Obama’s Acceptance Speech: Rhetorical Analysis

In the acceptance speech Rhetoric was seen everywhere. Here it was used to make those who saw it see that he didn’t only win but he did so with humility. Also here, we see that he tries to make people feel confident about his future presidency.  An example of his attempt to make his victory humble was when he mentioned that McCain had been a great person for the U.S and that he had done great sacrifices for his country that we could only begin to imagine. This made McCain look a good person but overall he was trying to accept the effort made by the opposing team. Also, Obama made people see that his government would be trustworthy by including all the different groups that exist in America at the moment.  Finally he used Pathos by mentioning his grandmother.

When it comes o Gestures Obama has very little facial expressions when he does it is to emphasize on some point. Although, this last one, is more directed to the movement of his hands more than anything else. He moves around a little but nothing too noticeable.