Hunter Hodges AP English 3-2 10/31/11 RFK Speech Rhetorical Analysis Robert Kennedy’s speech on the Vietnam War on March 18‚ 1968 addresses the dire consequences of the war. His speech criticized the actions taken by Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson. RFK’s speech uses parallel structure and other rhetorical devices to appeal to the audience’s emotion‚ logic‚ and ethics. The use of parallel structure throughout the speech contributes to RFK’s views of the Vietnam War. “.. a year when we choose not simply
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Zach Sabo Ms. Jessica English Class 5 November 2012 Women’s Right Are Human Rights: A Rhetorical Analysis Several decades ago‚ the global women’s rights treaty was ratified by a majority of the world’s nation. Despite its many successes in advancing and empowering women in relation to women’s rights‚ poverty‚ decision-making‚ violence against women‚ and other numerous issues actually still exist in all aspects of women’s life. Therefore‚ the 4th World Conference on Women with its unique
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Inaugural Speech Rhetorical Essay John F. Kennedy‚ the thirty-fifth president‚ was inaugurated on Friday‚ January 20‚ 1961. He delivered one of the most powerful speeches that provided a strong claim to ethical appeal‚ emotional appeal‚ and logical appeal. Kennedy used rhetorical strategies and devices to persuade the nation to trust and accept him as president. Throughout his speech‚ Kennedy used ethos to help the American people take his side ‚ and prove his credibility. Kennedy displays
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Literatures and Foreign Languages Let Us Learn and Resource Together 23 November 2008 Rhetorical Analysis of “A More Perfect Union” Speech The speech titled “A More Perfect Union” was delivered by Senator Barack Obama on March 18‚ 2008 near the historical site of the signing of the U.S. Constitution in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania. The speech responds to the video clip of Barack Obama’s pastor‚ Reverend Jeremiah Wright‚ making racially charged comments against America and Israel. The pundits
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international‚ hangs on to every word‚ listening to the promises and plans of a new leader. The speech represents the new president’s inherent ideas and beliefs about the United States with respect to contemporary affairs. To better understand the ideas and circumstances of the election of two powerful leaders‚ John F. Kennedy and Donald Trump‚ their methods can be compared. In their inaugural addresses‚ although both Kennedy and Trump use religious language and establish emotional appeals‚ they portray themselves
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Analysis of Obama’s victory speech Obama’s victory speech is a speech that the democrat Barack Obama held in his hometown Chicago‚ after being elected for president on November 4th‚ 2012. Chicago is where he in 2008 won his first presidential election. When taking a starting point in the pentagon model‚ we know that a text (in this case a speech) is always centered around an intention of the writer/speaker and is always dependent on the interrelationship between the topic‚ the writer‚ the reader/audience
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Rhetorical Analysis of President John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Speech By D. Collins RHETORICAL ANALYSIS OF JFK INAUGURAL Page 2 On a cold wintry Friday‚ the 21st day of January in 1961‚ President John F. Kennedy gave his inaugural speech after Chief Justice Earl Warren had sworn him in as the thirty-fifth President of the United States. Excerpts from this famous speech have been echoed in various sound bites and classrooms since the
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President Barack Obama uses a wide variety of techniques to make a successful victory speech. The main features that allowed this were his choices of language; rhetorical devices; his mode of delivery; paralinguistic & prosodic features; and his structure. Obama’s speech is full of carefully thought out language choices that all give a specific effect on the audience. For example‚ many times in the speech Obama repeats the first person pronoun ‘we’ which makes the audience feel included and
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so conceived‚ and so dedicated‚ can long endure.” is a rhetorical device he used. Lincoln wanted his audience to know that the war was a worthy war and was necessary to save the nation. These quotes made the audience feel hope although they were tired. “Final resting place for those who died here‚ that the nation might live” is another rhetorical device used to convince his audience to
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Rhetorical Analysis In President George W. Bush’s speech to the American public on September 20‚ 2001‚ Bush utilizes rhetorical devices to craft an effective speech. He uses an instructive and demanding tone‚ makes an appeal to Logos‚ and varied syntax. The strongest device of Bush’s speech is his decisive and instructive tone. Throughout the entire dialogue‚ Bush uses statements and facts to consolidate all of his various ideas and points into concise sentences that directly state what has happened
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