Rhetorical analysis in Obama’s inaugural address Presiden’s inaugural address‚besides aiming to elucidate his politics and position‚ mainly aims to insipre and educate the public.Obama’s inaugural address” Renewing American’s Promise” once again displayed his incomparable eloquence and fluency. Appropriate employment of rhetoric can express thoughts and emotions accurately and create the desired emotional impact. First‚the use of parallelism. In rhetoric‚ parallelism means giving two or more
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Obama’s Inaugural Barack Obama delivered his Inaugural Address at a critical point in American history. The United States was facing a global economic crisis while skidding deeper into recession‚ two foreign wars were being fought with consistently rising death tolls‚ international relations looked bleak‚ and the outgoing president was leaving with one of the lowest approval ratings in history. Obama’s speech had lofty goals. His mission was to inspire hope‚ unite Americans behind his leadership
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On Tuesday January 20‚ 2009‚ President Barack Obama announced his Inaugural address outside the U.S. Capitol building in Washington‚ D.C.‚ as the forty-fourth president of the United States of America. Obama’s Inauguration speech was a noteworthy moment that was observed not only by three million people attending the event‚ but also by people around the world. The structure of the speech starts with Obama speaking about American hardships and the important challenges they face‚ the wars that Americans
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credibility as an authoritative figure and resigned from office‚ leaving thousands of citizens distrustful and suspicious of the U.S. government. In that time‚ Vice President Gerald R. Ford steps forward as the new President‚ reassuring the nation in his “Address upon Taking the Oath of the U.S. Presidency.” However‚ as most people do not know him‚ they withheld from believing his character. Knowing this‚ Ford structures a persuasive argument that successfully gains the trust and support of his audience‚
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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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As one of the youngest American presidents ever to be elected‚ President John Fitzgerald Kennedy delivered an eloquently crafted inaugural address to millions of Americans and people of the world when he took office in 1961. Through the use of the artistic tropes of interpersonal diction and the felicitous scheme of cumulative sentences‚ Kennedy effectively creates a sense of unity to incentivize Americans into serving their country as well as to reassure the nation and the world of America’s grand
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Analysis of Reagan’s Inaugural Address 40th president of the United States‚ Ronald Reagan‚ in his Inaugural speech claims that America is the best country. Reagan’s purpose is to renew the American spirit. He takes on a patriotic tone in order to instill that we can do anything as a team in the American people. Reagan depicts the pathos appeal in his Inaugural address. He supports this appeal by using diction such as church and God‚ dreams and hopes‚ our country and countrymen. He’s letting us
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John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address in January 20‚ 1961 was a good representation of the enormous amount of things that were taking place in that setting. Kennedy’s inaugural address enlightened America and the world on his goals for his presidency; within his speech he used a form of comparing and contrasting‚ repetition‚ and exposition. Applying these helps Kennedy’s address inspire his audience. Kennedy takes advantage of one of his most prominent strategies‚ repetition‚ to emphasize his various
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Dean Howard ENG105 Rhetorical Analysis John Fitzgerald Kennedy‚ arguably one of our greater presidents in our nation’s history‚ was assassinated on a Friday in the early stages of winter in 1963; however‚ he had accomplished much more than a man with lesser courage could have in his services to our country. One of President Kennedy’s most memorable actions while in office‚ actually took place very early on in his presidency; his Inaugural Speech in January of 1961. When attempting to
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Alex Zhang Mrs. Chen Honors English 9 – Period 3 17 January 2015 President Kennedy’s Inaugural Address Why was President Kennedy’s inaugural address so moving? He used many rhetorical devices and formed a good rhetorical tone that made his speech very inspiring. Kennedy‚ in his inaugural address‚ talks about the problems of the country and the world and how to fix them. He wants the American citizens to be reassured that he will do many great things and hold a great term in office. One reason that
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