these time periods two of America’s most well known speeches were given. During the Civil War‚ The Gettysburg Address was given by President Abraham Lincoln and during the African American Civil Rights movement the I Have a Dream Speech was presented by Martin Luther King Jr. Both of these speeches left a huge mark on the world and are very important in American history. Both the Gettysburg Address and the I Have a Dream speech have many similarities. Each of these speeches were created by some
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great speeches and written works because they not only instilled patriotism in the American audiences‚ but unity‚ hope‚ and history as well. Examples of these skills are clearly found in Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence and Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMMzY1KJVeo]‚ for each of these documents is a solid‚ memorable piece in style and historical support. Both pieces begin with many similar key factors‚ establishing affinity between the speaker and his audience
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The Gettysburg Address: Why‚ how and what happened? On November 19 of 1863‚ during the Civil War of the United States‚ a speech was held in Gettysburg‚ Pennsylvania that would later go down as one of the greatest in American history. The speech was held during the dedication of the Gettysburg Cemetery‚ a cemetery founded to honour the deceased soldiers of the battle of Gettysburg. The 272 word long address that the then current president Lincoln held at this event have been remembered ever since
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Rhetorical Strategies Analysis of "Bill Clinton’s First Inaugural Address" Introduction William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He got authority at the end of the Cold War. During Cold War‚ in order to compete with the Soviet Union’s military power‚ the federal government spent a great deal of financial resources to establish a powerful military. The quality of life of common people decreased year after year. At that time‚ people
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another battlefield‚ the Cold War‚ which developed a rivalry and a sense of thread between two of the world powers. For the above reason‚ on January 20th‚ 1961‚ John F. Kennedy delivered in his inaugural address a sense of self-independence‚ security‚ and patriotism using rhetorical devices and rhetorical appeals to eradicate the results and effects of the Cold War. Historical Background The Cold War resulted after the end of WWII‚ when two superpowers‚ the United States and the Soviet Union‚ began to
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s “I have a Dream Speech” and President Abraham Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address.” Both have many properties that make them some of the greatest speeches of all time. Some of those are their appeals‚ language‚ and purpose. “I have a Dream Speech” and “Gettysburg Address”‚ both use logos‚ pathos‚ and ethos to appeal to their audience. Pathos is shown through repetition. In Dr. King’s speech he repeats‚ “I have a dream.” In President Lincoln’s he repeats‚ ”We can not.” These
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Fourscore and Seventy Years Later… One of my favorite examples of written word is President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address‚ and as a bonus feature‚ it underscores several of the qualities of leadership that we are concerned with in this course. In defense of it being exemplary‚ consider that it has stood the test of time over the last 150 years as one of the most famous speeches in our nation’s history. Even today it captivates the heart‚ and can transport us to that battleground so key
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power from one leadership to another. It has been embedded in American civil religion and allowed for the incoming president to address the status of the nation. The term civil religion was first coined by Robert N. Bellah‚ who believed that the American politics follows rituals and ideals that are similar to that of a private religion. During Obama’s first inaugural address in 2009‚ he was able to use civil religion rhetoric in an effective manner that did not allow confusion between religious nationalism
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President Lincoln addresses the countrymen of the United States in his second inaugural address to discuss the closing efforts of the civil war and how the war should not go in vain‚ but that it should benefit the country and preserve the nation’s democracy amongst all the nation’s people. In his address he uses biblical references and literary devices to tell how he would ike the effects of the war to be progressive and not without reason‚ In lincoln’s opening paragraph he sets the tone for the
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Once Upon a Time‚ The Gettysburg Address and‚ Views of the Wall all have a power symbol to convey an idea about the individual’s role in society. All stories are about people struggling in a society. All people struggle in life. From Once Upon a Time‚ reports of intrusion were being documented by the homeowners (from lines 138-146) and suggests to the wife that she should make the fences and walls even bigger around the house. The idea of having people ransacking her house and going through
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