Question

In the first paragraph of the speech, Obama refers to the importance of steering our nation’s economy through a crisis unlike anything that we have seen in our time. How does he use rhetoric to persuade his audience of the need for this? Identify at least two uses of rhetoric that support his claim and explain how each of the uses is effective by providing examples from the text.

Answer 1

The theme for President Obama's speech was "Rescue, Rebuild, Restore – a New Foundation for Prosperity". Among the topics that Obama covered in his speech were proposals for job creation and federal deficit reduction.