devices to send hope and encouragement to the American people‚ but he also wanted to make sure that message was known by the rest of the world. Kennedy used pathos to encourage and instil fear in the US citizens‚ so they could make America better than it already was. He starts his essay with the emotional appeal by saying this presidency was an “end as well as a beginning” (Kennedy 2). He also ends his speech by communicating‚ “[t]he energy‚ the faith‚ the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will
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President Abraham Lincoln had a strong grip on where to go and how to fix the United States in his Second Inaugural Address that didn’t exclude anyone in the U.S. when he alliterated and reiterated the words of unity and mixed in subliminal persuasions of ending the Civil War. Even when being a President of a powerful nation‚ Lincoln did not succumb to “Me" and “I"’s and‚ in fact‚ only refers to himself once in his address when he “trusts” that their “progress…is…reasonably satisfactory and encouraging
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John F. Kennedy gives his inaugural speech to the desperate Americans. The American citizens are in need of hope‚ and need to believe this young president is the right man to lead their future. His inaugural speech gave Americans comfort‚ and hope that they needed at the time. Throughout his speech Kennedy uses emotion-arousing words‚ anaphora‚ antithesis‚ and rhetorical questions to encourage Americans to show their patriotism. In the beginning of Kennedy’s speech he uses antithesis. Kennedy starts
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Inaugural Address Compare & Contrast Presidents Kennedy and Obama were both men who changed the world when they become won the Presidency. While these men are quite similar‚ they are also very different. At the time of President Obama election many historical factors were going on like there were many of our troops fighting a war that began with the past previous president. Also America faced a trillion dollar deficit. During President Kennedy America was faced with similar historical issues
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John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Essay In his inaugural address‚ John Fitzgerald Kennedy uses antimetable‚ alliteration‚ and allusion to promote unity and motivate Americans to get involved in their country’s progress and success. John F. Kennedy uses antimetable by quoting “ask not what your country can do for you- ask what you can do for your country.” His goal for quoting that was to make the people of the United States realize that they would have to work together. If there were problems
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John F. Kennedy‚ the 35th president of United State of America‚ delivered an inaugural address which later became a precious historical record. In his passionate and cogent speech‚ Kennedy expressed a intense message to the whole world that‚ peace‚ in fact‚ can be achieved as long as people have faith toward freedom‚ and by using several writing strategies like Using Emotion-Arousing Words‚ Parallelism‚ Anaphora and so on‚ he efficiently showed that not only America‚ but also the whole world would benefit
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Kennedy will always be remembered for two things— how his presidency ended‚ but also how it started. In his famous inaugural address‚ he discusses his goals for the future of the country. Given in the midst of the Cold War‚ Kennedy uses his speech to inspire the Americans listening‚ hoping for a better relationship with the USSR during his presidency. During paragraphs twelve through twenty-one of his speech‚ he speaks about his hope for improved he appeals to pathos by using anaphora and diction‚
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In the "Inaugural Address" (1961)‚ John F. Kennedy suggests that the people of America‚ newly emancipated countries‚ and adversaries should put aside their differences‚ and work together for world peace. Kennedy uses tropes and schemes in order to motivate American people to do something‚ and other countries for world peace. Kennedy explicates his deliberation by using figurative diction‚ inspirational tone‚ and parallel syntax. Kennedy uses figurative diction to bring attention to these phrases
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purpose of John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address is to unite the people of America and to outline the plan for his presidency. Kennedy establishes his purpose by emphasizing the importance of a united country through word choice and listing pledges. The author establishes ethos in his speech and employs antithesis‚ repetition‚ and an allusion in his address to aid him in fulfilling his purpose. Kennedy immediately establishes ethos in his speech‚ starting with when he speaks about the founding fathers
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The first and second inaugural addresses compare and contrast in many ways to show the different views of national identity that Abraham Lincoln shows throughout the speeches. They compare because of issues to end the war or defuse the possibility of war. They contrast in many ways also‚ in the first address Lincoln believes that the issue of a war will pass over the country and not be much of an issue. He also gives chances to the people that have started this conversation to end what they started
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