Frost/ Biden Tapes

sentence structure

Biden’s competence and confidence in interviews

“sense… A sense… A sense”

anaphora

vital communication of policies,one goal

media training (senate 15 years)

“And I think… And I think… And so”

monosyllabsy and polysyndeton

easy to understand

important in long spoken trajectory of argument, clear trajectory of argument

“It sounds - maybe Im being a little - you think”

repair

break in fluency shows ability to recover

second person pronoun

strengthen connection with listener

perspective

Biden’s aspirations for the future of America

“this President… has spent too much time”

active sentenve

holds President directly accountable for his failings

intensifier “too”

desictic pronoun, audience with deep interest in politics

“build a platform”

extended metaphor

bettering society, verb

“chance to make