If I use the speech former President Bush gave after the 9/11 attacks as an example, he delivered those speeches due to the fact that there was a situation that required attention, or exigence. The audience Bitzer describes is to be constrained in decision and action whether the audience is yourself or an ideal mind. In this given example the audience was the American citizens, because we were capable of serving as mediators of the change with the discourse functions to produce. Finally, the constraints are what influence the rhetor and they can be brought to bear upon the audience. When an orator enters the situation, their discourse not only harnesses constrains given by the situation, but also provides additional important constraints.
We could bring up the case as a sample to demonstrate what we are discussing about. However, adding a question to prove our point is not recommended in academic writing. The subject line information to identify the situation has to be included on the head of the memo. In addition, clarity, correctness, and courtesy are very important and they represent for our efforts. The memo should be clearly written and organized in direct order, beginning with the objective and then systematically and covering the vital bits of information (Rentz, 2008).
Debating the USA PATRIOT Act t[1] Abstract After the attacks on September 11, 2001, the United States Department of Justice revealed plans for legislation aimed at giving government authorities far-reaching oversight powers to prevent and protect against terrorist activities. On October 26, 2001, Public Law 107-56, Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism, also known as the USA PATRIOT Act, went into effect. Among other provisions, this legislation gave federal agents the ability to detain non-citizens, increase wiretaps, initiate e-mail and Internet surveillance, and intensify the monitoring of student
The Taliban countered demanding proof linking them to the attacks. On October 7, 2001, the United States began an aerial bombing campaign against the Taliban, with the goal of defeating al-Qaeda. The U.S. government claimed the invasion was to find bin Laden as well as other high-ranking members of al-Qaeda. They vowed to remove the Taliban from power. As well as creating a democratic state for the
***You’ll want to pay special attention to the author’s central argument(s) or “thesis,” the primary idea or ideas the author is trying to convey and convince the reader to accept. What is the author trying to convince the reader
Wood also analyzes Obama’s use of references in his election night speech. He discusses how “Behind his speech were the ghosts of Lincoln’s First Inaugural” (610) as well as “the explicit reference to King’s famous phrase about how ‘the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice’” (611). Both discussions of Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. are included to show how Obama believed his election to be a turning point in history as Lincoln and King’s speeches were a turning point in their time period as well. It was imperative for Safire and Wood to discuss the allusions to others’ speeches in both of their analysis as without the references to others’ speeches both Lincoln and Obama’s speeches would not have had the impact and power that they did. Through the course
This event opened up an era of crisis, and constitutes the global war on terrorism. After the attack our government started to open up about the terror cell of the
Select one example of a conflict between two branches of the federal government. Explain the context and the details of this conflict. Analyze how the Constitution addresses this conflict and assess the way our public officials resolved it. Do you agree with their decision? 11.
2. Purpose and Research Questions 1.2.1 Purpose of This Research The present thesis aims to reveal the rhetorical characteristics of Obama’s election campaign speeches using the analytical tools of Aristotle’s three appeals. The author intends to provide a practical method for catching the ethos, pathos and logos concealed in American election campaign speeches and at the same time to put forward a proposal of raising English learners’ awareness in public speaking. So there are two purposes for the writing of this thesis. 1) This thesis is to provide a means of seeing through language, to probe into the rhetorical skills used in Obama’s election campaign speeches and to explain how language is used by powerful groups to reinforce persuasion.
Helwan University Faculty of Arts English Department 2012 CDA, A Look into Minds: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Mubarak’s Speeches during The Revolution By ……… Under the supervision of Dr. ……… Abstract The current study aimed to clarifying how politicians deconstruct language in a way that serves their interests and ideologies. It also aimed at investigating how Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) can be helpful in revealing the latent ideologies and hidden intentions behind the speakers’ speeches. This was studied by analysing the three speeches of Mubarak, as an example of political discourse, which he delivered during the Egyptian revolution. The current study depended in the analysis of the speeches on a number of CDA tools, pragmatic tools and rhetorical devices. Employing these tools to the speeches showed that when writing their political speeches, politicians, including Mubarak, tend to utilize various linguistic tools, in order to convince their audience with their views, opinions and ideologies.