Barack Obama's Acceptance Speech

When I heard Barack Obama's acceptance speech, I was able to identify many rhetoric devices such as: logos, ethos, and pathos. After hearing his speech I was able to conclude that Barack Obama is a great speaker. He uses these three devices in an amazing away. He first uses Ethos so the people who are listening to him begin to know him more and see the kind of person he is. This way they'll get to see what kind of person is addressing to them. Second, he uses Logos in order to tell the people about what's happening in the country under Bush's government. And saying how change can be better. Saying if he wins, he'll improve the United States. And for last, he uses pathos were he kinds of concludes everything he has said by touching the Americans feelings. By getting to their hearts and make them see that he will be the best next president for the United States.

Logos:

"Senator McCain likes to talk about judgment, but, really, what does it say about your judgment when you think George Bush has been right more than 90 percent of the time?"
"The truth is, on issue after issue that would make a difference in your lives -- on health care, and education, and the economy -- Senator McCain has been anything but independent.""Next week in Minnesota the same party that brought you two terms of George Bush and Dick Shany will ask this country for a third."

Ethos:

"Four years ago, I stood before you and told you my story, of the brief union between a young man from Kenya and a young woman from Kansas who weren't well-off or well-known, but shared a belief that in America their son could achieve whatever he put his mind to."
"When I -- when I listen to another worker tell me that his factory has shut down, I remember all those men and women on the South Side of Chicago who I stood by and fought for two decades ago after the local steel plant closed."

Pathos:

"In the face of that young student, who sleeps just three hours before working the night shift, I think about my mom, who raised my sister and me on her own while she worked and earned her degree, who once turned to food stamps, but was still able to send us to the best schools in the country with the help of student loans and scholarships."
"Instead, it is that American spirit, that American promise, that pushes us forward even when the path is uncertain; that binds us together in spite of our differences; that makes us fix our eye not on what is seen, but what is unseen, that better place around the bend."

After reading the speech, I was able to conclude that Barack Obama IS an amazing speaker. He uses rhetoric and its devices in an incredible way. His speech definetly touched my heart and I'm sure many people's also. If I was old enough to vote, I will vote for Obama. He is someone who will make a difference.