Interview

Interview

1. Describe the situation. Who was in the audience? What was the setting?

Ans. The interview permitted Obama to strengthen topics from his State of the Union address last week. Such post-speech presidential outreach is customary, and Obama has been to Tampa, Fla., and Baltimore to talk about components of the address in larger detail.

2. Did the speaker have an attention-getting introduction? How did he/she establish his/her credibility? How did he/she relate the topic to the audience? Did he/she have a transition between his/her introduction and first main point?

Ans. Obama's speech continued for over 40 minutes in the White House ...