In the Gettysburg Address‚ Abraham Lincoln utilizes antithesis‚ repetition‚ and parallelism to reinforce his purpose for this address and deliver an emotional tone that can persuade all people to continue to fight the same fight that these men died for. First of all‚ Lincoln exercises the literary device‚ antithesis‚ to deliver an emotional appeal. For example‚ he states "... as a final resting place for those who here gave their live so that a nation might live." As for‚ the words "gave their
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Patricia Bjorklund English 111 June 27‚ 2013 John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address The author of this essay is John F. Kennedy and the title of this essay is (Inaugural Address). The Inaugural address is the speech that John. F Kennedy gave on January 21‚ 1961. This speech is about freedom; freedom for all. The Inaugural Address addressed many factors like helping the poor‚ loyalty‚ liberty‚ mass misery‚ alliance for progress and opposing aggression. Kennedy wants all nations to get along
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rhetoric in his speeches. When comparing “The Gettysburg Address” to “The Second Inaugural Address” one can see that Lincoln applied similar rhetoric. Both addresses contain parallelism and anti-thesis ; however‚ they differ in length and purpose. When comparing both pieces of literature one notices how the former 16th president uses parallelism in both “The Gettysburg Address” to “The Second Inaugural Address”. In “The Gettysburg Address” Abraham Lincoln uses parallelism in the following line “all
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the Union soldiers were buried right there on their home soil‚ the Confederate soldiers were brought back to the South. Four months after the battle‚ President Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous Gettysburg Address to honor those who had lost their lives. Lincoln began the Gettysburg Address by reminiscing of the signing of the Declaration of Independence 87 years ago from that day. The Declaration of Independence unified everyone together under one nation and stated that all were born with inalienable
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president of the United States. On that day‚ Lincoln was called to present his inaugural address. His speech was an important one because he would be verbalizing not only as the first president but additionally as the Commander-In-Chief of a nation in crisis. For guidance and inspiration while composing his inaugural address‚ Lincoln turned to historical documents. All of them were concerned with states’ rights. In his first inaugural‚ President Lincoln does not have an issue with verbalizing directly to
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Abraham Lincoln had a strong grip on where to go and how to fix the United States in his Second Inaugural Address that didn’t exclude anyone in the U.S. when he alliterated and reiterated the words of unity and mixed in subliminal persuasions of ending the Civil War. Even when being a President of a powerful nation‚ Lincoln did not succumb to “Me" and “I"’s and‚ in fact‚ only refers to himself once in his address when he “trusts” that their “progress…is…reasonably satisfactory and encouraging to all”
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Trump is one of the more interesting presidents the United States has had in its two-hundred and forty-one years of existence. What makes Trump interesting is that he’s arguably one of the most unqualified presidents the United States has ever had due to him having no political experience‚ only business experience‚ prior to becoming the president. However‚ even though he’s arguably unqualified you wouldn’t notice it by the way Trump carries himself. When Trump gave his Inauguration speech he spoke
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A rhetorical analysis of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. In a very reverent‚ yet quick‚ address‚ Abraham Lincoln not only honorably bestows a farewell to the soldiers who gave their lives for the livelihood of their country‚ but through his rhetorical usage of juxtaposition‚ repetition‚ and parallelism‚ Lincoln unites his speech together‚ and this in turn transfers into his central message of unity as a nation. Lincoln’s usage of juxtaposition‚ the comparison of two ideas‚ gives life to
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Between the years 1801 and 1961‚ both Thomas Jefferson and John F. both gave one of the most famous inaugural speeches. On March 4‚ 1801‚ Thomas Jefferson was the first president to give an inaugural speech. Jefferson was running against three different people‚ John Adams wasn’t doing well so he dropped out‚ eventually‚ Jefferson beat Adam Burr‚ congress made the final determination. In Jefferson’s speech he talks about the Revolutionary War that we had just got out of against Britain. Also‚ in Jefferson’s
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Katherine Pham English III B period Dr. Barnette February 17‚ 2015 Second Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln Issue: There is less of an occasion for an extended address than there was at the First Inaugural Address. Support: Lincoln uses rhetoric to establish ethos throughout his speech. He states in the first sentence that this is his second term as President … that he has established his credibility … and that he has survived four years of Civil War. Lincoln also states‚ “Now‚ at the
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