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Barack Obama Ethos Pathos Logos

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Barack Hussein Obama is an American politician who served as the 44th President of the United States from 2009 to 2017. He is the first African American to have served as president, as well as the first born outside the contiguous United States.In this speech he gave at the Democratic National Convention he reflects on his upbringing and his beating the odds with faith in the possibilities.His speech concerned the unnecessary and artificial divides in American politics and culture, emphasizing the importance of unity in our country, not just red states for Republicans and blue states for Democrats.His audience was community.His speech captivated the crowd and launched his national political career.I think his speech was one of the greatest …show more content…

In this speech he uses pathos and ethos expertly, but he does not make use of logos very well.Obama’s goal was to motivate and inspire people with his words to realize the situation in our country and make the right decisions come November.He is an expert at using the three modes of persuasion in order to craft this fantastic and inspiring speech. He uses his life experiences and accounts told to him throughout his life in order to back up his arguments and to establish a personal connection with people that have the same situation that he speaks of.His speech was an extremely emotional and passionate oration that spoke to millions across the country. He spoke of national unity as one of the most important and unique characteristics of the United States, and how unity is one of the most important things that our country could have in 2004, in light of 9-11 and the war in Iraq.Noticed that how Obama uses the terms “simple” and “small,” utilizing pathos to connect with the “regular guy” of America.This is language that Democrats do not often use, and it makes the speech more accessible to many people and gives more support to other themes.His speech was an extremely emotional and passionate speech that spoke to millions across the country.Obama grabed people by the heart and soul with his words.He also aimed to gain community's trust with this speech projecting an image that a standard, normal American guy and he successed.His eyecontact with audience was befitting during the speech.Obama is vigorously applauded during the speech frequently.Obama used entire his body language with his amazing

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