ARCS Pg. 318 2 & 3

2.) I decided to review the most recent major speech given by a presidential candidate. This is the concession speech given by the Republican candidate John McCain. In his speech McCain displayed narratives, partitions, and perorations.

From the start he provides his narrative topic by saying that even after a long and hard fought campaign the American people have spoken and decided to elect Barak Obama. He states this in the lines "My friends, we have come to the end of a long journey. The American people have spoken, and they have spoken clearly. A little while ago, I had the honor of calling Senator Barack Obama to congratulate him on being elected the next president of the country that we both love."

After stating the point of his speech McCain moves onto to label the partitions. These are the arguments that him and Obama may have as well as the issues they still disagree on. He does this to speak to his followers that he is still loyal to them and will keep his beliefs. McCain wanted to make it clear he still feels he would have made a better president but that Obama won and there is nothing he can do about it. This summed up when McCain said "Senator Obama and I have had and argued our differences, and he has prevailed. No doubt many of those differences remain. These are difficult times for our country, and I pledge to him tonight to do all in my power to help him lead us through the many challenges we face. I urge all Americans who supported me to join me in not just congratulating him, but offering our next president our goodwill and earnest effort to find ways to come together, to find the necessary compromises, to bridge our differences and help restore our prosperity, defend our security in a dangerous world, and leave our children and grandchildren a stronger, better country than we inherited."

Finally McCain closes things out by concluding his speech. Doing this is an example of his peroration. The peroration is summing up all of the major points discussed through out the speech. McCain does this when stating "I would not be an American worthy of the name, should I regret a fate that has allowed me the extraordinary privilege of serving this country for a half a century. Today, I was a candidate for the highest office in the country I love so much. And tonight, I remain her servant. That is blessing enough for anyone and I thank the people of Arizona for it.
Tonight, more than any night, I hold in my heart nothing but love for this country and for all its citizens, whether they supported me or Senator Obama, I wish Godspeed to the man who was my former opponent and will be my president. And I call on all Americans, as I have often in this campaign, to not despair of our present difficulties but to believe always in the promise and greatness of America, because nothing is inevitable here."

3.) Shapiro may need to adjust her language depending on who her audience was. Knowing your audience is one of the most important things for any writer to be aware of. However most people want to actually learn the issues and discover the news so it may ruin the quality of her work to dumb down or simplify any of the information she would want to include in her work. I do not see a problem with her writing but there certainly could be more sensitive people would prefer a lighter less harsh approach.