As I was sitting with a friend, watching the 2011 Oscars, I uttered words that I never believed I would say. "Wow, Oprah has amazing rhetoric." Of course, what I meant was that Oprah's delivery style was great. But I could not help myself from drawing upon everything that I have learned during class and embarrassingly say it aloud. To make matters worse, my friend is also a student in LA 101H and immediately began to make fun of me.
But it is true. Oprah’s delivery was perfectly paced while informing the audience on the Documentary category and giving a brief overview of what the trials and messages of a documentary. Her voice rose and fell at the right moments. The part that really grabbed my attention was her emphasis on certain words, such as when she said that, “ but it has never been more important for us to see these stories to help us try to make some sense of the world we live in.” For a category that most people likely don’t care about, Oprah helped to draw attention to its importance and make people pay attention. She certainly made me appreciate what she was saying and also pay for it around my friends later.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5s3zfR5d1Y
Oprah is such a great speaker, and a great example of rhetoric! It's what made her so powerful in the first place :)
ReplyDeleteYour entry made me laugh- I also find myself making embarassing connections to things I learned in class aloud and my friends constantly make fun of me for it. You make a great point though, I remember watching her at the awards and thinking she definitely was one of the best speakers. You did a great job explaining what made her so impressive.
ReplyDeleteI think Oprah really does have a great presense. She has a very powerful voice and definately knows how to gain her audience's attention.
ReplyDeleteOprah is such a great speaker! It may come from all her years on tv, but she seems to just know her audience and allows them to think she is speaking directly to each and every one of them. To use a word from the earlier comments, its powerful. Also, I find myself doing the same thing when I watch tv and my friends give me a hard time too. haha
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