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Speech Analysis EssayIn David McCulloughs June 2012 beginning Speech You Are Not Special, he argues that no whiz is really special. In this vernacular he is utter that everyone is a the like somewhere and somehow. Even though he is seems to be bashing the graduating class, he still adds encourage words. Throughout the whole speech he continuously states that you are not special, exactly then ending the speech with saying, You are not special because everyone is. I argue that some(prenominal) McCullough and Sierra use the strategies of adding comparison, list, and emotion to make their speech and name convincing. An article in response to McCulloughs speech, Open Letter from a millennial Quit Telling Us We Are Not Special written by a woman named Sierra on June 25, 1012. Her response argues that this speech is not appropriate for the graduating class who are pitch to take on the world. McCulloughs speech should be aimed towards the parents generation. Sierra states tha t the parents are responsible for(p) for the problems their children face. In the real world the higher(prenominal) school diploma is worthless.Comparisons are used in both McCulloughs and Sierras work. Sierra uses the comparisons to compare what we know now to our childhood memories, such as the tooth fairy. We stopped believe in our own specialness around the same time we stopped believing in the tooth fairy. She is saying that at a young age, we realized that we are not as special as everyone say we were. McCullough uses comparisons as well. In the beginning of his speech he compares the high school diploma to marriage.Unlike marriages, we cannot separate, divorce, from our diplomas, like we could our spouses. Both McCullough and Sierra use lists to persuade their audience. In Sierras article she uses list to show how as children and teenagers we wager on our parents. Stating that they do work for you, and then call you lazy or telling and teacher that an A is not good enoug h and the list continues. She uses list to get her point across. Rather than just stating one fact, she gives them all. In McCulloughs speech, he uses lists as well.He states that children have been pampered, fed, catered to, and so on. He uses this to get across that we have been babied our entire lives, so will we be prepared for the real world? He besides uses list with statistics stating that somewhere someone is just like you. McCullough uses There are 3. 2 million seniors from 37,000 high schools. He continues on with the numbers of class presidents, swagger jackers, and pairs of Uggs. This is to get across that no one is contrary and there is always another person with the exact same thing as you.McCullough uses more humor. This makes the speech less offensive to the audience. While reading this speech you dont notice the humor much, but when actually viewing the speech it is more humorous to the crowd. What some exponent think is humorous others might not. In conclusion , even though both use similar strategies in their work McCulloughs article is more persuasive. He makes you actually think that you are not special by adding comparisons, lists and emotions.