John F. Kennedy gives his inaugural speech to the desperate Americans. The American citizens are in need of hope‚ and need to believe this young president is the right man to lead their future. His inaugural speech gave Americans comfort‚ and hope that they needed at the time. Throughout his speech Kennedy uses emotion-arousing words‚ anaphora‚ antithesis‚ and rhetorical questions to encourage Americans to show their patriotism. In the beginning of Kennedy’s speech he uses antithesis. Kennedy starts
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Nelson Mandela’s inaugural address was delivered outdoors in an amphitheatre on 10th May 1994 at the Union Buildings‚ South Africa. The Union Buildings housed the first democratically elected‚ first black and first equal president of South Africa. This historic event was attended by politicians and dignitaries from over 140 countries all over the world‚ such as Bill Clinton‚ the President of the United States at the time‚ and John Mayor‚ British PM at the time. This address was to show that after
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first promise of a better United States. Lincoln chose to start a war on slavery‚ but he also intended to finish it which brings us to this speech. He was explaining why the war needed to happen (because slavery went against God and the rights of man) and how as Americans the country needed to be put back together peaceably. Lincoln recognized the horrors and devastation of the Civil War and pushed the country to start healing with
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Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12‚ 1809 and died on April 15‚ 1865 at the age of 56.He lived in Springfield Illinois for 25 years.He was married to Mary Todd Lincoln and they had 4 children. One child died at a very young age. Lincoln was tall at 6’4” and was recognized by wearing a tall black hat. Lincoln was the republican candidate for the election. He became the 16th president of the United States in 1860. He was the first President to let the country know that he was very religious. The
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President John F Kennedy‚ was the first president born in the twentieth century. Kennedy came back from the WWII as a hero. He saved his crew after the Japanese destroyer had rammed and sunk their ship. After his return home‚ he continued the family tradition to represent Boston by running for Senate in the U.S. House of Representatives‚ and served three terms. In 1956 Kennedy almost gained the Democratic nomination for Vice President‚ and four years later was a first-ballot nominee for President
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John F. Kennedys Inaugural Address On a cold January afternoon in 1961‚ President John F. Kennedy recites an artful speech that motivates the world. While the speech’s respectful eloquence is appropriate for the occasion of an inauguration‚ its youthful energy and archaic words and phrases make it distinctly John F. Kennedy’s piece. President Kennedy‚ the youngest president‚ uses several word choices that make the speech effective‚ by appealing mainly to pathos
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nothing less from him for his inaugural address. While one could certainly decide how well Trump’s speech went based on party affiliations‚ most Americans will analyze the speech itself for the answer. By understanding Aristotle’s three modes of persuasion ( logos‚ ethos‚ and pathos) one can investigate how much of a success Trump’s speech truly was. President Trump’s use of logos in his inaugural address is quite exiguous‚ which reflects negatively on the speech as whole‚ since logos is an imperative
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Theodore Roosevelt’s Inaugural Address On September 6‚ 1901‚ President William McKinley was assassinated in Buffalo‚ New York. Theodore Roosevelt took over the presidency on September 14‚ 1901 in Buffalo. He did not give his inaugural address until 1905 when he would start his second term as president. He gave his speech in the capital of the United States‚ Washington D.C. In his speech‚ Theodore Roosevelt mainly spoke about how Americans should be pro-imperialism
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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 War as a nation manifesting equality and freedom. In the middle‚ the repetition of "we" and "dedicate" are separated by the use of dashes‚ the speech also shifts with the
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the one of greatest american speakers. One of his famous speech is " Ask not what your country can do for you" when he is in his inaugural address. President Kennedy have used many of the tools in rhetorical or presuasive writing. He has full knowleged with Aristotle three areas of rhetorical such as: Ethos‚ Pathos and Logos. JFK also uses repetition to persuade the American people. He begins several sections in the middle of his speech with the same phrase‚ “Let both sides. . .” then uses very
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