Rhetorical Analysis on Lincoln’s “Second Inaugural Address” Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural address was put in the president’s awareness of the Union citizens’ developing concern about the grave causes and effects of the then warring Civil conflict. In order to push Union citizens to remain influenced towards this repair of the Union by forgiving Confederate insurgents and seeing pass the necessary war‚ Lincoln changes between inclusive pronouns to dual language to capture battles and shared beliefs
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Boyadjis 1 Lucy Boyadjis English 1H Ms. McGrover 20 October 2014 What Does it Take to be a Good Leader? Throughout history‚ there have been an endless amount of leaders that shaped the world into what it is today. Leaders like Abraham Lincoln‚ Pericles‚ Nelson Mandela‚ and countless others who changed the lives of many people around the world. But what made these figures so powerful was not just what they did‚ but how they did it. A strong leader must aid the people around them in reaching their full potential to achieve a goal
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The Second Inaugural Speech did read as I would have expected. In comparison to the “Lyceum Address”‚ the Second Inaugural speech’s tone was realistic and down to earth. He did not hold back or sugar coat the importance of the Civil War. Lincoln openly admits that the state of the Union rested on the outcome of the war and that while hopeful for the future he hesitates in making any predictions. Further in his speech Lincoln tackled the issue of slavery. Lincoln’s tone was a bit ironic when he commented
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President‚ Abraham Lincoln delivers a speech to the people of the nation‚ which are divided‚ reflecting on the causes and meaning of the American Civil War. Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address requests the North and the South to put aside the disputes that are causing the division in order to restore the broken nation. Through powerful diction‚ figurative language‚ and rhetorical devices‚ Lincoln’s moving speech help accomplish his determination of uniting the nation back together. Lincoln introduces his
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN The Sixteenth President of the United States I chose Abraham Lincoln as a subject matter because he is the only American President I like. Of course‚ the rest of the world loves him very much as he is one of those big men who profoundly influenced their eras. He is not only an American President but also the president of common people. That is why his photograph was put on ’a penny’’. In my paper there is a chronological order of important events from
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Stylistic Analysis of Obama’s Inaugural Speech Abstract Higher level English learners always pay attention to English public speech‚ especially those inaugural speeches. They take them as fine literary efforts and good analysis material. This paper tries to give an analysis of Obama’s inaugural speech from stylistic perspective‚ in order to help to better appreciate Obama’s presentation skills. Keywords: stylistics‚ syntactic‚ lexics‚ rhetoric Barack Hussein Obama was elected to be the forty-fourth
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January 3‚ 2012/17 Rhetoric I Ask In Kennedy’s inaugural address he pledges to help the people around the world who "struggle to break the bonds of misery." He wishes to help these people because it is the right thing to do. This shows that there was much poverty around the world at the time. Even the rich needed help; Kennedy said‚ "If a free society cannot help the many who are poor‚ then it cannot save the few who are rich." Kennedy also wanted to assure the survival and success of liberty
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August 2010 SPEAKER | Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth president of the United States of America and he help office during the Civil War. During the Civil War‚ the North and South split into two sides – the Union in the north led by president Lincoln and the Confederacy in the south led by president Davis. Originally‚ the Civil War was not an attempt by Lincoln to abolish slavery and emancipate the slaves‚ but to preserve and protect the Union‚ but later Lincoln decided that ending slavery was
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Zachary Soliman Freshman Composition Professor Andrew Worthington 11/26/12 Addressing the Nation Throughout the history of the United States of America‚ there have been many leaders. President Abraham Lincoln and President John F. Kennedy are arguably two of the greatest presidents that this country has had. Whether it was 1865‚ during the bloodiest war in the history of the US‚ or 1961‚ during the most tense international power struggle that we have ever faced‚ these men were able to do what
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In Abraham Lincoln’s second Inaugural Address‚ the audience expects a lengthy speech on politics‚ slavery‚ and states’ rights‚ but is actually embraced with encouraging words about mending the broken nation after the effects of the Civil War. Lincoln does this by using ethos‚ pathos and tone with in his speech to reach out to his audience‚ and make them feel as if they are held responsible to help they’re beloved nation when it is in need of care. Within Lincoln’s ethos‚ pathos‚ and tone he persuades
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