as Martin Luther King Jr and Abraham Lincoln do this is through speech elements such as rhetoric‚ language techniques‚ successful structure and also establishing a relationship with their audience. The speeches I have a Dream‚ and The Gettysburg Address [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMMzY1KJVeo]‚ although performed to entirely different audiences in different contexts‚ share similar values and qualities. In order to gain a complete understanding of the distinctive qualities of the speeches we
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Introduction After the failure of the Articles of Confederation‚ Americans not only needed a stronger Constitution they also needed a strong leader‚ enter George Washington. On April 30‚ 1789 George Washington gave the first inaugural address after being sworn in as the first President of the United States of America. As the first leader of the United States he had to set the stage for the rest of the Presidents to come after him. Being the first president of the United States presented many challenges
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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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Abraham Lincoln uses anaphora‚ antithesis‚ and allusion in his speech‚ "The Gettysburg Address"‚ to motivate and inspire fellow Americans to finish the almost-completed task that the soldiers fought for ‚ equality. In the third paragraph‚ President Lincoln declares‚ "we can not dedicate-we can not consecrate-we can not hallow-this ground." Abraham is referring to the field in which the Battle of Gettysburg was fought. He believes that the Americans should dedicate the field to the soldiers‚ that
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great moment‚ the wise resolution of which will better shape the future of the nation.” If congress and the president were able to agree on most topics or maybe even all it would make things easier for our future and for decisions to be made. He used pathos when explaining this. It gives people a feeling of relief when they can trust their president and congress to make
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religion he is or what religion his country is. He does not let faith dictate how he rules his country. Lincoln is the only president so far to not have belonged to a church and he was never baptized (Noll). Lastly‚ in paragraph five‚ Lincoln uses the rhetorical question‚ “...shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a Living God always ascribe to him?” to show slavery is against God and against man and man is supposed to follow God. The main reason why the
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President Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address was made one month before the end of the Civil War. This speech was also his last. Throughout the speech his purpose was to reunite the North and the South.. To accomplish his purpose‚ he uses logical appeals‚ repetition and Biblical allusions. President Lincoln used logical appeals to achieve his purpose of reunification of the North and South. Throughout the speech‚ lincoln used logos to prove that "both parties deprecated war" to put them on equal
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somehow‚ the cause of the war. “ He began talking about war‚ god‚ and death all so soon. Granted this was a required inaugural address‚ Lincoln made it about the slaves and the war. His main point was that slaves were the central cause of the Civil War‚ and he ended with the we just need to be kind to one another‚ "with malice toward none‚ with charity for all.” This is mainly a pathos focused document. He most likely used this argument because he had the power to get people to listen. This is a very
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In President Abraham Lincoln’s address‚ the syntax moves from one long sentence to choppy and finally to a mix of long and medium sentences that repeat certain words. In the beginning President Lincoln uses phrases that are no longer commonly used and parallelism. This emphasizes a tone of unity and strength needed to win the war.He uses repetition and anaphora in order to captivate and inspire his audience‚ emphasizing the main idea that the United States must emerge from the adversity of the Civil
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by paralleling it to Christianity and justifying it in the name of fighting communism‚ while non-Western countries furthered the development agenda by creating economic development plans and accepting financial aid for development. In Truman’s inaugural speech‚ the rhetoric he uses to convey the importance of Point Four paints developing countries as desperately in need of saving by the US. To prevent starvation and scarcity in underdeveloped countries‚ Truman urges that the US must offer salvation
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