Gettysburg Address (1863) The year is 1860‚ and a relatively new country‚ The United States of America‚ is distressed. Divided‚ they argued. The Southern States felt that it was their given right to have slaves‚ and the northern states felt as if it was something of the past. These two differing thoughts caused Americans to rage and compromises to be thrown out the window. All that was required was one final spark to set off the flame that would be known as the Civil War. A new candidate was running
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Analyzing the Rhetoric of JFK’s Inaugural Address Topic: John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address Grade Level: 9-12 Subject Area: English Language Arts Time Required: 1-2 class periods Goals/Rationale An inaugural address is a speech for a very specific event—being sworn into the office of the presidency. The speeches of modern presidents share some commonalities in referencing American history‚ the importance of the occasion‚ and hope for the future. Each president‚ however‚ has faced the particular
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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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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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the graduation of thestudents of La Camelle School.To the Parents and Teachers thank you for giving me the opportunity to address this inspirational message for the class 2013. It is an honor to be invited in the day ofcelebration of this ___ celebrants‚ to deliver their last piece of sermon before they set foot in their own unknown land that we call "growing up." This speech will be relatively short in order that you can grasp what it really mean. Graduates‚ today you bring pride and honor to
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short‚ Second Inaugural Address he surprised people with not only its length but its content as well. Lincoln‚ using careful wording‚ treated both men and parties as equal‚ thus creating an impacting result on what would eventually be American History. Lincoln starts off his address with a simple “fellow-countrymen” which describes the whole audience‚ both black and white. Lincoln chose his wording carefully to avoid offence to anyone or everyone there to hear the speech. He treated both sides
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Thomas Jefferson’s Second Inaugural Address After Thomas Jefferson was re-elected president of the United States of America‚ he gave a speech called The Second Inaugural Address. President Jefferson was known for his wonderful speaking skills. His inaugural speech was powerful and well-written. The forms of rhetorical devices that President Jefferson used in his speech are elevated diction‚ tone‚ metaphors‚ and the power of three. The figurative speech confirms to the public that it was a good
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Lincoln gave the Gettysburg address in November of 1863‚ during the American civil war. He was not the featured speaker‚ that honor was given to Edward Everett who was known as a great speaker‚ and gave a powerful speech that lasted more than two hours‚ but it is Lincoln’s 10 sentences‚ 2 minute speech that is so memorable and noticed by the Chicago Tribune. If Lincoln’s speech was indeed in “such bad taste‚” as the Chicago Tribune maintains‚ then how come it is this speech that is remembered and studied
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Historical Analysis of the film “Farewell My Concubine” (1992) (ASIA 355‚ Section 921‚ Dr. Wang‚ Rui) Yohan Kim #37635125 23 July‚ 2013 Most compelling film “Farewell My Concubine” by Chinese filmmaker Chen Kaige depicts clamorous historical events broken out in China in twentieth century as well as human desire of love and ambition. Chen’s brilliant direct and cast of the love triangle within the film stimulate the viewers and smoothen the connections between rapid developments of the story
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Outline strategies to address climate change by either Government‚ pressure groups or individuals. In the UK the government nationwide has created the clime change act of 2008‚ the UK was the first country in the world to set a legally binding climate reduction‚ and the target is to reduce emissions by 80% by 2050. The targets are created at a 4 yearly interval which are; 22% in 2008 to 2012‚ 28% in 2013 to 2017 and 34% in 2018 to 2022. These reductions are the targeted to be the percentage below
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