America comes together to hear the words of their chosen president as he delivers his inaugural address. One such speech, delivered on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, by President Barack Obama at the start of his second term is seen as a speech that uses many rhetorical devices to persuade, elevate, and motivate the American public to believe in the Constitution of the United States. President Obama’s address features the use of pathos, an emotional speech, logos, a logical appeal, as well an incorporation
In Washington DC,in the presence of record number of audience President Obama gave his Inaugural Address and became the 44 th president . His rhetoric was practical and directly addressing the current situation of the country he now leads.Obama’s rhetoric is both intelligent and thoughtful as he uses an exceptional style in his compelling speech and different rhetorical devices to have a persuasive effect on the audience. Obama effectively used Aristotle’s appeals in his inaugural speech in order
On May 1, 2011, Barack Obama addressed the nation with his "President Obama's Address to the Nation Speech on the Death of Osama bin Laden" (Lunsford Ruszkiewicz Walters 31). For the most part, Obama's speech brought great joy to Americans everywhere and caused an astounding uproar of celebration all across the nation. With his calm demeanor and stern words, Obama delivered the speech in a mild manner while striking fear into the face of terrorism at the same time. President Obama is no stranger
The change of American exceptionlism in Obama’s rhetorical speeches In ‘The Rhetorical Dimensions of Obama’s Foreign Policy (Zarefsky, 2014), David Zarefsky puts forth a crucial idea that the outdated belief system American exceptionalism, which served as a doctrine in American history, has lost its potential impact in the era of interdependence. Zarefsky also states that Obama faced a predicament in terms of foreign policy between global audiences who are apt to a mutilateral cooperation and domestic
discourse analysis of the first inaugural address by Abraham Lincoln and the first inaugural address by Barack Obama on properties of discursive manipulation; including lexical, macro details, and grammatical elements. The rhetorical styles used by both presidents in their Addresses unquestionably influenced their degrees of success in achieving their political goals. Additionally political discourse is especially interesting to look at for this type of research since the speakers address the audience
For example, Richard Vatz argues in, “The Myth of the Rhetorical Situation,” that for something to be considered rhetorical, words must be involved. This is not the case, however, considering the powerful effect that pictures, images, and sounds, all have in the persuasion of an audience. Since images and sounds have the power to appeal to an audience’s pathos, logos, and ethos, they are in actuality, rhetorical objects. Vatz also argues, “We view the communication of an event as a
where in the World. In our history, most presidents have used rhetoric to make their case and to address important issues when speaking to the nation. During president Obama’s journey that brought him to the White House, his speeches have contained many types of rhetoric and rhetorical devices. Throughout his inaugural speech, we can find many examples of methods that are commonly used is regards to rhetorical standards. While preserving his own credibility, the president tempted to the audience’s emotions
In “Address to the Nation”, a speech released by President Barack Obama on December 6th of 2015, Obama discusses the ubiquitous issue of terrorism, specifically referring to ISIL. An analysis of the first section of this speech uncovered the anomaly of a tragedy depicting 14 American soldiers who were killed in the hands of a terror organization formally known as ISIL. As the president advances in his national address, he elucidates all aspects of terrorism in this tragedy, but also details pertaining