An Analysis of the Inaugural Address of John F. Kennedy In America history‚ every elected president will have an Inaugural Address to use multiple techniques to win their audiences. There is no exception in John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address which invokes the use of many rhetorical devices such as consonance‚ parallelism and anaphora. First‚ let’s talk about consonance which refers to the repetition of the final and identical consonants whose preceding vowels are different. for example‚ -----Symbolizing
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Cassie Balfanz Period 5 In the speech given to the divided population of the United States (both North and South) at the time of taking his second term as President‚ Abraham Lincoln announced his vision for the future of his great country once again becoming whole. Lincoln makes mention of many items that drive his view and position on the current happenings of the Civil War. These references calm his “Fellow-Countrymen” so to speak‚ and allow for the future to begin when his speech ends. Lincoln
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“Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation” not only to the Congress‚ but also to all Americans the next day to urge Congress for a declaration on Japan and assemble American people to support the war effort. This speech was an effective speech due to the used of three elements of parallelism‚ pathos‚ and ethos.
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In Franklin D. Roosevelt’s final inaugural address during WW2‚ gave analytical reasoning when encouraging commitment. Roosevelt justified the concept on how to overcome the tragedy based on the nation success and comprehension which lead to a correspondence. Dating back to the Declaration of Independence‚ the United States had always been a country of commitment‚ when we come in contact with an obstacle‚ the only goal of the U.S. is to overcome that obstacle and move on. Those were the brief wording
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While George Washington was still a General of the Continental Army back in 1775-79‚ he requested his assistants to stop with their vices like: drinking‚ cursing‚ and even getting involved in religious practices. Therefore this letter was addressed to the states’ governors regarding the disbanding of the army in June 8‚ 1783: "I now make it my earnest prayer the God would have you and the State over which you preside‚ in His holy protection‚ that he would incline the hearts of the citizens to cultivate
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On March 4‚ 1865‚ Abraham Lincoln gave his second inauguration speech as President of the United States‚ which he gives after the victory over the secessionists in the American Civil War. In his second inauguration speech‚ President Lincoln says‚ “If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which‚ in the providence of God…and that he gives to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due…that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away.” He is speaking of the
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"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." Franklin D. Roosevelt pronounced in his inaugural address. It is a quote most of has heard many times‚ somehow most of us feel as though it applies to someone else‚ but never ourselves or our situations‚ but when it comes down to it‚ we find that it is almost always true. This is how I realized it applied to myself. I had always wanted to go back to college to become a registered nurse. No one else in my family had ever made it that far before so I
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On January 20‚ 1961‚ John F. Kennedy delivered his speech to citizens and peoples of the world. Many believe it was the finest inaugural speech delivered to America. Kennedy take focus on global unity and the value of free society at home and every continent around the world. Science in warfare was on a new stage of power.Kennedy urges this political catastrophe to end and focus on our value of life by assisting the poor. Decades of misery and poverty has been long overdue. He has called all to
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most controversial and hated presidents at the time of his presidency‚ but greatly admired by people today. He was a wonderful speaker and used many different tactics to get his point across efficiently. The first thing he says in his Second Inaugural Address was “at this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential office.” This appeals to ethos by making the audience trust him because you know he has been president before. He uses the authority that he had from being the previous president
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During his second inaugural address‚ Abraham Lincoln surprised his audience with a short speech that contemplated upon the future of the Nation. Though his oration did not last long‚ Lincoln was able to stress the reunification of the union as well as inspire hope for a more prosperous future. Lincoln begins his speech by directly addressing his intended audience‚ the north‚ by expressing that length is not needed in his address as all words on the state of the nation and the war have already been
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