of the most significant speeches of the Twentieth Century. Americans feared for a long‚ drawn-out cold war. He illustrated the contrast between the United States and its enemies‚ and stated the duties of the United States and its people. Kennedy’s speech his vision for American foreign policy‚ a vision that foreshadowed decades of diplomatic‚ economic‚ and even military action to support and defend freedom and liberty around the world. The most impactful and timeless point Kennedy made was the
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JFK “Moon” Speech Rhetorical Analysis Rough Draft Precedent John Fitzgerald Kennedy also known as JFK gave a speech during the cold war‚ and the race to space. Saying that we need to go to space not to use as a weapon but as a source of knowledge and explaining why we need to. He believes that most of his audience is skeptical and dost want to go to space. To convince the laudians that we need to go to space he passes himself off as a visionist saying that this is going to be the most important thing
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Kennedy’s inaugural speech‚ Kennedy uses patriotism to gain the support of our general public as he plans to move our country forward. An example of him trying to gain the support of our general public is him saying to rejoice in hope and to be patient when times get rough. Another example is when he gives information to our civil faith. The last example is when he says “how the trumpet summons us again”. He does not shank from his responsibility he welcomes it. The goals of his speech is to not ask what
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On January 20‚ 1961‚ the world turned on their television to see how the newly elected American President‚ J. F. Kennedy‚ would address the issues of proliferating weapons and the propagating “iron tyranny” (7). Kennedy delivers a speech that aims to ameliorate their many fears and also establish himself as a capable president –one that would take a strong stance for democracy in a war against communism. By employing well-crafted syntax‚ specific diction‚ and explicit tone‚ Kennedy is able to eloquently
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inaugural speech‚ wanted to make the country just a little bit stronger‚ a little bit more involved‚ and just a little more united just through his speech. Diving into a strong and involved country would make his job easier‚ and make the people see him as an effective leader. By changing the tempo of the speech‚ creating a rhythm‚ and unique sentence structure‚ he creates a feeling of nationalism for all of his listeners and readers. Although the use of dashes in a speech may have
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US is a country founded by people from different culture background‚ by people that grew up different‚ and by people have different value. During the Civil Right Movement period‚ US President JFK conducted a speech to his citizens to address the civil issues. In the speech “Civil Right Address‚” President JFK said‚ “The nation was founded by men of many nations and backgrounds.” To understand the American culture comprehensively‚ it is required to understand all different
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the tragedy that happened on July 18‚ 1969 on Chappaquiddick Island‚ that resulted in the death of a young woman named Mary Jo Kopechne. Mary Jo was a secretary of the late Robert Kennedy and was still working with the Kennedy family. He begins his speech to communicate that he has “entered a plea of guilty to the charge of leaving the scene of an accident.” (paragraph 1‚ line 2-3) This confession of the proceedings he has gone through is an example of Bitzer theory on exigence based on the fact that
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recession when some of the largest steel companies raised their steel prices. Kennedy responded to the rise of the still prices within 24 hours. On April 11‚1962 Kennedy gave a speech addressing the rise of steel prices. Kennedys main goal was to lower the costs of steel. In the “JFK Speech” Kennedy uses tone‚ word choice‚ and repetition to convince
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Rhetorical Analysis on Kennedy Steel Speech In John F. Kennedy’s speech calling for stable steel prices‚ many methods are used to persuade. Kennedy uses logos‚ diction‚ and rhetorical modes as means to provoke action in his audience. Throughout JFK’s speech logos is poured into it. There is an obvious logical connection that strengthens the argument. In the third paragraph Kennedy gives a chain reaction from the high costs. He does this in a very logical way not making leaps and assumptions
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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‚ appeals to ethos with his position as the leader of America‚ and appeals to logos by describing how the USSR will react to his plans. Throughout this section of his speech‚ Kennedy mainly uses two techniques
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