Piecyk AP Language And Composition Period 2 Mr. Bagley Michelle Obama

Calvin Hillis-Piecyk AP Language and Composition Period 2 Mr Bagley Michelle Obama served as the first lady to Barack Obama from the years 2008-2016. During her time as First Lady, she had many successful projects concerning children in the school system. Michelle viewed the younger generation as the future of America. As a result, she made initiatives such as the Reach Higher Initiative, targeted towards the youth of America in an attempt to get more students into higher education. The programs Michelle did during her time as president were intended to spread a message of hope and achievement of success through hard work and dedication, and this especially showed during her last speech as first lady. During Michelle’s speech, she emphasized

She used rhetorical devices such as parallelism to emphasize that your culture, religion, ethnicity, and background all play a part in your identity. When Michelle says “Our diversity of faiths and colors and creeds—that is not a threat to who we are, it makes us who we are.” it adds to the idea of the American dream as this idea of diversity can be used to show that America is a place for anyone to achieve success, no matter their background. As well as this, Michelle’s use of hyperbole during her speech is used to convey one of the main themes of this passage, which is the theme of being able to reach any goal you want through hard work and determination in America. When Michelle says “But with a lot of hard work and a good education, anything is possible—even becoming President.” the hyperbole used in this sentence is used as a way to express the idea of the American dream, which is that no matter what, with hard work, anyone can achieve whatever they set their mind to. Using the President as an example sets a very high standard of what you can become through the power of hard work and a good

She includes many statements about education in her speech to encourage the youth to get an education. When Michelle says this in her speech: “And that means getting the best education possible so you can think critically, so you can express yourself clearly, so you can get a good job and support yourself and your family, so you can be a positive force in your communities,” she is able to emphasize her point about education and why it should be important to you and the people in your community, while also keeping the attention of the audience through the use of rhetorical devices. As well as this, Michelle uses Anaphora to help advise the youth to get educated so you are able to protect your freedoms in an intelligent and articulate way. When she says, “you have to do your part to preserve and protect those freedoms. And that starts right now, when you’re young.” She is referring to being able to be taught the many freedoms that come along with living in this country and being able to defend those rights to the best of your ability. As well as education, one of the topics that Michelle focuses on during this article is the topic of