1. Red Herring: President Obama was complaining about Romney's tax plan, then said that we need to invest in education instead.
2. Diction: Romney used the term "trickle down government" to describe our government's regulation.
3. Overstatement: Obama overstates the money that Romney plans on spending to scare people into supporting his plans.
4. Straw Person: Romney says obama did nothing to raise local energy, but that it happened in spite of his policies. Then he went on to say how he would implement plans to improve energy even more.
5. Imagery: Obama talks about specific things to be done with saved tax money such as buying a new car or paying for a child's college.
6. Analogy: Romney said Obama and democrats keep trying to give their ideas which are false and he compares it to his five boys trying to convince him of something he knew was false by repeating it.
7. Tone: Romney brought out a very serious tone when he said that he saw a poll refuting the poll that Obama was quoting, and that he saw other polls that were saying Obama would raise taxes.
8. Hand Gestures: Obama was very charismatic with his hand gestures throughout the debate.
9. Eye Contact: Romney was very direct with his eye contact both at the camera and at Obama, whereas Obama had a hard time looking Romney in the eyes.
10. Irony: Despite the protection of the secret service Obama still managaed to get his butt kicked at the debate last week. :)
I really like number ten... just saying. Also I don't think that was too much of an overstatement by Obama, Romney sort of changed his plan and backtracked what he had said previously. I agree that Romney won the debate and had a better use of rhetoric overall.
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