Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Speech Exercise/Rhetorical Analysis

Condoms Activism Speech (Funny)

President Obamas Speech On Birth Control !

 














Rhetorical analysis of Condoms Activism Speech (Funny):

(The audience for this speech seems to be a classroom of teenagers at a high school.)
The speaker, who like the audience, is wearing casual clothes possibly to appeal to the audience, to show the audience that he relates to them. The speaker starts off his speech with the attention grabber by shouting "SEX!" using this he has used pathos by surprising the audience with such an opening. Noting now that he has their attention he goes on to addressing the audience by saying that "Mostly all of you are going to want to have sexual relations with your partner like Marvin Gay's song Let's Get It On." here he is using pathos and logic, or logos, it may not be statistically accurate but it is logos. The use of pathos is used with him using comic relief to keep the audiences attention. Throughout his speech he uses ethos and logos with the use of  credible statistics and quotes about condoms. He also uses pathos and logos at the same time by mentioning how many girls at the school have been pregnant/have had children since starting at that high school. Although the speaker is not presenting his speech in a serious manner, the facts, statistics, and enthusiasm used proves that he does take the topic seriously.

Rhetorical analysis of President Obama's Speech On Birth Control:

(The audience of this speech is everyone presiding in the USA)
The speaker in this speech is President Obama, he is dressed in a suit and tie (ethos) to appeal to the audience as an authority figure. This speech is very professional and appears to be using ethos and logos throughout the speech. He uses both with the use of statistics from credible sources such as from "experts at the institute of medicine" and with the use of facts about birth control and the health care reform. Towards the middle and end of the speech he appeals to the audience by naming professions such as janitors, by naming average professions he uses pathos. Pathos is also used when he mentions the Catholic church, the principle of religious liberty, and a personal experience he has had when he worked at a Catholic church, with these he appeals to peoples emotion and religious beliefs. This speech because of the facts, statistics, and seriousness of the tone make it clear that President Obama also takes this topic seriously.

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