The Civil Rights Address was one of the most influential speeches President John F. Kennedy has ever presented to the American people‚ and was one of many of his many accomplishments during his presidency. America was experiencing racial discrimination and racial inequality‚ and Americans needed a leader who would unite them. John F. Kennedy was a sincere‚ honest‚ inspirational individual whose duty was to influence equality to Americans. President John F. Kennedy’s address inspires and pulls on
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Inaugural addresses have been a ritual in American history that included the transition of power from one leadership to another. It has been embedded in American civil religion and allowed for the incoming president to address the status of the nation. The term civil religion was first coined by Robert N. Bellah‚ who believed that the American politics follows rituals and ideals that are similar to that of a private religion. During Obama’s first inaugural address in 2009‚ he was able to use civil
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It created more tension between the union and the confederacy and created anger among the people of America. In the beginning of the Civil War‚ Abraham Lincoln stated that he believed there were never opponents‚ and that there shouldn’t be any opposition among the people of the United States. In the First Inaugural Address‚ the speech was primarily addressed to the people of the South‚ and it was intended to succinctly state Lincoln’s intended policies and desires toward that section‚ where seven
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John F Kennedy’s Inaugural Address‚ January 20th 1961: The inaugural address of John F Kennedy was successful because of the various rhetorical devices that he employed throughout the speech. These devices used include contrasts‚ three part lists‚ antithesis‚ alliteration and bold imagery. The devices emphasized the fact that Kennedy was campaigning for better freedom for not only the people of the United States of America‚ but also the people in the neighbouring lands. During the opening
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without notice‚ the United States landed into another battlefield‚ the Cold War‚ which developed a rivalry and a sense of thread between two of the world powers. For the above reason‚ on January 20th‚ 1961‚ John F. Kennedy delivered in his inaugural address a sense of self-independence‚ security‚ and patriotism using rhetorical devices and rhetorical appeals to eradicate the results and effects of the Cold War. Historical Background The Cold War resulted after the end of WWII‚ when two superpowers
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Huttmann uses inverted syntax when describing Maura’s deterioration. Mac continues to endure his treatments and resuscitation each time he stops breathing. Huttmann shows how this harms Mac but also describes how it is‚ “also long enough to watch Maura’s transformation from a young woman into a haggard‚ beaten old lady‚” (1). The use of inverted syntax in this sentence tells the reader that Maura transformed but does not reveal how until the end of the sentence. This device helps Huttmann portray
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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 the people
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of Barack Obama and Nelson Mandela’s Inaugural Address Great inaugural speeches can be inspiring‚ revolutionary‚ and even unforgettable. Two great examples of inaugural addresses are Barack Obama’s inaugural speech in 2009 and Nelson Mandela’s inaugural speech in 1994. They are both the first black people to be elected as a president in their country‚ grabbing the great attention of their audiences. Both Barack Obama and Nelson Mandela use the inaugural address to persuade their citizens that their
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The first inaugural address of Franklin D. Roosevelt was one that strove to lift the American people off their feet as the country entered some of it’s worst years during the Great Depression. One of Roosevelt’s strong advantages during his address was his ability to relate to the very real concerns of the everyday American citizens. With pressures of the failing economy facing the President-elect‚ he delivered this speech‚ addressing the nation about his plans for a New Deal. Roosevelt made his
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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 address to notify his countrymen that the Civil War will end soon. He stresses the importance of unity
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