In his 2011 state of the union address, president barack obama said:

"our infrastructure used to be the best, but our lead has slipped. south korean homes now have greater internet access than we do. countries in europe and russia invest more in their roads and railways than we do. china is building faster trains and newer airports. meanwhile, when our own engineers graded our nation’s infrastructure, they gave us a "d."

we have to do better. america is the nation that built the transcontinental railroad, brought electricity to rural communities, constructed the interstate highway system. the jobs created by these projects didn’t just come from laying down track or pavement. they came from businesses that opened near a town’s new train station or the new off-ramp."

is this excerpt from president obama’s speech an example of argument or persuasion? provide at least two reasons to support your answer. answer in complete sentences.

Persuasion

Explanation:

President Obama stated that our infrastructure used to be the best and gave examples of the building of the transcontinental railroad and the Interstate Highway System but now our own engineers gave the nation's infrastructre a 'D'.

He also stated that other countries have better internet, roads, faster trains, and newer airport and that the US has to do better.

subject: why anyone can be a genius.

occasion: moving forward in life.

audience: average person

purpose: to push you further in life

speaker: many famous geniuses.

here is the poem:

here is thy, and here is thee, genius is for what he can be.

poem is a matter of rhyme, but like ben frank said, life is a matter of time.

we have great inventors such as thomas edison, who said, "genius is one percent inspiration and 99% perspiration." no, no perspiration as what comes from your skeleton.

we have great minds, from places of all kinds, such as yu kaw la chi tie, (now im switching languages because yu kaw was japanese.)

てちハラスイヒイス, てちラスイヒイス

てちのちみスイヒイス.

you are a genius, well not yet, but you are capable, and that is a bet.