Discussion 5

ow do your purpose for writing and your audience influence the words you choose? Political speeches are persuasive writing at its height. They need to show information in a way that engages and convinces the audience by assuming terms and phrases used in everyday conversation of the audience members. Consider number 10 from this list of the 12 Greatest Political Speeches in American History: Bill Clinton’s 1996 State of the Union. The political agenda of the day, coupled with the audience, influenced the phrases chosen for this speech.

For your post, find another example of a powerful political speech. How would the style and word choice have changed had the speech been presented to a different audience?