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Analyzing Obama's Transformative Speech

The document is a group assignment from Karatina University analyzing Barack Obama's 2004 speech that elevated his political career. It highlights Obama's effective use of storytelling, rhetorical devices, and imagery to connect with the audience and convey messages of hope and unity. The assignment emphasizes how these techniques made his speech memorable and impactful.

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Analyzing Obama's Transformative Speech

The document is a group assignment from Karatina University analyzing Barack Obama's 2004 speech that elevated his political career. It highlights Obama's effective use of storytelling, rhetorical devices, and imagery to connect with the audience and convey messages of hope and unity. The assignment emphasizes how these techniques made his speech memorable and impactful.

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UNIVERSITY:KARATINA UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL:OF BUSINESS
DEPARTMENT:HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMME:BACHELOR OF COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC RELATIONS
COURSE TITLE:PUBLIC SPEAKING
COURSE CODE:CCM 211
LECTURER:[Link] MACHARIA
TASK:GROUP ASSIGNMENT
DATE:28/03/2024

GROUP MEMBERS

NAME REG NO
1. Nellius Wanjiru B107/0296G/21
2. Wangombe Joe B107/0380G/21
3. Titus Kipngetich B107/0195G/22
4. Ndiritu Elizabeth B107/2606G/22
5. Mercy Mwende B107/0540G/22
6. Linnah Ndubi B107/0529G/22

EVALUATE THE SPEECH THAT MADE OBAMA PRESIDENT.


Barack Obama’s 2004 speech,which brought him into the limelight,was a powerful example of how a
single speech can transform a person’s career,business or [Link] not only filled his speech with
stories,he made the core of his speech a story and explained how it applied to the ideas he talked
[Link] allowed him to connect with the audience and convey his messages effectively.

Obama used rhetorical devices in his speech such as repetition,parallelism,polysyndeton and


enumeratio to make his speech easier to understand and listen.

Obama use imagery to [Link] example,instead of saying “my father was poor”,he said,”My
father was a foreign student,born and raised in a small village in [Link] grew up herding
goats,went to school in a tin-roof shack”.He used the power of images to emphasize the importance
of hope and the struggles faced by people in different parts of the [Link] of saying America
was the land of hope,Obama used images of slaves singing freedom songs,immigrants setting out for
distant shores and a young naval lieutenant patrolling the Mekong Delta.

Obama’s speech also contained [Link] regards to his thoughts on the young men and women
who enlisted in the military and returned injured,he expressed empathy in his [Link] promises to
improve the army and can empathise with their problems.

In conclusion,Obama’s use of rhetorical devices and imagery in his speech helped him make his
message more memorable and inspire millions of people with the strong message of hope and unity.

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