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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During a congressional debate in March of 1995‚ Republican Congressional Representative John Mica addressed the House of Representatives. In his speech‚ Mica expressed his distaste for the then-current welfare system by holding up a sign that read‚ “Don’t feed the alligators” (Gustafson‚ 2009‚ p. 660). As can be inferred from this visual statement‚ Mica likened welfare recipients to alligators— the same carnivorous reptiles ever-present in the senator’s home state of Florida. If welfare recipients
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Barack Obama Speech Analysis In the compelling Inauguration speech of Barack Obama‚ the first African-American President‚ a large range of language and oratory techniques are utilized to convey his message to an audience of over a million Americans. The speech was delivered on the traditional inauguration date of the 20th January 2009‚ on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial where‚ 45 years earlier‚ Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic ‘I Have a Dream’ speech. During Obama’s speech‚ he uses a
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Was Dunkirk a moral victory or a military disaster? Firstly‚ let’s set the scene for this event. Neville Chamberlain had declared war on the Nazis eight months ago and currently there was a stalemate between both sides called the “Phoney War.” On May 10‚ the Germans launched a blitzkrieg attack on the Netherlands and Belgium. By May 15‚ they had already broken through the French defenses and started to head straight for the English Channel. A week later‚ German forces had the British Expeditionary
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Oprah Winfrey Commencement Speech at Stanford University 2008 Oprah’s audience was very receptive of her mainly because she is a respected icon known all over America. The audience was a group of diverse faculty‚ staff‚ graduates‚ family and friends. When Oprah started her speech welcoming the audience‚ she gave them an icebreaker saying she wanted to let them in on a secret to personalize her speech. She lets the audience know that her god daughter Kirby attends Stanford and she is very proud
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Malcolm X- Harlem Speech Malcolm X uses several persuasive techniques to make the speech appealing to the audience‚ and to get them to respond in a certain way. His aim is to make them understand that they are not being treated equally in relation to white people even though its the only way that they know. Some of the techniques used are repetition‚ specific tone‚ inclusive language and shows some signs of constructing a persona. He uses repetition of words and ideas in his speech. Repetition
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There are a number of steps that we‚ as speech pathologists‚ must take to diagnosis Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS). As with any diagnosis we make‚ we must complete a full evaluation‚ looking across all aspects that may affect your child’s speech. This includes interviewing the child’s caregivers (you)‚ taking a look in your child’s mouth‚ testing their hearing‚ and assessing their speech and language strengths and difficulties. Another test we have children complete to help us be more positive
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Pericles Funeral Speech: Hype or Truth Several philosophers and thinkers have graced Athens but none probably have described Athens as vividly as Pericles did with his funeral speech delivered in honor of the martyrs of the Peloponnesian War. This speech was given almost a year after the Peloponnesian War started and its purpose was to inspire both the citizens and the army of Athens. In his speech Pericles describes Athens as a flawless state when compared with its contemporaries. Pericles highlighted
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I went the first day‚ so I don’t have a recording to look at. Even though I cannot see my speech I still realized some of my strengths and weaknesses. Some of my weaknesses consisted of: bad transition words‚ sounding shaky within the introduction‚ and time. My strengths consisted of: good movement‚ good tone‚ good statistics‚ and good eye contact. To start off my introduction I was very nervous‚ and I don’t know for sure‚ but I think the audience could tell. My transition into my first main point
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inaugural speech‚ wanted to make the country just a little bit stronger‚ a little bit more involved‚ and just a little more united just through his speech. Diving into a strong and involved country would make his job easier‚ and make the people see him as an effective leader. By changing the tempo of the speech‚ creating a rhythm‚ and unique sentence structure‚ he creates a feeling of nationalism for all of his listeners and readers. Although the use of dashes in a speech may have
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