Rhetorical Analysis Of Barack Obama

In the midst of adversity, the state of hope exists. It is the term Barack Obama, 2004 US senate candidate, uses to bestow upon America’s citizens the possibilities of a brighter future for their nation. It is the term he sees as a gift to this country- “the bedrock of this nation”. He doesn’t fail to mention several of America’s greatest qualities as well, leading up to his praise for John Kerry, a presidential candidate. He vows that the nation’s greatest qualities would be preserved under Kerry’s strong and compassionate ways of leadership, and that the issues that threaten America’s prominence won’t be left unresolved. Obama utilizes vivid imagery, figurative language, and repetition devices to convince us that under the leadership of John Kerry, America will find new and lasting peace for not only the less-fortunate, but for the entire nation as well.
One of the most effective tactics he uses that has his audience latched on to his every word is the creation of vivid
One of the main points Obama brings up is that America isn’t divided into specific categories based on race or religion or political views. It is simply the United States of America, a nation that accepts and unites. He delivers this through the statement, “Well, I say to them tonight, there is not a liberal America and a conservative America -- there is the United States of America. There is not a Black America and a White America and Latino America and Asian America -- there’s the United States of America.” The epistrophe “there is the United States of America” is declarative, stating that the nation is and will continue to be. The polysyndeton helps emphasize the fact that America isn’t divided into all of these racial categories. Obama lists all of the things America isn’t to solidify his point that this nation is called the United States for a reason and that “segregation” is nothing but a distant