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How can I write rhetorical analysis on Obama's 2008 "race" speech? I would like to know what concepts to evaluate and the format I should use.

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This solution discusses rhetorical analysis on Obama's 2008 "race" speech.

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Rhetorical Analysis is how we evaluate a piece of writing (including a speech) for several factors to determine how and why the text is or is not influential. In this case, you will be determining whether or not President Obama's 2008 "Race Speech" was or was not convincing to his audience.

The most important concepts to evaluate are the following:
*Topic: What is President Obama speaking about? What subjects does he ...

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