Prompt
For this project select two speeches by candidates who are running for President of the United States in 2020. Select one Republican and one Democrat from the following lists.
Republicans:Donald Trump
Democrats:Former Vice President Joe BidenFormer New York Mayor Mike BloombergFormer South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete ButtigiegHawaii Representative Tulsi Gabbard California Senator Kamala HarrisMinnesota Senator Amy KlobucharVermont Senator Bernie SandersInvestor Tom SteyerMassachusetts Senator Elizabeth WarrenEntrepreneur Andrew Yang
Begin with a mission statement, using metadiscourse to explain your project’s goals from start to finish.
Provide some context on each politician and their speech. Construct a brief account of their argument for academic readers who are unfamiliar with these texts. Use the rhetorical précis as a guide.
Select several paragraphs by each politician, and analyze the claims they made, the rhetorical appeals and strategies they used, and which specific voters they targeted.
Evaluate the politicians’ use of rhetorical appeals and strategies. Critique how effectively you think they engaged voters.
Using what you learned from these two politicians/writers, propose an explanation of how you think politicians running for President of the United States should use rhetoric more effectively to engage voters.
Write a 3-5 page essay in which you achieve the goals of this project.