of Barack Obama and Nelson Mandela’s Inaugural Address Great inaugural speeches can be inspiring‚ revolutionary‚ and even unforgettable. Two great examples of inaugural addresses are Barack Obama’s inaugural speech in 2009 and Nelson Mandela’s inaugural speech in 1994. They are both the first black people to be elected as a president in their country‚ grabbing the great attention of their audiences. Both Barack Obama and Nelson Mandela use the inaugural address to persuade their citizens that their
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Alliteration 5. Bold imagery 6. Audience analysis He had delegated his aide Ted Sorensen to read all the previous presidential inaugurals‚ with the additional brief of trying to crack the code that had made Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg address such a hit. Fifty years on‚ the debate about whether he or Sorensen played the greater part in composing the speech matters less than the fact that it was a model example of how to make the most of the main rhetorical techniques and figures of speech that
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Manpreet Singh Abdul Shabazz Comm 101 Dec 16‚ 2016 Published on Jan 12‚ 2016 President Obama delivers his last State of the Union Address to Congress and the nation. January 12‚ 2016. 2016 State of the union address: Enhanced speaker mention what achievement they did in last 8 year how we make a America great reduce collage fees‚ America is leading country ing to mad on it. I think trump not the person. who can lead this country and when Obama was delivering this speech. if someone
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"Franklin D. Roosevelt‚ First Inaugural Address (1933)" "Franklin D. Roosevelt‚ First Inaugural Address (1933)" United States was facing the terrible shock and disappointments the Great Depression caused. Americans experienced poverty‚ sharing the experience of loss and suffering‚ and looking for hope. Franklin D. Roosevelt wrote the document for his First Inaugural Address in early 1933. The document was written and presented to the citizens of the United States on March 4‚ 1933 at the Capitol
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of Gettysburg; it lasted three days and went down in history as one of the most deadly battles of the war (Battle of Gettysburg ). After this battle‚ the president at the time‚ Abraham Lincoln‚ addressed his people with a speech‚ the Gettysburg Address‚ which still resonates though the people of our country today. Although the speech only roughly lasted two minutes‚ Lincoln used various devices that appealed to the people and caused them to agree with Lincoln’s opinion that all men should be treated
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Rhetorical Analysis: President Ronald Reagan ’s Farwell Address Rhetorical Analysis: Reagan ’s Farwell Address Ronald Reagan ’s Farewell Address was an amazing example of conveying the fundamentals for freedom through an emotional and visual lesson. It is no wonder that the president known as the "great communicator" was successful in painting for us a picture of who we were‚ past and present‚ and the improvements in the areas of strength‚ security‚ and
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Washington’s Farewell Address: Review and Response George Washington’s Farewell Address was published On September 19‚ 1796. In his address‚ Washington began by heeding the citizens of America to hold fast to the Union and the Constitution. Washington emphasized the necessity of staying unified as a nation‚ claiming that their independence and longevity was centered around being unified as a nation‚ which meant abandoning feuding political entities within the nation. He continued his letter by
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March 10‚ 2009 Rose Schmitt Prof. J.W. Zuggi The Urban Experience LOVE Park In the heart of Center City‚ Philadelphia is the JFK Plaza‚ which is known to many Philadelphians as LOVE Park. The plaza is the home of The Fairmount Park Welcome Center‚ a single-spout fountain‚ and Robert Indiana’s LOVE sculpture. The plaza serves as a terminal point for The Ben Franklin Parkway and merges it to City Hall. The plaza itself was designed in 1965 by city planners Vincent King and Edmund Bacon as
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Trump delivered his first State of the Union address. A large portion of his speech was devoted to the controversial topic of immigration reform. A careful analysis of his remarks reveals that he does not want undocumented people living in America. Although he does squeeze in some ideas that will allow a limited amount of immigrants to receive citizenship most were ideas to them keep out or severely hurt their chances. Trump uses a series of rhetorical devices to label undocumented immigrants as bad
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time on Capitol Hill‚ Washington D.C. exactly four years later‚ on the same date and in the same location‚ President Barack Obama was sworn into office. Both men gave an inaugural address to the American Nation on the day of each man’s inauguration. Bush and Obama both used a great deal of allusion and rhetoric in the inaugural speeches. While Bush was speaking to a country continuing on in a war‚ Obama spoke to that same country only years later trying to rebuild from the war. Both men had different
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