Obama successfully uses anaphora through the repetition of specific short phrases to emphasize that all students should have an education to beneficially change the country. Obama recognizes that they have options and choices to take responsibility to create a safe learning environment for others, themselves, and the country. Obama states, these words: “Maybe you’ll decide...to volunteer in your community...Maybe you’ll decide to stand up for kids who are being teased...Maybe you’ll decide to take better care of yourself so you can be more ready to learn” (Paragraph 24). Since the words following “maybe you’ll decide” focus on the various ways students might make an impact on their community rather than country, the repetition of “maybe you’ll …show more content…
He makes students want to take action by directly telling them the ways they could spark change around them, therefore provoking leadership among all students. Additionally, Obama recognizes the vast options that a student can have and reinforces the idea that no matter what they choose as a career in the future, it will benefit the country: “Maybe you could be a good writer...but you might not know it until you write that English paper…Maybe you could be an innovator...but you might not know it until you do your project for science class” (paragraph 8). Obama focuses on the fact that students are responsible for their future and that they can create a future that will lead the country to a more promising future as well. He emphasises that an education allows a student to explore what they are exceptional at which opens them up to a vast amount of opportunities only a person with an education can achieve. Obama’s utilization of anaphora through repeating “maybe you could” effectively builds pathos because students then feel optimistic about what the future may hold for them by having an