Rhetorical Analysis Of Sarah Palin's Speech

In Ames, Iowa January of 2016, Sarah Palin delivers a confident speech endorsing Trump for presidency. In it, she asserts that the United States is in need of a strategic and honest leader, much like Donald Trump. Palin uses a loud but articulate tone of voice and diction. Also, she utilizes a patriotic, and motherly, sense of pathos in order to appeal to the majority of the audience, U.S. citizens. Furthermore, she uses blunt allusions to previous presidencies, such as Obama’s term, in order to compare Trump in a positive way. Ultimately, Sarah Palin convinces the audience that America deserves a leader that will put the citizen’s wellbeing first, and who will be honest. Through delivery, she makes the conclusion that Donald Trump is perfectly

By doing this, she makes the audience more receptive towards any of the assertions made because they feel as if they are an important element to the speech. Whenever she says key words, such as “We all have a part in this,” (Blaine) she makes sure that she engages the audience, and she, therefore, makes them feel personally assured. This not only makes them more receptive, however, it also makes them feel compelled to reciprocate the eye contact back to Palin out of pure comfortability of the situation. Through this, Palin create the sense that through listening and voting for Trump as the next president, the people are justly serving their country. Once this sense of duty is established then it becomes morally difficult for a citizen to not vote for the candidate that would benefit the country the

Whenever she says “... A new commander-in-chief who will never leave our men behind…” (Blaine), Palin delivers it in a loud voice not only to emphasize the point, but also in order to keep the readers on the edge of their seat. Essentially, the crowd is anticipating what else Palin will comment on, but they also are aware that whatever she says is not halfheartedly delivered or halfheartedly true. This is important in the speech because the audience becomes so engrossed in the passionate delivery of her speech that any idea of a misleading argument is diminished. Much like the eye contact that Palin gives, the loud voice that is distributed through many climaxes establishes the trust that is essential between her and the voters. This trust that has been established furthermore helps alleviate the redundancy that has been present when she says not to buy into many of the presidents. Through the built up trust, Palin is able to present Trump as the one change to end a cycle of corrupt