The tribute to Lady Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton, written by Jane Galway, was supposed to be a formal text that acknowledged a remarkable woman’s passing. Instead, Galway wrote it as an informal text where she showed her own opinion on Lady Douglas-Hamilton. The first error I noticed in the text was the rhetorical question in the first sentence. Galway wrote, “[…] who died on Jan. 14 at the ripe old age of 103, can you believe it?” As this should be a formal text, Galway should have refrained from referring to another person as she did here.
In her eulogy, Margret Thatcher honors the former United States president Ronald Regan. In this, she uses many rhetorical strategies to convey her message. In the first few paragraphs, Thatcher uses many words to describe Ronald Regan positively. For example, she says, “In his lifetime, Ronald Regan was such a cheerful and invigorating presence that it was easy to forget what daunting historic tasks he set himself”.
As the United States was fully engaged in World War II, Clare Boothe Luce, a congresswoman, gave a speech to a group of women urging them to prepare for more sacrifices as the war effort continued. Luce made effective rhetorical choices to convey her message, using a combination of pathos, ethos, and logos to persuade her audience to embrace the tough road ahead. Her speech is a call to action for women, urging them to accept the challenges that will come with the war effort and continue fighting for victory. Luce's use of pathos is evident throughout her speech, as she appeals to the emotions of her audience. She acknowledges that the current state of the war effort may seem "glamorous" to some, but she quickly reminds them that the road
Claudia Johnson, better known as ¨Lady Bird¨ gave a speech on April 1964, towards Eleanor Roosevelt memorial foundation. Throughout her address, Johnson glorifies Eleanor Roosevelt's actions and her beliefs describing the impact he had on millions of people's lives. Johnson does this by using rhetorical strategies like alliteration, and amplification in and throughout her speech to leave a meaningful nd deeper impression on her audience. Johnson ues the rhetorical strategy of alliteration throughout her speech, like when she states ¨Her conscience was her counselor¨ (line 11-12)
On June 1, 1950, Margaret Chase Smith, a U.S. senator form Maine and a member of the Republican Party, presented her “Declaration of Conscience” to the United States Senate in hopes of appealing to President Truman, which did in fact happen. In her speech, Smith concludes that all Americans should be able to follow the principles of Americanism without being labeled as communists or fascists. The principles of Americanism include the right to criticize, the right to hold unpopular beliefs, the right to protest, and the right of independent thought. During her address, Smith indirectly criticizes Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin as his philosophy of McCarthyism is what influenced her to address the Senate. In McCarthyism, people are
Bryson Esplin Mr. Johansen ENG 101 1 February 2023 Rhetorical Analysis of Julie Petersen’s “Analysis Essay: Is Macbeth A Tragic Hero?” One true problem with writing posted to the internet is the inability to prove what, if anything, is true or credible. With common phrases such as “Don’t believe everything you read” and “Fake news,” it has become more important than ever to know what articles are reliable. One example of a source that claims to be trustworthy but is questionable at best is the website AskPetersen.com. Julie Petersen, who runs the website, claims to have everything to help readers “write a perfect essay” (Petersen, “Blog”).
In an eulogy to former President of the United States, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, former prime minister of Great Britain, addresses a speech in honor of Reagan. Throughout the eulogy, Thatcher informs Americans all of the amazing work Reagan did during his presidency and how he is a great person. Using examples of the work Reagan did, Thatcher states acknowledges those ideas in order to keep his legacy alive. Thatcher opens and closes her eulogy by directly addresses it to the American citizens in a warm and proud tone.
The loss of a nation's leader is a tremendous blow the people's stability, and induces a painful reflection on how the state suffered, shifted, grew, and healed under their authority. The United States faces such a blow after Ronald Reagan's Passing, and while he passed nonviolently his departure forced up uneasy memories of an weak era in united states History. Regan was beloved by the people for his hand in healing nationwide fear induced by the the looming threat of nuclear weaponry and a shaky economy. With Reagan no longer living much of the people were left with a sense that a security blanket has been ripped from under the nations soil. Margaret Thatcher, a past prime minister of Great Britain and dear friend of Regan’s delivered a heart throbbing eulogy to
At the start of her speech, Jill Bolte Taylor, critically displays pathos with the use of her brother's mental disorder. Standing in front of a crowd of fascinated people, she uses pathos to capture their compassion. At the start of her speech, she engages with the audience by saying, "I grew up to study the brain because I have a brother who has been diagnosed with a brain disorder, schizophrenia." (Taylor). This use of pathos was highly effective because she captures their attention making them feel sincere and sympathetic towards her.
In her commencement address at the University of Virginia, Professor Rita Dove - Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and former US poet laureate - expresses her wishes for the graduating students on how to be fulfilled in life by lightening the mood with light-hearted quips and giving credibility to her advice with accomplished figures as examples. Dove includes small quips and jokes to keep the audience engaged and lighten the otherwise serious tone. Instances of this include early in the speech when Dove calls herself a “contrary fairy godmother” and a “wily genie”. This allows the audience of nervous graduating students to feel more relaxed throughout the rest of the speech so they are more likely to pay attention. When someone is stressed or anxious
In her 2008 commencement speech at Harvard University, J.K. Rowling, the bestselling author of the Harry Potter series, delivered a powerful and persuasive message to the graduating class. The strategies that Rowling (2008) used to engage her audience and deliver her message effectively, such as pathos, ethos, and logos, will be examined in this text. Through personal anecdotes, humor, and persuasive language, the author encouraged her audience to embrace failure and imagination as powerful tools for personal growth and success. By analyzing the techniques and devices that Rowling (2008) employed in her speech, readers can gain a deeper understanding of how she created a persuasive and memorable message for her audience.
In Barbara Bush’s speech at the Wellesley college commencement in 1990. I believe that her main ideas are to remind the students that success is not defined by social expectations by unique personal goals when listening to her speech! I also feel that she is warning us on labeling others that we don’t know much about, that when she starts to talk about Alice Walker the famous writer of (The Color Purple) Bush also used demographic, the audiences gender age, and cultured, psychographic analysis which focuses on their beliefs values and life experiences and situational analysis, which also focuses on the setting and mood of the audience. Now with her examples she uses a story by Robert Fulghum about a young pastor finding himself in charge of
For example Anthony says, “but this oligarchy of sex, which makes father, brothers, husband, sons, the oligarchs over the mother and sisters, the wife and daughters, of every household” This is very sad since women and girls should not be ruled or told what to do because they are thought of to be less than man. The constitution is in place to have a unified country not to have an oligarchy of men lead households. The pathos appeal is used to show what suffering women are going through due to men ruling them, and not knowing how to fight back. Susan B. Anthony in her speech also says, “Are women persons?.....and no state has the right to make a law, or to enforce an old law, that shall abridge their privileges and immunities.”, which also connects with the emotions of the audience. She is trying to make people feel bad that women are treated less even though they are just as righteous as men to have the same privileges.
In her speech, Elizabeth Glaser convinces people and leaders in America that they need to acknowledge and respect the real dangers of AIDS and the victims that have it. Glaser effectively uses ethos, repetition, and tone to convey this message to the audience. Elizabeth Glaser, the woman who brought awareness of AIDS, takes a stance based on her own experience with AIDS. In order to help the audience to believe her, at the beginning of her speech, Glaser tells the audience that she “Had unknowingly passed it to [her] daughter, Ariel, through [her] breast milk, and [her] son, Jake, in utero”. In order to build Elizabeth Glaser’s ethos, Glaser talks about how she and her children aren’t the “typical” or “expected” people to contract AIDS.
Margaret Thatcher, the British Prime Minister at the time, gave a eulogy to the grieving American people in honor of the late Ronald Reagan on June 11th, 2004. In her speech, Thatcher used rhetorical techniques to show the strength and principles of Reagan and project those values onto the American people. To project the ideas of strength and firm ideals, Thatcher used repetition, elevated syntax and the tone of optimism and sincerity to convey her message. In the beginning of the speech, Thatcher used repetition to show what Reagan had accomplished in his lifetime.
