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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President John F. Kennedy first called for the Civil Rights Act in his civil rights speech on June 11th‚ 1963‚ but it was President Lyndon B. Johnson that signed the bill into law on July 2nd‚ 1964. Many Southern Senate Democrats opposed the bill. What made it necessary was the fact that racial discrimination was running rampant in the U.S.‚ and a fix was desperately needed. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 ensured equal rights for every citizen of the United States. First of all‚ President John F. Kennedy
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President John F. Kennedy (JFK) is the 35th president of the United States of America. On January 20‚ 1961‚ he made his Inaugural Address. In this speech‚ he addressed his goals for the nation when he says‚ "we shall pay any price‚ bear any burden‚ meet any hardship‚ support any friend‚ oppose any foe to assure the survival and success of liberty." By this means that as a nation‚ we should meet any needs necessary to maintain the freedom and justice of the people. He uses effective tactics and rhetorical
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The Kennedy Doctrine refers to foreign policy initiatives of the 35th President of the United States‚ John Fitzgerald Kennedy‚ towards Latin America during his term in office between 1961 and 1963. Kennedy voiced support for the containment of Communism and the reversal of Communist progress in the Western Hemisphere. The Kennedy Doctrine was essentially an expansion of the foreign policy prerogatives of the previous administrations of Dwight D. Eisenhower and Harry S. Truman. The foreign policies
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Although there have been many outstanding presidents‚ I would like to talk about one of the greats and his name was John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Now here are some outstanding facts about this great president. Early Childhood‚ Military‚ Presidency‚ and career. First‚ Him in his early life and his early childhood. John F. Kennedy was the second child of the family he had nine other brothers and sisters he had four brothers and five sister. When he was not yet three years i’ll he became sick and had scarlet
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Johnson and Kennedy: The Public View Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream. by Doris Kearns; Pragmatic Illusions: The Presidential Politics of John F. Kennedy. by Bruce Miroff Review by: Carl N. Degler Reviews in American History‚ Vol. 5‚ No. 1 (Mar.‚ 1977)‚ pp. 130-136 Published by: The Johns Hopkins University Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2701781 . Accessed: 21/03/2013 00:41 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at
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The Beth Kennedy series are a series of cozy mystery novels by the American author Laura Alden best known for her versatile and unique cozies. The debut novel in the Beth Kennedy series was the 2010 published Murder at the PTA that both critics and fans agreed was one of her most spectacular of works. The novel would go on to spawn four more titles in the series as the author published a novel each year until 2014. Just like in her Bookmobile Cat Mystery Series‚ Alden writes some insanely mysterious
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said by John Fitzgerald Kennedy‚ who served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963. His campaign promised to lead the country down the right path with the Civil Rights movement. The campaign promise had brought hope to many African-Americans throughout the nation. John F. Kennedy had the greatest impact on the Civil Rights movement by his Civil Rights Bill‚ the American address to the people‚ and his assassination. Kennedy wanted to
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Kennedy Conspiracies Single Shooter Theory- The single shooter theory is the theory where there was only one shooter‚ Lee Harvey Oswald. In this theory it was said that Oswald fired three shots from the 6th floor of the School Book Depository Building where there was later found three shell casings matching Oswald’s rifle. The first shot was a miss. The second shot was infamous magic bullet shot‚ where the bullet hit Kennedy in the back‚ then went through his neck‚ then hits John Connelly
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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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