Abraham Lincoln‚ the sixteenth president of the United States‚ is in a tough position. America has been engulfed in war for four years and he has been re-elected president. In his second inaugural address‚ Lincoln expresses a desire to finally end the civil war in order to reunite the country. To accomplish this‚ he uses several unique stylistic elements in his address such as effective use of repetition‚ a religious tone‚ and comprehensible figurative language. Lincoln uses repetition in his inaugural
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Inaugural Address by Thomas Jefferson: Evidence: Speaker: Thomas Jefferson “Called upon to undertake the duties of the first executive office of our country‚ I avail myself of the presence of that portion of my fellow-citizens” Occasion: Inauguration Speech “Friends and FELLOW CITIZENS” Audience: Common People “About to enter‚ fellow-citizens‚ on the exercise of duties which comprehend everything dear and valuable to you” Purpose: To inform citizens on what he will be establishing during his presidency
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Rhetorical Strategies in Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address In Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address‚ he uses many different kinds of rhetorical strategies to unite a broken nation. During the time of the speech‚ it is four years into the Civil War and it is about to end. In this speech‚ Lincoln uses allusion‚ parallel structure‚ and diction to unify the North and the South. A rhetorical strategy that is seen throughout Lincoln’s speech is allusion. He uses God and the Bible to show that
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44th president‚ Barack Obama‚ in his 2009 Inaugural Address‚ discusses the economic decline within America. Obama’s purpose is to be rid of the economic decline of America while remaining true to America’s roots. He adopts a determined tone in order to inspire the Nation by appealing to the Nation’s history‚ struggles‚ and duties as U.S. citizens. Obama begins his address by paying oath to previous generations before him. He appeals to the audience by making references to the past narrating that
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1. The differences between Lincoln and Douglas on what right blacks Americans are entitled to enjoy: Abraham Lincoln was a Whig leader in the early nineteen century (1847-1849). In his view‚ he believed that blacks should have the same right as white. People were born with their own natural right‚ so Lincoln assumed that blacks could enjoy their liberty and freedom. On the other hand‚ Douglas stood on the view that “this government was first established it was the policy of its founders to prohibit
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Obama’s Inaugural Barack Obama delivered his Inaugural Address at a critical point in American history. The United States was facing a global economic crisis while skidding deeper into recession‚ two foreign wars were being fought with consistently rising death tolls‚ international relations looked bleak‚ and the outgoing president was leaving with one of the lowest approval ratings in history. Obama’s speech had lofty goals. His mission was to inspire hope‚ unite Americans behind his leadership
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Rhetorical analysis in Obama’s inaugural address Presiden’s inaugural address‚besides aiming to elucidate his politics and position‚ mainly aims to insipre and educate the public.Obama’s inaugural address” Renewing American’s Promise” once again displayed his incomparable eloquence and fluency. Appropriate employment of rhetoric can express thoughts and emotions accurately and create the desired emotional impact. First‚the use of parallelism. In rhetoric‚ parallelism means giving two or more
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The Lincoln Lawyer Eng 225 Richard Bair March 25‚ 2012 The Lincoln Lawyer Introduction “When making a movie from a popular‚ 400-page mystery/thriller novel‚ the success or failure of the film production often relies more upon the quality of the adaptation than any other single factor” (Berardinelli‚ 2011‚ para 1). This statement has never been truer than with the film The Lincoln Lawyer. There are a lot of stories that try to make the transition from the pages of a book
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President Donald J. Trump’s Inaugural Address “January 20‚ 2017‚ will be remembered as the day the people became the rulers of this nation again‚” (Donald J. Trump). On the day of January 20‚ the United States’ forty-fifth president was inaugurated. Since the day of November 8‚ 2016‚ the citizens of America have been preparing for Trump to come into office‚ whether they approved of him or not. He had several high and low points of his speech. Many people have different views on the speech and
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Abraham Lincoln is widely regarded as one of the best Presidents ever to serve the American people. Supporters of Lincoln point to his ability to preserve the Union and the Emancipation Proclamation as support for their claim. However‚ a big misconception of Lincoln was that he was a lifelong abolitionist. Lincoln did think slavery was wrong‚ but if the Union was preserved‚ he was willing to tolerate slavery. Lincoln even admitted that the main purpose of the war was not to free the slaves but to
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