Claiborne F. Jackson, the Governor elect of Missouri, who supported the candidacy of Douglas in the State canvass, made a very remarkable speech in the Breckinridge Convention recently held in Jefferson City. The meaning of his language on that occasion is a question in dispute between the two Democratic factions. This much, however, is certain, that the assembled delegates were delighted with the speech, and cheered it; that a brief report of it, which has appeared in the Bulletin, the Breckinridge organ in this city, indicates that it was hostile to Douglas; that the Republican has not dared to publish the full report furnished by that journal’s own reporters; and that the speaker invoked one of the factions to the support of his administration…
In this speech Reagan was trying to bring together the east and the west sides of Berlin. He showed this by pointing out specific people such as Mr. Gorbachev and the soviets stating that they should take down the wall that separated East and West Berlin. He wanted to appeal to the german people and show that we were there for them and would help them. He also was saying that we support them. Reagan was calling out the Russians for keeping the wall up and not allowing them to tear it down.…
Facing the recession on April 10, 1966, President John F. Kennedy held a conference the following day to address the 35 percent raise in steel prices. President Kennedy’s speech immediately introduces his argument, stating that United States Steel ( and companies tagging along ) are committing a criminal act upon the public with such an action. Demonstrating his highly educated background with condemning the companies, he paves a clear path into the distinction of an “Us v.s. Them” strategy. President Kennedy is able to gain appeal with the juxtaposition of unity between himself, a millionaire Harvard graduate, and the working-class American citizens, “ . . . the American people will find it hard, as I do . . . ”…
Roosevelt begins his speech by stating the series of events Japan took and how those events affect the United states. When Roosevelt states "Yesterday, the Japanese government also launched an attack against Malaya. Last night... Midway Island. "(line 17-22) he shows the list of atrocities Japan has committed in one night.…
On June 16th at his very own Trump Tower in New York City, Donald Trump announced that he would be running for president. It was only thirty seconds into his speech when Trump committed his first fallacy. In an attempt to insult the intelligence of his fellow GOP candidates, he compared their incompetence toward air conditioners to their supposed inability to beat ISIS. “They didn’t know the air-conditioner didn’t work,” “How are they going to beat ISIS?” This is a bad example fallacy due to his use of an example that fails to prove the conclusion and has little connection to it. Despite the complete lack of relation between Trump’s example and his conclusion, he was still able to provoke the audience into feelings of contempt toward the other…
The Bombing of Pearl Harbor was a tragic time in our nation’s history. Japan dropped aerial bombs onto the naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. This attack caught Americans off guard. Thousands perished in Hawaii, and many were wounded. The following day, Franklin D. Roosevelt gave a speech in response to this tragedy.…
On January 20, 1961, the world turned on their television to see how the newly elected American President, J. F. Kennedy, would address the issues of proliferating weapons and the propagating “iron tyranny” (7). Kennedy delivers a speech that aims to ameliorate their many fears and also establish himself as a capable president –one that would take a strong stance for democracy in a war against communism. By employing well-crafted syntax, specific diction, and explicit tone, Kennedy is able to eloquently present his purpose and unify his audience under a shared sense of purpose.…
During the time JFK was elected president, our country was going through many hardships. After recovering from the Cold war, America needed a leader who would help bring peace and unity to the country. His Inaugural speech was encouraging and attempted to persuade the American's citizens to do just that. His speech gave them comfort and confidence in him, as a leader that they desperately needed at the time. He used many rhetorical strategies in his famous inaugural speech in order to convey his message and persuade the American people. Several of these were his use of antithesis and parallelism, hortative and imperative sentences, and also amphora.…
Some speeches shape nations. Great feats of rhetoric like "I Have a Dream" and the Gettysburg Address seize their readers with intense language and release them with powerful motivation. President Lyndon B. Johnson's 1964 "Great Society" speech directed the American mindset for decades with his potent oration. Somehow, his speech to that University of Michigan crowd remains relevant today. How can a speech made by a barely-remembered president continue to affect American culture fifty years later? Johnson employs a structure of encouragement, warning, and action to construct a strong, moving argument.…
On January 20, 1961, the 35th president, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, delivered the shortest but one of the most memorable inaugural addresses in history. Kennedy uses the speech not only to accept his presidency, but also to unite the United States with the rest of the world. He utilizes emotional and logical appeals to persuade the audience that together, they can accomplish so many goals. He also connects to other parts of the world by explaining that together, we are all humans and we are one. Kennedy’s sentence structure and the use of rhetorical devices permeated throughout his speech creates a powerful and effective message to the audience and will forever be remembered as one of the most effective speeches.…
John F. Kennedy’s inaugural speech is certainly one to remember. It’s memorable not for its length, but for the effective content that it beholds. He entices readers by the use of strong rhetoric techniques. His inaugural analyzes style of writing, such as diction, tropes, schemes, and syntax, and applies the concept of it effectively throughout the speech. A reader performs rhetorical analysis to examine how authors attempt to persuade their audiences by looking at the various components that make up the art of persuasion. Moreover, it is most essential to be able to understand the relationship among the speaker, subject, and audience, which President Kennedy adequately exploits in his speech.…
In the wake of the tragedy that has befallen America, Bush logically pushes for catharsis and the commitment to rebuild a nation. He evolves his speech on the solidarity America natures. A direct appeal to his audience’s emotions, Bush states the determiner “our”, removing himself from being the sole leader of the United States to being a part of his audience, creating plain-folk. He continues his address in expressing America’s virtues. “…our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom…” (Par.1).…
Throughout our nation’s history, African Americans are consistently and involuntary forced to stand as an omnipresent representation of inferiority. Starved of a Negro consensus, white men—mostly European—began persecuting them and exalting their supposed mediocrity. Hundreds of years after this tenet hit America, an exceedingly astute preacher named Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. exemplified himself as the backbone of the Civil Rights Movement in the mid-1900s. Notwithstanding the omnipotent fear plaguing the Negro community, Dr. King apprehends the vindictiveness of classifying the black men and women as inferior and engenders a movement. One hundred years after the passing of the Emancipation Proclamation, Negros still encountered perilous suppression.…
In his 1965 speech at Johns Hopkins University, Lyndon B. Johnson presented a multifaceted defense of the United States’ involvement in the conflict between North and South Vietnam. Johnson first contends that the war in Vietnam is necessary to prevent the spread of communism to other societies. If communism is allowed to prevail in Vietnam it is only a matter of time, Johnson says, until the world order is fundamentally changed for the worse. Furthermore, Johnson points to the decades of promises from the United States to Vietnam as a factor in the justification for continuing the war effort. He claims that if the United States were to pull out of the war, this would weaken the credibility of the U.S. both in Vietnam and around the world.…
Whether a Negro is a Negro for days, weeks, or permanently, the racism and discrimination is stained to their soul like the stain. It can be scrubbed away and rinsed off, but a little bit of it will always be there, until their freedom is established. The life of a Negro in 1959, was rough and full of despair and many couldn’t understand it; John Howard Griffin had trouble living it for weeks at a time. Arguably, I can state that I do not believe that the critique is accurate or ever will be, because of the racial remarks and discrimination he experienced throughout his journey exploring the “deep south” as a Negro…