David McCullough, in his Wellesley High School Commencement Address, utilizes imagery to convey to his audience that each individual possesses the same common potential. While addressing the graduating class of 2012, McCullough makes a point to emphasize how unexceptional the students are. By bringing to light the fact that the students are all wearing the same “ceremonial costume…shapeless, uniform, one-size-fits-all” (McCullough 1), he illustrates the conformity of the crowd. By depicting the cap and gown, McCullough demonstrates that each student at the ceremony are at the same level.
Most commencement speeches are often boring, drawn out, and they seem similar, but this isn’t true about all of them. In his humorous and incredibly inspiring commencement speech given to Lesley University in 2018, Jason Reynolds captivates and teaches his audience through the use of storytelling and comedy to deliver his life advice. In Jason Reynolds commencement speech, he uses humor and other rhetorical devices in order to appeal to the audience’s emotions. For example, in the first sentence of his speech Reynolds makes a comment on how much of a challenge it was trying to fit all of his hair into the graduation cap.
In her “Commencement Speech at Mount Holyoke College”, Anna Quindlen employs personal anecdotes and her academic background to effectively build her credibility. Quindlen explains how her strive for perfection in her younger years only served to add needless parasitic pressure. She claims that “being perfect day after day, year after year, became like always carrying a backpack filled with bricks on my back” (Quindlen 1). Drawing from her personal experiences, Quindlen challenges her audience to “give up the backpack”. By building a strong connection through shared hardship, Quindlen appears as an authority on defying conformity to discover one’s own individuality.
Steven Zheng Mrs.Korey 3/20/23 English 2 “Jason Reynold delivers Lesley University Commencement Address,” Rhetorical Analysis Numerous individuals each year graduate from college, destined for the real world as they take flight. In the highly creative and skillfully crafted, “Jason Reynolds delivers Lesley University Commencement Address”, given at the commencement of the graduates of Lesley University on May 19th 2018, Jason Reynolds delivers a poignant and deeply meaningful message of taking on the world. Jason Reynolds establishes credibility and meaningfully appeals emotionally to his audience through his masterful use of similes, metaphor, alliteration, repetition, symbolism, humor, and charisma to help them take flight in their lives.
Brothers, I hope this reaches you well! I am Quejioun D. Johnson, freshman mathematics major education minor from Tifton, Ga. Recently, I was invited to sit down and chat with President Wilson. We discussed multiple thing; one of the main discussion points was " Why does Morehouse focus more on Alumni success rather than, student success. President Wilson and I have teamed to start something here on Morehouse's campus.
Hey Friends! As some of you may know Taylor and I moved just before summer so now that summer is over we figured it 's time to have a party. Come on over anytime after 7:30pm on October 9th for drinks, dancing, and shenanigans. Our new address is 114 Trotchie Cres.
Today, John Thornton and I are at the Eldorado Saloon. It’s sixty below zero right now and I am freezing my paws off. Every man here is bragging about their dogs. I think I heard one say his dog could pull 500 pounds.
The world, as well as ourselves, can become confident. I will encourage scholarship, leadership, and good citizenship with my school and community. With my hardwork, not only shall I benefit, but all that I help shall be benefited as well.
Rhetorical Analysis of Drew Houston’s 2013 MIT Commencement Speech Sometimes, life isn't something one can plan out, and sometimes "perfect" doesn’t exist. This is the message Drew Houston (the CEO and founder of Dropbox) looked to promote during his 2013 Commencement Speech at MIT (the Massachusetts Institute of Technology). In this speech, Drew Houston employed a range of rhetorical strategies, including humor, emotional appeals, and storytelling, to captivate his audience and effectively convey his message about the significance of following one's passion and persisting through setbacks. By deftly weaving these rhetorical devices throughout his speech, Houston not only engages and entertains his listeners but also inspires them to pursue their dreams with determination and perseverance.
The 2016 spring commencement speech given by Quint Studer, he was a student who struggled in high school due to having both a speech impediment and being hard of hearing. But, he was able to make it through high school and college thanks to the people he encountered in his life that helped him. The “pebble in the pond” theory as explained by Quint Studer is the ideology that you indeed do have an impact on many of the people you come in contact with during life. For example, he mentioned a teacher he had in the 6th grade. This teacher knew that Studer had a problems preventing learning so he moved his desk next to Studer, allowing him to be able to give him the extra helping hand, without being obvious.
Addressing the graduating class” William Faulkner, in his speech “Addressing The graduating class”, uses elements that create an emotional link between the speaker and the audience while also appealing to their hope for change and fear. In doing so, Faulkner hopes that the “youth” listening will be inspired to bring about the change of which he is speaking about, “Change for man’s peace and security”. Faulkner’s repeated use of second person pronouns such as “you” towards the beginning of his speech create a positive connotation for his audience. One that empowers them believe that they have the ability to bring about change in this world while they 're still young and capable of doing so. Faulkner
Good Afternoon everyone! Welcome to the Arlington National Cemetery. My name is Ashley Becan and I will be your tour guide today. Here in Arlington, Virginia this is one of the most famous cemeteries. This cemetery was built in 1864 the cemetery became a military cemetery.
Nations have honored their veterans in many different ways. They pay their respects to those who have committed their lives to serve for our country and have lost their lives fighting. Our country is not differentiated. We pay our tribute just the same as any other country would. Our country has over 100 cemeteries to honor those who have passed from being in the military and/or other causes.
Marching band; copious amounts of people scoff at the sound of those words. I often hear students commenting on how easy marching band is, how we don’t train like the football players do. At Anderson High School, that’s not the case, the marching band trains for just as long. As a band of over 125 individuals, it takes determination, pride, and confidence to achieve the goals we have set forth to accomplish. As a leader of the saxophone section, I know what it’s like to face failure, to overcome and turn it into success and to march on with confidence.
Nonetheless, my hope is that I am able to join in the fight that this university would allow me to join in so that I do not fall into the same disillusionment that my previous writings preclude. Thank you for the time and
