The style of Obama's speech is fitted to his audience. The president repeatedly praised the achievements of the American space program, and expressed gratitude to the men and women who dedicated their careers to it. Another major part of the speech's style is a sense of hope for the future. Especially towards the end of the speech, Obama described NASA and American space exploration as being destined for greatness in the coming years.
The purpose of this style seems to be one of motivation. Obama spoke in order to give his audience hope and a fire to push NASA to new levels. The applause of the audience is evidence that the style chosen by the president was effective.
Good analysis - but it's not thorough enough. You made valid points but you should elaborate more on each idea.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the comment above. It would be more affective to add quotes as examples for the reader.
ReplyDeleteI agree that President Obama's style in his speech was focused around motivation and hope, but how so? And how can you compare his style to lets say JFK's style in his space race speech?
ReplyDeleteI would imagine that this summary could benefit from additional sources (some perhaps geared towards how NASA is advancing rapidly). Expanding upon the ideas you’ve stated would also help to convince the reader of the validity of the points you made.
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