This is a 10 pages research paper for a third year undergraduate communication course about ‘Communication and

rhetoric’. Basically students could choose any topic that relate to this course. For this particular research

paper, I have already choose a topic: gender and rhetoric. By examining the DNC speech of Mitchell Obama in 2012,

I tend to explore how to use rhetoric to develop credibility in order to achieve political goals. Please briefly

apply historical context of feminism, rhetoric of women and race. Also apply specific rhetoric analysis of the

speech to support gender diversity perspective of rhetoric.The overall argument will be Mitchell Obama’s speech

enables her to rhetorical construct a very different image as first African American First Lady, which

facilitates a succeeded performance of persuasion. I will upload additional files about the course reading that

relate to this topic and please use at least two of those articles as references to show the understand between

the course material and the topic i have choose. At least, 15 references and all that use should be academic

sources, no wiki or online blog etc.