Rhetorical Analysis Of Gale Sayers Acceptance Address

Gale Sayer’s Acceptance Address Rhetoric is the art of persuasion and has been used for ages in order to help persuade people into doing things and to believe things that they would not normally. It is often used in everyday communication and normal human interaction. Furthermore, the rhetorical lens has been used in a lot of different famous speeches like the JFK Berlin Address, Obama’s first Inaugural Address and even Gale Sayer’s Acceptance Address. All these different speeches were filled with many different tools in order to help persuade the audience of their intended viewpoint. In Gale Sayer’s acceptance address he uses his platform and different forms of rhetoric through the traditional lens to move the significance from him†¦show more content†¦He had a lot of slow pauses that were caused by him just stopping to think and because this was genuinely a delicate subject for him to discuss. In addition, his delivery was very smooth and came o ff beyond humble. He did not feel the need to scream, shout or be dramatic he kept his body language very quiet and let his words do all the work. All these different things gave the message to the audience that he was truly grateful to be getting the award but that there was a bigger matter at hands and someone with more courage than him that had pushed him to be the best version of himself. This tear provoking speech was so important to the way people in the limelight now use their platform. We see how people in power now use their mass of followers and social media presence to provide a base for their opinions and different matters that they care about. Which is what Gale Sayer’s did using his popularity to draw focus to a cause other than himself. Before him it was rare that celebrities or professional athletes would use their fame in order to help better the world and change opinions on public issues. He was given this award of courage due to his courage but instead he’s using this time with a full audience and cameras around to show how this is not about him and that he could not have done it without Brian Piccolo. This speech was crucial in the way that it changed speech’s going forward, it showed people that, that time could be used to give thanks