Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Presidential Rhetorical Strategies

1. Begging the question: Obama would answer without addressing the actual question.
2. Bandwagon propaganda: Appealing to the people to go with the more popular vote.
3. Eye contact: Both candidates address the audience looking them in the eye maintaining a connection.
4. Didactic pause: Obama pauses a lot when he speaks to draw emphasis to certain points.
5. Imagery: When discussing future plans, Obama describes children to emotionally appeal to the audience.
6. Strawperson: Obama attempted to oversimplify and over generalize Romney's policies. (He failed)
7. Tone: Romney's overall tone was competent and informing creating a credible appeal.
8. Comparison: Romney compares Obama's lies to how his children did the same to him.
9. Rewards: Romney uses jobs as a reward for voting for him.
10. Oversimplification: Obama oversimplifies his arguments in an attempt to appeal to the common man.

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