Speaking and Listening - Get Campaigning!

As many of you know, Barack Obama was recently elected as the new president of the United States of America.
When he was elected, he delivered a very powerful and meaningful speech to the people of America.
1) Watch the video of Barack Obama’s speech here. Below the video, you can also find a written version of his speech.

Once you have watched the video, read through his speech.
Copy and paste the speech into a word document.
Highlight and label all of the rhetorical devices listed below that Obama uses in his speech.

Rhetorical devices you should look for:

Emotive language

Sound patterns (alliteration, assonance etc)

Contrast

Repetition

The ‘rule of 3’

Description and Imagery (Similes, metaphors, personification)

Rhetorical questions are of course another device, although they are not present in Obama’s speech.

2) Now, imagine you are campaigning to become school president at GMS. Write a speech you would deliver to students of the school to persuade them to vote for you. What would you change in school? What personal qualities do you have that would make you a good school president? Use rhetorical devices listed above.