Indledning
In 2020, with the U.S election closing in, Michelle Obama decided to speak up about her opinions and feelings on the presidential election.
As former first lady, with Joe Biden by her husband’s side, she clearly shows her strong opinions and arguments in this speech, appealing to America as a whole: Go out of your way to vote Joe Biden 2020.
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Uddrag
The speech is a deliberative speech with the purpose of the speech being to consider political questions and discuss future actions.
The time that the speech is held in is future time, which also characterizes a deliberative speech. Michelle Obama structured her speech around the COVID-19 pandemic, the Black Lives Matter movement, Donald Trump’s inadequacy as President of the U.S, and Joe Biden’s virtues as a presidential candidate.
Firstly, by looking at the linguistic features which reflect the formal context of the speech. The language is mainly formal and easy to comprehend, but with some informal features which makes Michelle Obama appear more approachable and emphatic.
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