Analyzing Rhetorical Devices In JFK's speech.

Rhetorical Terms and Techniques of Persuasion
Fill in at least 1example for each from Kennedy’s Inaugural Address

Alliteration: repetition of the same sound beginning several words in a sequence: Little Larry likes lemons.
Examples: faithful friends. whom we welcome. same high standards of strength and sacrifice

Anaphora: repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases,clauses or lines: I have a dream…I have a dream…I have a dream
Examples: Let both sides...
Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divide us.

Let both sides, for the first time, formulate serious and precise proposals for the inspection and control of arms, and bring the absolute power to destroy other nations under the absolute control of all nations.

Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage the arts and commerce.

Let both sides unite to heed, in all corners of the earth, the command of Isaiah -- to "undo the heavy burdens, and [to] let the oppressed go free."¹

And, if a beachhead of cooperation may push back the jungle of suspicion, let both sides join in creating a new endeavor -- not a new balance of power, but a new world of law -- where the strong are just, and the weak secure, and the peace preserved.

Assonance: repetition of vowel sounds in non-rhyming words: “Hear the mellow wedding bells.: (short e vowel sound)
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Consonance: repetition of consonant sounds within words or ending words: first & last, odds & ends, short & sweet
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Metaphor: implied comparison through a figurative, not literal, use of words. She was a breath of fresh air.
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Parellelism: the arrangement of words, phrases, clauses, or larger structures placed side by side, making them similar in form (Buy a bucket of chicken and have a barrel of fun. –bucket/barrel)
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Paradox: a statement that seems self-contradictory, yet turns out to have a rational meaning : ("War is peace."
"Freedom is slavery."
"Ignorance is strength.")
(George Orwell, 1984)
Examples: symbolizing an end, as well as a beginning. not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need -- not as a call to battle, though embattled we are

Repetition: a word or phrase used two or more times in close proximity
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Using Emotion-Arousing Words
Examples:To our sister republics south of our border, we offer a special pledge: to convert our good words into good deeds, in a new alliance for progress, to assist free men and free governments in casting off the chains of poverty. But this peaceful revolution of hope cannot become the prey of hostile powers. Let all our neighbors know that we shall join with them to oppose aggression or subversion anywhere in the Americas. And let every other power know that this hemisphere intends to remain the master of its own house.

Using Fear
Examples:both sides overburdened by the cost of modern weapons, both rightly alarmed by the steady spread of the deadly atom, yet both racing to alter that uncertain balance of terror that stays the hand of mankind 's final war.

Using References to the Past
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References: to the Past Examples: