As one of the youngest American presidents ever to be elected‚ President John Fitzgerald Kennedy delivered an eloquently crafted inaugural address to millions of Americans and people of the world when he took office in 1961. Through the use of the artistic tropes of interpersonal diction and the felicitous scheme of cumulative sentences‚ Kennedy effectively creates a sense of unity to incentivize Americans into serving their country as well as to reassure the nation and the world of America’s grand
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Abraham Lincoln gave his second Inaugural Address on March 4‚ 1865‚ as President of the United States. Lincoln touched the hearts and minds of the nation‚ filled with slaves and people whose family members or spouses were in the war. He not only related his speech to politics as he did in his first inaugural address but also used emotional language and rhetorical devices such as ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos‚ to support his argument that the war could have been avoided‚ and that the war started because
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Former President Barack Obama‚ in his 2009 “Inaugural Address” speech talks about how he will change America for the better. He uses a persuasive tone in order to let the audience know what he is doing and also that it is serious and that he will accomplish everything he wants to alter in the country. Obama’s purpose is to give a good speech as the new president. Obama uses rhetorical devices like anaphora‚ preamble‚ and allusion. “On this day” “On this day” “On this day” these are examples of
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Theodore Roosevelt’s Inaugural Address On September 6‚ 1901‚ President William McKinley was assassinated in Buffalo‚ New York. Theodore Roosevelt took over the presidency on September 14‚ 1901 in Buffalo. He did not give his inaugural address until 1905 when he would start his second term as president. He gave his speech in the capital of the United States‚ Washington D.C. In his speech‚ Theodore Roosevelt mainly spoke about how Americans should be pro-imperialism
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Jefferson’s First Inaugural Address The election of 1800 marked the first time in United States history in which there was a transfer of power from one political party to another. The transfer of power was peaceful even though it followed a heated campaign. Thomas Jefferson‚ former Secretary of State under George Washington and creator of the Democratic-Republican Party‚ defeated the Federalist‚ John Adams‚ for the presidency. In March 1801‚ Jefferson delivered a memorable inaugural address. It
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John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address The Inaugural Address‚ by John F. Kennedy is about the people cooperating to make America a better place for everyone. John F. Kennedy’s speech was delivered in the east side of the capitol on January 20‚ 1961. In John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address‚ he emphasizes the need for unity among mankind. John F. Kennedy utilizes anaphora to evoke togetherness throughout the world. Throughout his speech‚ Kennedy repeats‚ “we pledge” several times. Kennedy means to convey
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17 January 2015 President Kennedy’s Inaugural Address Why was President Kennedy’s inaugural address so moving? He used many rhetorical devices and formed a good rhetorical tone that made his speech very inspiring. Kennedy‚ in his inaugural address‚ talks about the problems of the country and the world and how to fix them. He wants the American citizens to be reassured that he will do many great things and hold a great term in office. One reason that his speech was so convincing was because he appealed
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Behind Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Inaugural Address Before the 1933 election‚ the United States underwent a great economic depression‚ which was at the fault of president Hoover. But President Roosevelt strongly believed in anything being possible. In Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s first Inaugural Address he used ethos‚ logos and parallel structure to convey his conflicting feelings about World War I and the Great Depression in order to show his concern in improving and progressing the economy and
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God Save The King’s Speech Academy award winning film‚ The King’s Speech‚ is a motivational movie where voice and courage become a matter of life and death. Prince Albert‚ later known as King George VI (Colin Firth)‚ stammers excessively and uncontrollably through his inaugural speech closing the 1925 British Empire Exhibition due to a speech impediment. After finishing such a disappointing speech‚ Prince Albert decides to give up on himself and accept his fate as a stammering heir to the throne
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In Obama’s inaugural speech Obama uses his writing to captivate his audience by the use of rhetorical and stylistic devices throughout the speech this conveys the Audience by convincing us that we will meet our challenges Obama uses of uses various amount of figurative devices consisting of alliteration personification simile and metaphor for example he says and because we have tasted bitter swill of Civil War and segregation and emerge from the dark this is the use of personification a figurative
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