through the use of anaphora and his attempt to extend to the global and national audience, President Obama gave a rhetorically efficient speech and exhibited to us how he would lead us to a better tomorrow.
Primarily, Obama’s victory speech was about his winning the election for the office as the president. President Barack Obama delivered his speech on Nov. 4, 2008, in Grant Park, Chicago. The speech was a powerful, positive, and persuasive, also it inspired the audience. The main point of the speech is to cover three important pictures at the beginning, he drew a comparison between the past and present, by answering a rhetorical question “If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible” (Obama 685). Subsequently, he stated the gratitude for his running mate Joe Biden, campaign manager and his lovely family. Also, Obama was formal and candid to describe the catastrophic financial crises that happened in 2008 and the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. At the end of his speech, he painted a big picture of the upcoming change, by giving a comparison of women rights to vote and slavery between hundred years ago and now, also by mentioning and inspiring the younger generation. He also advised the American people to keep moving into the future and the adapting to the progressive movement theme.
The address describes insightfully there is always more to do, always more to learn, and always more to achieve. “Your body of work is never done” (Obama 6). In other words, Obama feels that “its about the daily labor, the many individual acts, the choices large and small that add up over time, over a lifetime, to a lasting legacy” (Obama 5). These are the statements Obama makes in his speech. It is about the daily labor, which means individuals should never let a job distract them from what matters in life or compromise values, principles, and commitments (5). No matter what title you obtain in your life, life is short and there is always more to accomplish. Choices small and big add up over a lifetime and it is up to the nation to make the most out of their lives. In order to make his speech persuasive, Obama uses these rhetorical elements: pathos, kairos, and structure matters.
The presidential victory speech delivered by Barack Obama who is the president to be was held on November 4, 2008, in Grant Park, Chicago. It is about his won election for the office as the president.