Presidential Debate - Rhetorical Tools:
1: Hand gestures - Both Obama and Romney used their hands when they talked.
2: Eye contact - Romney was very good at using eye contact especially when he was speaking directly to Obama.
3: Confidence - I could tell that Romney was very confident as he was speaking. He seemed to be very comfortable and clear with his arguments.
4: Alliteration - "clean coal"
5: Repetition - "no tax cut that adds to the "deficit" "no tax cut that adds to the deficit"
6: Analogy - Romney talks about his five boys and relates and compares that to his argument.
7: Tone and Voice - I noticed that Romney would raise his voice when he was very passionate about something or when he really wanted to stress that specific argument. This made certain things stand out more so than others.
9: Statistics - Both Romney and Obama used a lot of statistics when giving evidence for their argument.
10: Epistrophe - "spending more, taxing more, regulating more"
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