Vazquez, Sergio

Period 3
8/30/16
Weekly Vocabulary Response

Lesson 2 - Words Relating to Speaking

1. Bombastic 2. Eloquence 3. Verbose 4. Circumlocution 5. Garrulous 6.Voluble

7.Colloquial

8. Prattle 9. Loquacious 10. Diffuse 11. Ramble 12. Digress 13. Rant 14. Grandiloquent

15.Rhetorical

Does Trump Hurt The GOP

When Donald Trump announced his presidential bid last year, he quickly caught the

attention of millions for the better or worse. His rhetorical15 comments about minorities, women,

foreign affairs and the LGBT community appealed to and disgusted numerous. From a birds

point of view, it's easy to understand why the majority of Trump supporters have no college

degree and/or live in areas isolated from hispanics, blacks, and Muslims. Trump supporters only

discern the grandiloquent14 , successful side to the Republican presidential nominee. They

perceive a billionaire whos popularity in the television industry must mean he knows everything

that goes on in the world and is correct about everything. Trump has eloquence2 due to the fact

that he is a television star and knows exactly what to say to catch peoples attention to bring in

more views and to be a trending topic.

Trumps decision to prattle8 about minorities boosted his popularity instantly in the race

for the white house. As the final election is less than 80 days away, however, polls exhibit a
dramatic decline in Republican voters supporting Trump. In response to this, Trump has decided

to adjust his immigration policy and rant13 about the Democratic partys flaws (Clintons health

and her emails) to focus the negative spotlight on his competition. His colloquial7 accusations

about Hillary Clinton demonstrate his maturity level and reliability to lead a country. Trump uses

Hillary and random anecdotes to digress12 the serious topics from his speeches such as the

countrys debts, and foreign affair policies. Last month after the Republican National Convention

concluded, Trump delivered a speech in Colorado where he rambled11 about illiterate contractors

proving he is only wasting his time by running away from the real problems that face the USA

today. Trump stated, Some of the richest people in this world cant even read or write

theyre called contractors They might not read or write, but theyre a lot smarter than the guys

coming out of Harvard, let me tell you (Trump). It is with statements like those that Trump

builds a bombastic1 persona that really owns no meaning since theyre so foolish.

Many news sites have taken all this into consideration and conducted polls about whether

or not Trump appeals to bigotry. A Quinnipiac poll aimed to uncover whether or not people

agreed to this and the results are pretty straightforward. The poll aimed to diffuse10 and include

people of different ethnicities and education levels. The results showed 50% of white men and

57% of white women agreed Trump appeals to bigotry. In addition 58% of whites with a college

degree and 50% of whites without one agreed to this as well. This verbose3 poll is enough to

demonstrate even white people agree Trump dislikes minorities and is devoted to his prejudices.

Although this is obvious since Trump garrulous5 slams the same groups of people in just about
every one of his speeches, it goes a long way to prove white people have had enough of Trumps

foolishness.

Trump is a loquacious9 human being which is evident every time a reporter inquires him

with a hard question he seems to become voluble6 and blabber on about something else until he

loses the reporter and audience and saves himself from embarrassment. Trumps use of

circumlocution4 has saved him to this point in the election, but will it be enough when him and

Hillary face off face to face in the presidential debates starting September 26?

Sources:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/31/upshot/theres-a-way-to-see-how-much-donald-trumps-nom

ination-has-cost-the-gop.html?_r=0

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/29/opinion/donald-trumps-bigotry.html

http://www.dailynewsbin.com/news/donald-trump-brags-about-hiring-contractors-who-cant-read

-or-write/25451/