Holocaust Days Of Remembrance Ceremony Speech Analysis

In the speech, Remarks by the President at the Holocaust Days of Remembrance Ceremony, President Obama is speaking to mourn the lives lost, to celebrate and honor the survivors, and to bear witness to the tragedies. This speech took place on April 23, 2009 in Washington D.C. at the ceremony of Holocaust Remembrance near the Holocaust Memorial Museum. President Obama effectively convinces his audience that everyone needs to learn from the mistakes of the Holocaust in his speech through rhetorical definitions and emotionally charged diction.
President Obama uses rhetorical definitions in his speech to express a critical attitude about the Holocaust. In the first paragraph Obama uses strong adjectives to define the Holocaust to make the audience