Acceptance Speech at the Democratic National Convention –Barack Obama August 28, 2008

Instructions: Identify the topic of the speech and include relevant background information. Introduce the speaker’s name, the occasion of the speech, the location of the speech, the intention of the speech and the audience. At the end of the introduction, include a thesis statement that states your opinion of the speech’s effectiveness at fulfilling the topic and meeting its intention. Be sure to state the overarching reason that led you to this opinion. Expand upon information about the speaker in a paragraph. Mention how the speaker establishes his credibility within the speech. Discuss how the speaker shows his connection to speech’s subject matter and establishes a relationship to the audience. Discuss the content of the speech. Mention the use of any repetition or themes. If the speech fits into a certain genre, mention how its structure reflects similar speeches. Write a paragraph about the structure of the speech. Discuss whether the beginning, middle and the end of the speech are recognizable and how. Mention the style, sentence structure or similarities in paragraph structure. Analyze whether the form and content complement each other in a paragraph. Construct a paragraph about the tone of the speech.