The Battle of Gettysburg: A battle‚ a speech‚ a memorial ground During the American Civil War‚ from the first to the third of July 1863‚ there were sanguinary battles in and around Gettysburg. The losses of lives on both sides were massive‚ approximately 23 000 dead‚ hurt or missing on each side.1 It was there‚ in the small city of Pennsylvania‚ that the war turned around. The South was suddenly facing defeat.1‚ 2 The Civil War continued for two years after the Battle of Gettysburg. Still it is recognized
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The hysteria surrounding communism ravaged the United States of America when John F. Kennedy was elected president. Sputnik was orbiting in space‚ the Cold War raged in the background and to combat the fear‚ America needed a strong‚ dependable leader. At this time‚ Kennedy barely beat his presidential competitor Richard Nixon causing uneasy feelings in the American public. To alleviate the apprehension‚ John F. Kennedy delivered an inspiring inaugural speech which sent a message of strength to the
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For my second media response‚ I chose to analyze Donald Trump’s Presidential speeches. Donald Trump is currently campaigning for the American 2016 President election in the United States. His first campaign as President was in the year of 2000‚ with two victories of Reform Party primaries (Wikipedia). Trump became well-known for his hatred towards illegal immigration and free trade agreements‚ in addition‚ to his free trade view on foreign policies. (Wikipedia). Trump owns his own company called
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Roosevelt‚ most commonly referred to as FDR now a days. FDR got America through the rough times by using his calm voice to give hope‚ inspiration‚ and ultimately help America achieve peace within the troubling times. This was seen in his 4th inarguable address that was told during the time. America in the beginning of 1945 was defeated. They had just dealt with a depression that had rocked the country and now we’re in a war that was being dragged out longer than originally thought. They wanted to give
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President Lincoln addresses the countrymen of the United States in his second inaugural address to discuss the closing efforts of the civil war and how the war should not go in vain‚ but that it should benefit the country and preserve the nation’s democracy amongst all the nation’s people. In his address he uses biblical references and literary devices to tell how he would ike the effects of the war to be progressive and not without reason‚ In lincoln’s opening paragraph he sets the tone for the
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instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars‚ conquer the deserts‚ eradicate disease‚ tap the ocean depths and encourage the arts and commerce.” Kennedy contributes the rhetorical device anaphora throughout that part of his inaugural address to deeply express his feelings towards unification. He also emphasizes the desire for hope--hope that the world can come together and overcome the problems facing the
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from the fact that one of his most important speeches‚ the Gettysburg Address‚ also happened to be one of his shortest ever written. It is in fact one of best remembered short speeches given throughout history. In its entirety the passage consists of a meager 272 words. Lincoln is also known for the great trials and tribulations he faced throughout his short presidency‚ such as the American Civil War and more notably the Battle of Gettysburg‚ the very ground his speech was used to commemorate. Abraham
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Emma Watson’s address to the United Nations is extremely effective in drawing people in to her cause of supporting feminism. Watson’s emphasis on equality regardless of gender rather than one gender dominating the other. Her anecdotes about her childhood and decision to call herself a feminist connects with her audience and allows them to understand why they should support gender equality as well. By introducing her draw to feminism with these stories‚ Watson personally connects with the cause and
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Equally important‚ Kennedy effectively uses rhetorical devices such as parallelism‚ alliteration‚ and repetition in his Inaugural Address to successfully express his goal for his presidency. For example‚ Kenney uses parallelism in perhaps his most memorable line of his Inaugural Address‚ “Ask not what you can do for your country- ask what you can do for your country” (Kennedy). Through parallelism‚ John F. Kennedy dramatically symbolizes his entire speech into one sentence. By reversing the order
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• The Battle of Gettysburg was held in Gettysburg‚ Pennsylvania • The battle started on July 1st‚ 1863 to July 3rd‚ 1863. It started at 4 pm on July 1st but on July 2nd‚ Longstreet was ordered by Commander Robert E. Lee to attack. Although he was instructed to attack‚ he was very slow to get his men and weapons ready and finally started to attack around 4 pm and the fighting came to an end at about 10:30 pm. The next morning on July 3rd the fighting started again at 4:30 am and finally the battle
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