![]() ![]() ![]() In addition, the opening allusion to the American dream echoes the words of great speakers in American history, such as Martin Luther King. ![]() Obama’s use of the power word, America, rouses the attention of the audience since invoking the word demands absolute obedience (Balshaw, 18). Maintaining a direct eye contact with his audience, Obama was loud enough to be heard, but soft enough so that the poetic words could sink deep into the minds of his listeners. With those words, Obama started his keynote delivery with a clear message of hope to the people of America. “If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time who still … tonight is your answer”(Obama, para.1). Obama employed different rhetorical strategies to deliver the speech and it was effective in giving the audience hope concerning the future. My evaluation of this acceptance speech will concentrate on the way Obama employed the approaches of narration, intonation, verbalization, silence, and telling of stories to draw the attention of the thousands of his audience who were enthusiastically listening to this historic speech. ![]()
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