First Person Persuasion

Throughout the speeches both presidents get their audience’s attention by using first person singular, first person plural, and second person point of view. Jefferson uses first person singular in all the paragraphs, except 3 and 4 when he talks about the 13 principles the government should follow. He uses words like “I”, “me”, and “myself” to lay out his vision of America and the government. Kennedy on the other hand, uses first person singular to allude to his experience in combat. Jefferson doesn’t really use second person point of view, but he did at the end of paragraph 5 when he says, “your indulgence”, “your support”, and “your suffrage”. Kennedy is similar because he only uses second person once in the beginning and a lot in the last