Presidential Proclamation; National Native American Heritage Month - Barack Obama (2016) - Comprehension Exercise

Thèmes abordés

Barack Obama, presidential announcement, National Native American Heritage Month, USA United States of America, heritage, Native American, English class, comprehension

Résumé du document

The document analyzes a presidential announcement by President Barack Obama occurring on the occasion of a ceremonial event that took place on 31 October 2016 celebrating the National Native American Heritage Month.

Ce document analyse une annonce présidentielle faite par le président Barack Obama à l'occasion d'une cérémonie qui s'est déroulée le 31 octobre 2016 pour célébrer le National Native American Heritage Month (mois du patrimoine national des Amérindiens).

Extraits

[...] Paragraph 3 follows the logic of a CV in which weight is given by arguments of what has actually been achieved to demonstrate this speech is not just a virtual promise. In order to reinforce this balance, paragraph four mentions again other achievements. Yet, it shouldn't be discarded that there is still room for improvement: "dedicated to strengthening" (paragraph "called for further implementation" (paragraph "continue to advocate" (paragraph 4). Eventually, a positive note concludes the speech wherein only positive words are mentioned (the past "chapters" are totally rubbed). [...]

[...] Presidential Proclamation; National Native American Heritage Month - Barack Obama (2016) - Comprehension Exercise This document is a presidential announcement by Barack Obama occurring on the occasion of a ceremonial event that took place on 31 October 2016 celebrating the National Native American Heritage Month. First, I will deal with the themes evoked in this speech. Then, I will analyze what purposes are followed and what rhetoric devices are used to that end. The present proclamation is composed of five paragraphs respectively broaching on future government promises for a better future for the children among American Indians and Alaska Natives (first paragraph), regrets over the past forms of discrimination towards the two people mentioned above by Americans (second paragraph), a balance of what has been legally achieved to improve their life conditions (third paragraph), a paean to the same populations for what they have brought to the American Nation (fourth paragraph). [...]