John F Kennedy Inaugural Address Rhetorical Devices

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 and alliteration to emphasize his speech and try to make his point across. In the next paragraphs, I will go into strict detail by providing historical background, a background on president John F. Kennedy, the appeals used, and the significance and effect of the speech. In John F. Kennedys, Inaugural Address, he utilizes rhetorical appeals, repetition and alliteration to make his speech more concrete for others to understand the importance of coming out victorious in the Cold War.
Historical Background
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Kennedy used ethos, pathos, and logos as a foundation for a strong developed speech that would carry-out a formal message. Kennedy sets ethos, ethnical appeal, by putting different people of high class to make his argument strong as he starts his address by “Vice President Johnson, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Chief Justice, President Eisenhower, Vice President Nixon, President Truman, reverend clergy, fellow citizens, we observe today not a victory of party, but celebration of freedom, which symbolizes an end as well as a beginning, signifying renewal, as well as change.” He then also establishes logos into different sections. Which he then divides the world into different categories based on the way one lives and what they believe in. Most importantly Kennedy wrapped up his argument up by providing pathos in the appearing of American pride, and other important concepts that will be essential to the success in the Cold