This is a link to the transcript of Obama's victory speech.
Throughout this campaign Obama has made headlines for his live speeches and how they excite a live audience. Recently, I read a great editorial (I can't remember where, boo) about how even though these speeches are so well delivered, they are even better read. So true.
I am just so jealous of high school seniors who will get to analyze Obama speeches. Like most aspects young life that will be improved for those who grow up with Barack Obama instead of George Bush on Pennsylvania Avenue, the AP English essays will be better. Obama's speeches are so beautifully written, dense with literary and rhetorical devices. You could write a great exposition on one of them without much effort and you could probably find enough to fill a semester's worth of essays in a single speech.
Take some time this week and look back over the transcripts from this election. It's worth it, especially if you love alliteration, allusion, juxtaposition, meter, repetition, rhyme, and all the rest from Intro to Literature. I know I do.
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