President Donald J. Trump’s Inaugural Address “January 20‚ 2017‚ will be remembered as the day the people became the rulers of this nation again‚” (Donald J. Trump). On the day of January 20‚ the United States’ forty-fifth president was inaugurated. Since the day of November 8‚ 2016‚ the citizens of America have been preparing for Trump to come into office‚ whether they approved of him or not. He had several high and low points of his speech. Many people have different views on the speech and
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The author of this document was Abraham Lincoln‚ the 16th president of the United States. He was the president of the US during the time of this speech and getting inaugurated for the second time. This was a speech that was given to a mass audience on March 4‚ 1865 in the United States Capitol‚ Washington‚ D.C.. Historical context of this document is way more than just a president being declared president of the United States for the second time. This document was a speech given March 4‚ 1865.
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their nations with integrity. In the 1970s‚ Nixon breached this oath of honesty‚ causing uproar in the United States. He lost credibility as an authoritative figure and resigned from office‚ leaving thousands of citizens distrustful and suspicious of the U.S. government. In that time‚ Vice President Gerald R. Ford steps forward as the new President‚ reassuring the nation in his “Address upon Taking the Oath of the U.S. Presidency.” However‚ as most people do not know him‚ they withheld from believing
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Rhetorical analysis in Obama’s inaugural address Presiden’s inaugural address‚besides aiming to elucidate his politics and position‚ mainly aims to insipre and educate the public.Obama’s inaugural address” Renewing American’s Promise” once again displayed his incomparable eloquence and fluency. Appropriate employment of rhetoric can express thoughts and emotions accurately and create the desired emotional impact. First‚the use of parallelism. In rhetoric‚ parallelism means giving two or more
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can illuminate the whole earth."-Baha’u’llah. In his Second Inaugural Address‚ Abraham Lincoln sincerely suggests that all humans are more similar than assumed in order to reveal the causes of the Civil War and to italicize the fact that the nation should unite as one. The similarities of the North and South caused the war. Although both parties "deprecated" and "dreaded" war‚ one side "accepted" war while the other "made" war. Lincoln’s use of parallelism emphasizes the similarities between both parties
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as it implies the country needing a fix with an appeal of ethos. A message of optimism is therefore sent to convey the presence of aspiration in Lincoln’s mind‚ even in a time of division and sorrow. Credibility of Lincoln is to be tinkered with as he claims such with determination seen to be deemed relevant for advancement. Art also represented for a nearby time as George Washington crossing the Delaware may also convey hope with a contrast of light to dark. As it seems to adjust the subjects closer
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would happen but I often feared that it would and one February 5th 1985‚I went into to my office‚ thinking about how after 4 long years the civil war would finally come to a closing I wished so desperately for this day to come sooner‚ despite all the conflict was elected for a second term in office. ‚I hung one last picture of all before I prepared myself for my second inaugural address where I will start to announce my plans for the future please take a seat mr. president. I kindly thanked him and
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Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address‚ Lincoln faces a deeply divided nation in midst of a civil war. Lincoln hopes to mend fences by making a moving speech using inclusive and optimistic diction ‚parallelism‚ appeal to Common Christian‚ and substantial amount of balanced syntax. Lincoln’s optimistic diction invokes a sense of unity and establishes common ground for both‚ North and South‚ to find a compromise. Instead of using "the South" and "the North"‚ Lincoln always uses “all” to connect his
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President Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address was made one month before the end of the Civil War. This speech was also his last. Throughout the speech his purpose was to reunite the North and the South.. To accomplish his purpose‚ he uses logical appeals‚ repetition and Biblical allusions. President Lincoln used logical appeals to achieve his purpose of reunification of the North and South. Throughout the speech‚ lincoln used logos to prove that "both parties deprecated war" to put them on equal
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Twain write texts about war‚ and how each side prays to win the war. Although‚ both Lincoln and Twain believe God has different will’s during war. Abraham Lincoln’s "Second Inaugural Address" speech he explains how both the North and the South are praying for victory. However‚ he assures the North they will win‚ because God wants to remove the offense of slavery in America. He explains how God "give both North and South this terrible war" for allowing "slavery". He believes that the war my last
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