In 1933‚ Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivered his first inauguration speech to the people of America. In an objective yet sympathetic tone‚ he addressed the citizens of the United States on the crisis of depression the country was facing‚ alongside proffering solutions such as the ethical rebuild of citizens and increase the rate of employment to this problem. His skillful employ of ethos‚ logos‚ and pathos in conjunction with his craft of various grammatical devices formed the magnificent speech
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Rhythm and Rhetoric: A Linguistic Analysis of Obama’s Inaugural Address Liilia Batluk Supervisor: Stuart Foster School of Humanities Halmstad University Bachelor’s thesis in English Acknowledgment My appreciations to my supervisor Stuart Foster for very helpful advice during the research. Abstract In this essay I shall analyze Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address‚ January‚ 2009 from the perspective of various linguistic techniques. More specifically‚ I shall propose and focus on the idea that the
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Behind Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Inaugural Address Before the 1933 election‚ the United States underwent a great economic depression‚ which was at the fault of president Hoover. But President Roosevelt strongly believed in anything being possible. In Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s first Inaugural Address he used ethos‚ logos and parallel structure to convey his conflicting feelings about World War I and the Great Depression in order to show his concern in improving and progressing the economy and
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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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As president of the United States‚ Abraham Lincoln‚ in his second inauguration speech‚ surprises his audience by not giving a long‚ protracted harangue on politics and states’ rights‚ instead‚ he gives a concise lecture on the evilness of slavery and not charging the south with the entire cause of the war. And through juxtaposition‚ biblical allusion‚ and classical appeals‚ Lincoln articulates his purposes: to urge public amnesty for the south and to reunite the Unites States under one flag. Lincoln
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Analysis on Clinton’s Rhetoric in Inaugural Address On January 21st‚ 1993‚ Bill Clinton spoke to America on what they could expect of his term as president. In his inaugural address‚ he motivated a nation using multiple forms of rhetoric. Although later scandal shattered his ethos‚ during his inaugural address his ethos is strong demonstrated by references to previous presidents and a confident tone. He also exploits a significant amount of logos‚ referring to the struggles of the people at the
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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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In Obama’s inaugural speech Obama uses his writing to captivate his audience by the use of rhetorical and stylistic devices throughout the speech this conveys the Audience by convincing us that we will meet our challenges Obama uses of uses various amount of figurative devices consisting of alliteration personification simile and metaphor for example he says and because we have tasted bitter swill of Civil War and segregation and emerge from the dark this is the use of personification a figurative
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Rhetorical Devices of JFK If a writer wanted to appeal to the audience‚ what would he have to do? He is going to have to utilize some rhetorical devices of course! Rhetorical devices are key in writing persuasion papers and just any paper that is meant to be read to an audience. In the Inauguration Speech of 1961 given by President John F. Kennedy‚ he was able to really connect with his audience that day by using lots of different rhetorical devices. By using chiasmus‚ anaphoras‚ and metaphors
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Jefferson’s First Inaugural Address The election of 1800 marked the first time in United States history in which there was a transfer of power from one political party to another. The transfer of power was peaceful even though it followed a heated campaign. Thomas Jefferson‚ former Secretary of State under George Washington and creator of the Democratic-Republican Party‚ defeated the Federalist‚ John Adams‚ for the presidency. In March 1801‚ Jefferson delivered a memorable inaugural address. It was
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