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Persuasive Strategies in Presidential Spokesperson Atty. Harry Roque Jr.’s Speeches: A Discourse Analysis

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Mark Anthony General , Almira Makalingkang
Psych Educ Multidisc J, 2022, 3 (6), 587-599, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6983872, ISSN 2822-4353
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Abstract

Persuasion is an essential skill in communication to convince people by using persuasive strategies as effective tools. This Descriptive Qualitative study utilizing Discourse Analysis (DA) and Gorys Keraf’s Theory of Persuasion (2014) aimed to identify the persuasive strategies of Presidential Spokesperson Atty. Harry Roque Jr. as described by his manner in defending President Rodrigo Duterte from controversies. The transcripts of Roque’s speeches from the 15 videos downloaded from Youtube contained sentences/words/phrases which were used as the unit of analysis to identify, analyze and explain the persuasive strategies present in his utterances. Results showed Roque employed 7 persuasive strategies in his speeches, namely: Suggestion, Rationalization, Identification, Projection, Displacement, Compensation and Conformity. Roque utilized these strategies through the following manners used: Directives (Suggestion); Logos (Rationalization); Audience/Situation Recognition (Identification); Attacks and Social Proof (Projection); Scapegoats (Displacement); Substitution (Compensation); and Pathos (Conformity).

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This paper Schools Division Office of Cotabato — Philippines Schools Division Office… 1 author Mindanao State University — Philippines Mindanao State Universi… 1 author Mark Anthony General — corresponding author MG Mark Anthony General ✉ Almira Makalingkang AM Almira Makalingkang

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Mark Anthony General, Almira Makalingkang, (2022). Persuasive Strategies in Presidential Spokesperson Atty. Harry Roque Jr.’s Speeches: A Discourse Analysis, Psychology and Education: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 3(6): 587-599
Bibtex Citation
@article{mark_anthony_general2022pemj,
author = {Mark Anthony General and Almira Makalingkang},
title = {Persuasive Strategies in Presidential Spokesperson Atty. Harry Roque Jr.’s Speeches: A Discourse Analysis},
journal = {Psychology and Education: A Multidisciplinary Journal},
year = {2022},
volume = {3},
number = {6},
pages = {587-599},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.6983872},
url = {https://scimatic.org/show_manuscript/480}
}
APA Citation
General, M.A., Makalingkang, A., (2022). Persuasive Strategies in Presidential Spokesperson Atty. Harry Roque Jr.’s Speeches: A Discourse Analysis. Psychology and Education: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 3(6), 587-599. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6983872

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