Composition

Kamala Harris’ begins her Victory Speech by addressing the audience directly. She then quotes Congressman John Lewis. This captures the attention of her audience and also introduces one of the main topics of her speech. 

The speech can be split into three main parts which address in turn the three main topics of her speech: the importance of democracy, the importance of gender equality, and the work that she and Joe Biden will do to unite America and help heal it.

The first part of Kamala Harris’ Victory Speech focuses on the issue of democracy. She highlights its importance and mentions the need to constantly guard democracy and uphold it. Harris also thanks the people who have been responsible for helping protect the democratic process during the 2020 presidential election, as well as the citizens who exercised their democr...