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    Nguyen Van Minh GMA02 JFK’s Inaugural Address John F Kennedy delivered one of the finest speeches on January 20‚ 1961 after being sworn into office. His inauguration speech was so powerful that it captured the entire nation attention‚ and quotes from it are still remembered by people today. It is one of the finest speeches ever written. It provides a strong appeal to pathos‚ ethos and logos‚ and it is because of this that people who never heard the speech can quote lines from it. This speech was

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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

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    shortest but one of the most memorable inaugural addresses in history. Kennedy uses the speech not only to accept his presidency‚ but also to unite the United States with the rest of the world. He utilizes emotional and logical appeals to persuade the audience that together‚ they can accomplish so many goals. He also connects to other parts of the world by explaining that together‚ we are all humans and we are one. Kennedy’s sentence structure and the use of rhetorical devices permeated throughout his

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    President John F. Kennedy did what no other president had done and challenged the citizens to question if they are doing anything to change the world together. Kennedy made this challenge as his closing statement in his 1960 Inaugural Address. He made sure to make people ask themselves what they have been doing for this country to actually change it and to see if they could work in unity as a whole country. It has been about 58 years since Kennedy gave that speech and i believe that we have somewhat

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    John F. Kennedy‚ in his inaugural speech‚ wanted to make the country just a little bit stronger‚ a little bit more involved‚ and just a little more united just through his speech. Diving into a strong and involved country would make his job easier‚ and make the people see him as an effective leader. By changing the tempo of the speech‚ creating a rhythm‚ and unique sentence structure‚ he creates a feeling of nationalism for all of his listeners and readers. Although the use of

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    Inaugural Address Good Evening. I am standing here today to not only address the power of The United States of America‚ but to address the background that shapes we the people to be the country of opportunity‚ freedom‚ and love. This beauty of a nation holds years worth of patriotic moments and times of pain‚ but we must learn to face the issues head on. There is no time to waste because from July 4‚ 1776 to present day we have strived and have become a piece of history that no person will ever forget

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    The Dedication to Execute a Better America John F. Kennedys inaugural speech took please on January 20‚ 1961 during the Cold War that consist of the power of communist over the United States and its government. The speech was said to motivate and express his (the presidents) thoughts on what actions should be implemented to come out victorious. John F. Kennedys used many rhetorical devices to make his appeals more concrete. As John F. Kennedy uses his decides he also uses other appeals such as chiasmus

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    three great men‚ three great individuals‚ three great presidents who all used their very distinctive presidential voices to impact the world around them and to instigate significant positive change within the society which they looked over. The individuals who all used their distinctive Presidential‚ Egalitarian‚ and Nationalist voices to impact the environment around them are Abraham Lincoln‚ through his Gettysburg address‚ presented on the 19th of November 1863. John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s

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    The Civil Rights Address was one of the most influential speeches President John F. Kennedy has ever presented to the American people‚ and was one of many of his many accomplishments during his presidency. America was experiencing racial discrimination and racial inequality‚ and Americans needed a leader who would unite them. John F. Kennedy was a sincere‚ honest‚ inspirational individual whose duty was to influence equality to Americans. President John F. Kennedy’s address inspires and pulls on

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    Equally important‚ Kennedy effectively uses rhetorical devices such as parallelism‚ alliteration‚ and repetition in his Inaugural Address to successfully express his goal for his presidency. For example‚ Kenney uses parallelism in perhaps his most memorable line of his Inaugural Address‚ “Ask not what you can do for your country- ask what you can do for your country” (Kennedy). Through parallelism‚ John F. Kennedy dramatically symbolizes his entire speech into one sentence. By reversing the order

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