Obama 2004 Address to Dem Convention

What device is Obama employing here: Through hard work and perseverance my father got a scholarship to study in a magical place, America, that shone as a beacon of freedom and opportunity to so many who had come before.

• Hyperbole

• Parallelism

• Metaphor

• Allusion

Obama's father was from _____ while his mom was from ______.

• Kenya

  America

• America

  Australia

• England

  Africa

• Africa

  Scotland

Which device does Obama employ here: Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our Nation -- not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy.

• Parallelism

• Repetition

• Stereotype

• Anaphora

What is the point of this speech?

• To get elected as president

• To endorse John Kerry as president

• To support George W. as president

• To condemn partisan politics

Which word best describes Obama's tone in this speech?

• Judgmental

• thoughtful

• Optimistic

• Encouraging

Which devices: Now -- Now let me be clear. Let me be clear. We have real enemies in the world. These enemies must be found. They must be pursued. And they must be defeated.

• Anaphora, Metaphor

• Repetition, anaphora

• Parallelism, repetition

• Repitition, Aphorism

Device? t is that fundamental belief -- It is that fundamental belief: I am my brother’s keeper. I am my sister’s keeper that makes this country work. It’s what allows us to pursue our individual dreams and yet still come together as one American family.

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Anaphora

• Parallelism

The pundits, the pundits like to slice-and-dice our country into red states and blue states; red states for Republicans, blue states for Democrats. But I’ve got news for them, too. We worship an awesome God in the blue states, and we don’t like federal agents poking around in our libraries in the red states.

• Pathos

• Logos

• Ethos

Devices? It’s the hope of slaves sitting around a fire singing freedom songs; the hope of immigrants setting out for distant shores; the hope of a young naval lieutenant bravely patrolling the Mekong Delta; the hope of a millworker’s son who dares to defy the odds; the hope of a skinny kid with a funny name who believes that America has a place for him, too.

• Pathos

  Anaphora

• Pathos

  Anecdote

• Ethos

  Aphorism

Device? Now even as we speak, there are those who are preparing to divide us -- the spin masters, the negative ad peddlers who embrace the politics of "anything goes." Well, I say to them tonight, there is not a liberal America and a conservative America -- there is the United States of America.

• Anecdote

  Juxtaposition

• Metaphor

  Juxtaposition

• Assertion

  Juxtaposition

• Refutation

  Juxtaposition