Textuality » 4A Interacting
Map of paragraph 4, 5, 6
Specific appeal to:
Paragraph 4:
- Straight to the point and sincere speech:
o Difficulty for America to recover:
o Necessary values and actions:
§ Common effort, shared responsibility, bold experimentation
§ Example of Roosevelt and the Great Depression ==> values and not only government programs or dictates
o Recover will be long => his successor should continue Obama's policy
o Set of goals to reach:
§ Manufacturing, energy, education, national security
o Consequences:
§ New jobs, more opportunity, stronger foundation of economy
§ Getting America back to its wealth and values
Paragraph 5:
- Examples of his effort:
o Meeting with troubled workers and business leaders
o Signing trade agreements
- Appeal to Americans' worth Workers
- Importance of creating new jobs in the USA:
o Criticism towards shipping jobs overseas
o Attractive perspective: a million new manufacturing jobs in 4 years
- Energy question:
o More in control and less dependence on foreign oil
o Scientific progress:
§ more efficient engines
§ renewable energy:
· new jobs
· no pollution (reference to climate changing) Ecologists
o Criticism towards his towards Romney and oil companies (wealth, environment)
Paragraph 6:
- Importance of education: Students
o Without age or money limit
o Gateway to opportunity
§ Personal examples (he and his wife)
o Last successes:
§ Raising standards for teaching and learning
§ Less tuition
o Importance of having skilled American workers (and not foreign workers)
o Importance of teachers and parents in students' life
o Goals:
§ Improving early childhood education
§ More opportunities for workers to get skilled
§ Cutting in half the growth of tuition costs