On March 4th‚ 1865‚ during his second inauguration as President‚ Abraham Lincoln delivers a speech to the people of the nation‚ which are divided‚ reflecting on the causes and meaning of the American Civil War. Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address requests the North and the South to put aside the disputes that are causing the division in order to restore the broken nation. Through powerful diction‚ figurative language‚ and rhetorical devices‚ Lincoln’s moving speech help accomplish his determination
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Rhythm and Rhetoric: A Linguistic Analysis of Obama’s Inaugural Address Liilia Batluk Supervisor: Stuart Foster School of Humanities Halmstad University Bachelor’s thesis in English Acknowledgment My appreciations to my supervisor Stuart Foster for very helpful advice during the research. Abstract In this essay I shall analyze Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address‚ January‚ 2009 from the perspective of various linguistic techniques. More specifically‚ I shall propose and focus on the idea that the
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Alex Zhang Mrs. Chen Honors English 9 – Period 3 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
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Paper # 2 ENG 106 Instructor: 10.20.2012 Rhetorical Analysis of Kennedy’s Inaugural Address A successful speech is often combined lots of factors‚ especially the use of rhetorical. Throughout the various periods of the famous speeches in the United States‚ all of the speechmaker used a variety of rhetorical devices and made their speech greatly appreciated‚ which is the magic of rhetorical. Kennedy was the youngest person elected U.S. President .His presidency came to represent the America
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Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Inaugural Address was exactly what Americans of the 1930’s needed to hear. To begin‚ previous to Roosevelt’s inauguration Herbert Hoover was the president of the United States. Hoover was considered by many of the time to be the cause of the great depression and the worst president the United States had ever seen. This was largely due to the fact that his republican views‚ that the government should play a very small part in society and that the American people should be self
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William McKinley‚ in his first inaugural address on March 4‚ 1897‚ explicitly stated that according to the principle foundation of the U.S. government‚ it is his duty to keep peaceful relations with foreign countries. Directly adopting George Washington’s advice in his farewell address of 1792‚ McKinley states‚ “ It will be our aim to pursue a firm and dignified foreign policy‚ which shall be just‚ impartial‚ ever watchful of our national honor..”.1 Essentially‚ McKinley entered office with the belief that it is only best to have a
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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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balloting‚ Lincoln had lost the popular vote with 39.9 percent‚ but he attained 180 Electoral College Votes‚ that had put him ahead of the other candidates.On March 4‚ 1861‚ it was Lincoln’s first time addressing the national as the president. In his inaugural‚ he tried to directly talk about the issues concerning the Union and the division of slavery. He approached the topic with a neutral ground since he did not want to ignite any
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Kennedy was 43 years old when he was elected to be president and was very popular (2). He inspired Americans to become more active citizens and took office in the middle part of a recession that had been going on for quite some time. He led what was known as a renewed drive for public service and provided federal support for the growing of the civil rights movement. Kennedy was drawn to international challenges by the Soviet Union’s nuclear arsenal and Cold War battle for the hearts and minds of
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In his inaugural address‚ he stated‚ “I am loath to close‚ We are not enemies‚ but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained‚ it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory‚ stretching from every battlefield‚ and patriot
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