In the gun control speech by Barack Obama on January 5th 2016 he uses different rhetorical features like allusions‚ anecdotes‚ catchers and cliches‚ dialogue and choice of pronouns. These features help to enhance his speech. One of the features Obama is allusions which he uses by choosing the topic of children affected by gun violence to support the main topic of gun control. Adding the topic of children affected by gun violence is a strong supporting topic because in America there is a lack of
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more from you. You go home with a box of your belongings and tears in your eyes. Before us we have a similar situation‚ virtually the only difference is the ages of our pregnant young women. She is your ASB president‚ she is pregnant‚ and she deserves that position. She deserves to stay president despite her pregnancy because biases and assumptions should not prevent her from continuing to hold
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Gingrich and his wife‚ Larry King‚ and Tom Selleck. We alternated from at ease to attention for about two hours for the guests. When all of the guests had arrived‚ we witnessed the motorcade carrying the First Lady‚ former first ladies‚ and our former President. It was an honor to see and be in the presence of our country’s leaders. In between
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day of January 17‚ 1961 Dwight D. Eisenhower gave his last speech as a president. He used the speech to say farewell to his years of being president and to encourage us to keep making America greater. America getting greater will at least keep peace‚ to foster progress in human achievement‚ enhance liberty‚ dignity‚ and integrity among people and among nations. In Eisenhower’s speech he says‚ “Our people expect their president and congress to find essential agreement on issues of great moment‚ the
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John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address The Inaugural Address‚ by John F. Kennedy is about the people cooperating to make America a better place for everyone. John F. Kennedy’s speech was delivered in the east side of the capitol on January 20‚ 1961. In John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address‚ he emphasizes the need for unity among mankind. John F. Kennedy utilizes anaphora to evoke togetherness throughout the world. Throughout his speech‚ Kennedy repeats‚ “we pledge” several times. Kennedy means to convey
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An Analysis of the Inaugural Address of John F. Kennedy In America history‚ every elected president will have an Inaugural Address to use multiple techniques to win their audiences. There is no exception in John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address which invokes the use of many rhetorical devices such as consonance‚ parallelism and anaphora. First‚ let’s talk about consonance which refers to the repetition of the final and identical consonants whose preceding vowels are different. for example‚ -----Symbolizing
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questioning will the suffering ever end. How did they get through it‚ is what I ask. It’s all from the president at the time‚ Franklin D. Roosevelt‚ most commonly referred to as FDR now a days. FDR got America through the rough times by using his calm voice to give hope‚ inspiration‚ and ultimately help America achieve peace within the troubling times. This was seen in his 4th inarguable address that was told during the time. America in the beginning of 1945 was defeated. They had just dealt with
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One device Obama uses more effectively in his speech is pathos‚ which appeals to a person’s emotion. During Obama’s speech‚ “We Can Do Better‚” he tries to persuade citizens to unite and agree that the United States needs stricter gun safety laws. Obama starts his speech by discussing each victim of the tragic shooting in Tucson‚ Arizona. He goes into detail about each of their lives and how it ended. By sharing these details‚ Obama allows the audience to see each victim as a real person by giving
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Cassie Balfanz Period 5 In the speech given to the divided population of the United States (both North and South) at the time of taking his second term as President‚ Abraham Lincoln announced his vision for the future of his great country once again becoming whole. Lincoln makes mention of many items that drive his view and position on the current happenings of the Civil War. These references calm his “Fellow-Countrymen” so to speak‚ and allow for the future to begin when his speech ends. Lincoln
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On March 4‚ 1865‚ Abraham Lincoln gave his second inauguration speech as President of the United States‚ which he gives after the victory over the secessionists in the American Civil War. In his second inauguration speech‚ President Lincoln says‚ “If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which‚ in the providence of God…and that he gives to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due…that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away.” He is speaking of the
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