Speech Analysis: Obama's Victory Speech

Obama delivered a successful and persuasive inauguration speech just as well written as the acceptance speech. He did a great job convincing the audience that he will be an exceptional leader and a responsible reliable role model.

Just as in the other speech he used short and simple sentences that delivered a powerful message and mad the speech memorable. In both of the speeches he restates his promise to make America a better place which gets the crowd in an uproar. He seems to say exactly what his audience wants to hear and has established a connection with them. Both of the speeches were powerful, persuasive and delivered with passion.

Both of the speeches were filled with common rhetorical devices. Just as in the previous speech he used a rhetorical question when saying, "if our children should live to see the next century; if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see? What progress will we have made?" However the most commonly used rhetorical devices seemed to be reader inclusion and repetition. He uses reader inclusion such as " I know you didn't do this just to win an election and I know you didn't do it for me. You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead." throughout the speech and constantly refers to the audience. Repetition is use in his speech when he says, "So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism; of service and responsibility where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves, but each other. Let us remember that if this financial crisis taught us anything, it's that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers - in this country, we rise or fall as one nation; as one people.Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long. Let us remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House - a party founded on the values of self-reliance, individual liberty, and national unity."

These particular rhetorical devices are constantly used because they engage the audience and make the speech noteworthy. They are effective because the reader inclusion in his speech makes the people feel a connection to the speaker and the repetition makes the speech memorable. he says what they want to hear and these devices make the speech persuasive. Obama has impeccable public speaking skills and the writer of his speech has an excellent writing style.