Post both of your precis and your rhetorical observations in the comments section.
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Sample: In his State of the Union speech delivered on January 12, 2016, President Barack Obama emphasizes the themes of hope and change with which he began his presidency in 2007 and argues that in order to move forward as a nation, we must ignore politically motivated negativity and work towards answering four specific questions. After pointing out the fallacies in Rebublican candidates’ “peddling fiction” in their criticisms of his administration, Obama highlights his accomplishments and lays out his suggestions for making progress in the areas of national economy, climate change, national security, and political discourse. By addressing criticisms and highlighting accomplishments, Obama highlights past progress and encourages present positivity in order to suggest that by working together as a nation and focusing our attention on specific issues, we can ballast our prosperity, security, and maintain our national strength and identity. Through his confident, hopeful tone, simple diction, and use of both logos and pathos, Obama addresses all Americans in his speech, but specifically targets voters who may be swayed by current political rhetoric and negativity. Click on this link to find the inaugural addresses for all the U.S. presidents. Choose one of the speeches and identify as many propaganda techniques as you can. How many of the seven tactics that McClintock discusses can you find? Write a brief analysis of your findings and share it in the comments below. Be sure to mention which speech you are analyzing by mentioning the year and the president who delivered the speech.
Watch both of the McCain ads from the 2008 campaign and use the techniques worksheet to sort out which propaganda techniques the campaign employs in each of the ads. Choose one of the ads to blog about. In your blog, write about the techniques you observed and the effect you think they had. Also include your observations about what you believe the campaign was trying to communicate through the ad.
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