Dear Class of 2020
  1. Dear Class of 2020
  2. Analysis
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Rhetorical situation

Indhold

Speaker

The speaker of the “Dear Class of 2020” speech is Michelle Obama, a former First Lady of the United States. Obama is known for her involvement in her husband’s presidential campaigns and her memorable speeches delivered at various conventions. Michelle Obama is a known advocate for women’s rights, LGBT rights, education, nutrition, and physical activity. 

Obama addresses graduates “not as the former First Lady, but as a real-life person, a mother, a mentor, a citizen concerned about your future and the future of our country” (ll. 6-7). This way, she portrays herself as an ordinary citizen who shares the graduates’ mixed feelings about what is going on in the world. Obama also tries to sound humble, for example by saying ...

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