Analyse of Barack Obama’s Speech “Back to School”

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Barack Obama’s speech “Back to School” At many special occasions, people make a speech to celebrate a person or pay tribute to something. A speech can be inspiring and very motivating for people. People, who have achieved great things in life, can inspire other people to achieve their goals too. It can also be very moving and full of emotions. For an example a speech at a wedding can be full of beautiful words and very emotional, especially to those who the speech is directed at. The audience is a very important part, when you are giving a speech. No matter what subject you are talking about, you must know what kind of audience you are about to talk to. The same subject cannot be processed in the same way to children as it can to elderly people. A speech is supposed to be heard, not read, therefore you must express your key points clearly to the certain audience group. September the 8, 2009, the President, Barack Obama, gave a speech, “Back to School”, at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia. As the title of the speech indicates, the speech is dealing with the topic education/school and is turned to the students who attend at the school. Obama are very aware of who his audience is, therefore, he uses a language the young people can relate to. The President starts his speech in a very down to earth way. He is very humble and says hello to everyone “Hello everyone – how’s everybody doing today? (…) I’m glad you all could join us today.” (L. 1-5) There is a good clarity of structure in the speech, which helps the audience to follow the Presidents points. He repeats certain words in several sentences in a row. “Every single one of you has something you’re good at. Every single one of you has something to offer.” (L. 36) He starts out two sentences in the completely same way, which makes his statements more reliable. In the light of these quotations, we

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