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Movie:
Stephen Meyers is a young idealist who's brilliant at communications, is second in command of Governor Mike Morris's presidential campaign. In the middle of the Ohio primary, the campaign manager of Morris's opponent asks Meyers to meet and he offers him a job.
At the same time, Morris's negotiations for the endorsement of the man in third place, a North Carolina Senator, hit a snag. A young campaign intern, Molly Stearns, gets Stephen's romantic attention, they start seeing each other she had an affair with the governor and gets pregnant, she has an abort but later commit suicide. Stephen Meyers get fired for seeing the opponent and his life is falling apart. He blackmails Mike Morris and gets the campaign manager Paul fired and take his place as campaign manager.

How does it fit in US election.

The movie show how the election can go, but still in an fiction way.

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1. Describe the text’s genre:

The Text’s genre is a non-fiction article.

2. Describe the text using the rhetorical pentagon:

Speaker: Paul Lewis,

Audience: Readers of the Guardian,

Topic: 2016 Presidential Election,

Language: Colloquial,

Circumstance: Political,

Intention: To show that most people are choosing the lesser of two evils, and many feel like it’s unacceptable.

3. Describe the text’s theme:

Most voters in the 2016 elections feel like it’s not a serious election, which is shown in the participants, it resembles a reality show more than an actual presidential campaign.

4. Give examples on rhetorical devices used in the text:

Metaphors - The political landscape in McDowell County is described as “turning into quicksand”, the term “robot voters” are used to describe voters being stuck in voting for what they always vote for.

The rhetoric is leaning towards logos, but is mainly Pathos.

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Why he wrote it:

He wrote the speech because he was the first nigger to win a presidential election.

Genre:

The text is non-fiction of course and it’s from 2008 when he won.

Writer:

President Obama - maybe and possibly some helpers.

Receiver:

USA - but is shown to the entire world.

Topic:

Thank you speech for electing him as President.

Language:

A mixture of colloquial and formal language.

Circumstances:

He just won the election; therefore he’s holding his speech.

Intention:

To say thank you to every one of those who helped him.

Egos/Logos/Pathos:

He uses a lot of Ethos because he is presenting himself as a very trustworthy person and being President. He also uses a lot of Pathos since he talks about his family and dead family members.

Theme:

How USA should be forward when he’s President, how they should get out of the financial crises, how the nation should unify each other as one.

Rhetorical devices:

Anafor: Section 1 page 1

Antitese: Section 3 page 1

Triad: Section 8 page 2

Metaphor: Section 8 page 1 - also humor as he is known as a funny guy

Allusion: Section 1-6 page 3

Epifor: “Yes we can” page 3

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Genre: Speech
Theme: Equal Rights between Black and White People
Rhetorical devices:
- anaphora: "I have a Dream... i have a Dream", " let freedom ring"... "let freedom ring"
- Epiphora: "free at last"... "free at last"
- Metaphor: "...bank of justice is bankrupt"
- Allusion: "when the architects of our republic wrote..."
- similie: "... came as a great beacon light of hope..."
Rhetorical Pentagon:

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Donald Trumps RNC Speech. Mathias Bachmann

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Donald Trumps RNC Speech. Mathias Bachmann

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Genre: Non-fiction (speech)

Receiver: People at the convention + world
Writer: Donald Trump and the republicans
Topic: Victorious view on the future
Language: Colloquial + formal
Circumstances: President nominee winner
Intention: Thank and unify the people

Theme: Goal for the future

Rhetorical devices: Triad, Pathos, Logos, Anaphora,

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John Winthrop - A modell of Christian Charity:
Genre: Non-fiction (Speech)

Rhetorical Pentagon:
Receiver - Other Puritans (passengers)
Writer- John Winthrop
Topic- Brave New World / Greatness of the opportunities
Intention- Instill hope
Language - Proper english - Modes of Appeal = Ethos and pathos
Circumstances- On the way to America

Theme: Hope

Rhetorical Devices: Triad, Allusion, Metaphor, Anaphora, Epiphora & Antithesis

Abraham Lincoln - Gettysburg Address

Genre: Non-fiction (Speech)
Rhetorical Pentagon:
Receiver - Population of Gettysburg + citizens of the USA
Writer - Abraham Lincoln
Topic - Tribute / Dedication to the fallen
Intention - Remember the fallen in the civil war + encourage to still stand tall
Appeal - Pathos + little ethos

Language - Proper English + little colloquial - Modes of

Circumstances - Official dedication ceremony for the National Cemetery (Civil war)

Theme: Unify the people

Rhetorical Devices: Anaphora, Allusion, Redundancy, Triad, Antithesis & Metaphor

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Donald Trump's presidental victory speech:

Genre: Satire, victory speech

Rhetorical pentagon:
Receiver: Americans
Writer:  Carol Pogash
Topic:  Victory speech
Intention: Goals as president/ make America great again
Language: Ethos

Theme:
Make America great again and stand together as a country

Rhetorical devices:
Page 2, line 3-4 = anaphora
Page 3, line 7 = anaphora
Page 4, line 4 = anaphora

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Hillary Clinton

Genre: Speech to the Democratic Nationla Convention

Rhetorical pentagram:
Topic: Political bullet-points
Intention: Thank you-speech to the domecrats for election as their representative.
Writer/sender: Hillary Clinton
Reader/reciever: The democrats (The whole world though TV)
Language: Proper english - using a lot of Pathos and Ethos and Logos in her bullets-points.
Circumstances: DNC (Democrat National Convention)

Hillary´s bullet-points is:
- School/college for free for all.
- Bans several types of assault weapons.
- Espand Obama-Care.
- Give a path to legal status to illegal immigrants.
- Minimum wage -> 12 dollars an hour.
- Abortion should be legal.
- Same sex-marriage be legal.
- Raise capital gains taxes.
- Marijuana: Waint and see  - pro overall legalization.
- Israel: Work towards a 2-state solution.
- Iran: Aupport nuclear deal.
- Islamic State: No boots on the ground!

Rhetorical tools in the speech:
Anaphora, triad, epiphora, slang, humour, allusion, antithesis - se gennemgang og analyse på fronter: "Clinton.notebok" på dette link: https://fronter.com/vuc-vestamt/links/files.phtml/293312837$756562930$/Arkiv/ENGELSK/THEME+7+-+US+SPEECHES+AND+US+ELECTION/Undervisningsnoter+-+US+speeches/Clinton+DNC+speech+-+notes.pdf