Haley wigal Inaugural Address John Fitzgerald Kennedy John Fitzgerald Kennedy‚ “Inaugural Address” (January 20th‚1961) “President John Fitzgerald Kennedy possessed all the qualities of greatness. He had deep faith‚ complete confidence‚ human sympathy‚ and broad vision which recognized the true values of freedom‚ equality‚ and the brotherhood which have always been the marks of the American political dreams.” Said by John W. McCormack‚ Speaker of the House of Representatives‚ at John F. Kennedy’s
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As one of the youngest American presidents ever to be elected‚ President John Fitzgerald Kennedy delivered an eloquently crafted inaugural address to millions of Americans and people of the world when he took office in 1961. Through the use of the artistic tropes of interpersonal diction and the felicitous scheme of cumulative sentences‚ Kennedy effectively creates a sense of unity to incentivize Americans into serving their country as well as to reassure the nation and the world of America’s grand
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Abraham Lincoln gave his second Inaugural Address on March 4‚ 1865‚ as President of the United States. Lincoln touched the hearts and minds of the nation‚ filled with slaves and people whose family members or spouses were in the war. He not only related his speech to politics as he did in his first inaugural address but also used emotional language and rhetorical devices such as ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos‚ to support his argument that the war could have been avoided‚ and that the war started because
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Former President Barack Obama‚ in his 2009 “Inaugural Address” speech talks about how he will change America for the better. He uses a persuasive tone in order to let the audience know what he is doing and also that it is serious and that he will accomplish everything he wants to alter in the country. Obama’s purpose is to give a good speech as the new president. Obama uses rhetorical devices like anaphora‚ preamble‚ and allusion. “On this day” “On this day” “On this day” these are examples of
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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 composition of the speech has an aim to
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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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Human Rights Speech Analysis 1. Hillary Rodham Clinton was born on October 26 1947. She was the 67th United States Secretary of State‚ U.S. Senator from New York‚ candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination‚ and the first lady of the United States. On 5th September 1995‚ she attended the Fourth U.N World Conference on Women in Beijing‚ China and gave the speech‚ “Women’s Rights Are Human Rights” about the issues facing women and girls all around the world. Her speech hoped to inspire
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Rhetorical Analysis of JFK’s Inaugural Speech During the time JFK was elected president‚ our country was going through many hardships. After recovering from the Cold war‚ America needed a leader who would help bring peace and unity to the country. His Inaugural speech was encouraging and attempted to persuade the American’s citizens to do just that. His speech gave them comfort and confidence in him‚ as a leader that they desperately needed at the time. He used many rhetorical strategies
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American plane out of the air- the same year President Kennedy is elected. Assuredly‚ America was facing a great deal and basically implanted in the right very center of a chaotic time. Knowing this‚ President Kennedy precisely chose to create his inaugural address to represent a sort of beacon or light to all of America to lead them out of the chaos and into what’s important; liberty. The purpose of President John F. Kennedy’s
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president to run our country‚ and in January of the next year the new president makes a speech to the American people. Each president takes office at a different time in the country‚ which requires a different type of speech for the American citizens. When John F. Kennedy took office in 1961‚ America had been dealing with the Cold War‚ the Space Race‚ and the Civil Rights Movement‚ so America needed a speech the would send hope and strength to themselves and the rest of the world. President Kennedy
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