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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president‚ Barack Obama. This was a huge stepping stone for America‚ but it also brought upon many different reactions from American citizens including reluctance‚ but also a sense of faith. During his first Inaugural Address‚ President Obama vows to rebuild America by forgiving its past and helping them rebuild their future. In order to gain his country’s trust Obama appealed to his audience through emotion and credibility and used rhetorical tools like allusion. With the uses of rhetorical tools‚ Obama
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the tragedy that happened on July 18‚ 1969 on Chappaquiddick Island‚ that resulted in the death of a young woman named Mary Jo Kopechne. Mary Jo was a secretary of the late Robert Kennedy and was still working with the Kennedy family. He begins his speech to communicate that he has “entered a plea of guilty to the charge of leaving the scene of an accident.” (paragraph 1‚ line 2-3) This confession of the proceedings he has gone through is an example of Bitzer theory on exigence based on the fact that
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Throughout Anthony’s speech‚ she alludes to past successful revolutions‚ and compares historic events to the women’s suffrage to encourage victory. References to the American Revolution and the abolishment of slavery lie throughout Anthony’s speech to establish her point. For example‚ Anthony discusses the dissatisfaction of women with their government by referencing the chant from the American Revolution‚“taxation without representation” (Anthony 1). Incorporating this familiar chant‚ she established
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also worth noting that Obama was not President‚ but Senator at the time of the interview‚ which may also have had an impact. Barack Obama creates rapport with his audience during his victory acceptance speech in a multitude of ways. In terms of structure‚ he opens his speech by directly addressing those in front of him‚ ‘Hello Chicago!’ This creates an instant link with those before him. He then goes on to address those who may have doubted his chance at victory and immediately follows
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candidate Barack Obama addressed the nation concerning racial divide‚ creating unity between all people‚ and the effect it has on the upcoming presidential election. He brought attention to accusations made regarding Reverend Jeremiah Wright‚ Obama’s pastor from his church in Chicago‚ Illinois. In his speech‚ he focuses on the idea that we as society can not dwell on how others feel because of their upbringing‚ and reminds us to worry about the more current and relevant issues. Obama uses several different
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Text 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
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Towards the middle of Lewis’s speech‚ he criticizes the American politics by questioning the whereabouts of a political party that will not give false hope pretenses in it’s promise and claim to help out the civilians marching in Washington. Lewis complicates the idea of American politicians and politics being productive and moral when he announces‚ “...American politics is dominated by politicians who build their careers on immoral compromises...ally themselves with open forms of political‚ economic
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would not be known to the world as the defining speaker of the March on Washington 50 years ago. I Have A Dream‚ his speech about injustice and hardship was delivered to inspire change in both‚ black and white citizens of the United States during the Civil Rights era‚ and to this day his speech is an important part of American history. On August 28th 2013‚ Barack Obama held a speech to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the great March on Washington‚ which reached a climax in one of the greatest
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“We the people‚ in order to form a more perfect union”1 - On March the 18th 2008 Barack Obama opened his speech on race‚ in Philadelphia‚ with this sentence. From the open sentence you can see that this speech isn’t any speech‚ perform by any orator. It’s a speech with a main message‚ performed for the people‚ to creates a brighter future for all the American people and to change history. Obama’s speech on race was a part of his campaign while he was running for the presidential election in 2009
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