Rhetorical Analysis of John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address President John F. Kennedy delivered a speech that fueled the hearts of Americans during times of hardship and uncertainty. Kennedy’s usage of rhetorical devices gives his speech the empowering and resolute tone necessary to evoke the emotions of his audience and sway their motives to agree with his own. Kennedy’s usage of asyndetons in his speech facilitate a more intense atmosphere‚ allowing his words to hammer even harder at the
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wrong. “Medical care is tied to social security”. This shows that Kennedy has a knowledge of the three parties vies on medical care and how the programs tie into each other. Presents Issues so they are Easily Understood 1. Richard Nixon uses rhetorical questions to have the audience relate
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Running head: JFK HANDLES THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS President JFK and the Cuban Missile Crisis Contemporary History June 12‚ 2010 The Cuban Missile Crisis forever marked 1962 as the year the world almost witnessed a nuclear war. The Soviet Union‚ Cuba‚ and the United States were all teetering on the edge of a cliff that was crumbling from the weight of fear‚ tension‚ and secrecy. It also marked the official end of Americans innocent belief that they were safe in the glow of Lady Liberty’s
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stressed the importance of establishing peace between countries. In his speech‚ Kennedy emphasized the need for unity between the United States and Soviet Union as it is the best way to preserve tranquility and to protect the nation. He utilized the rhetorical device of anaphora to accentuate the actions necessary to ensure the success of creating strong relations between the United States and Soviet Union. Kennedy repeated the phrase‚” let both sides‚” along with an inspiring suggestion to promote the
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The youthful energy found in John F. Kennedy’s speech is evident throughout. He had just won a long hard fought campaign‚ yet chose not to focus on the policies that helped him win specifically. The goals he has are illustrated in strong appeals to emotion‚ by making a connection with the everyday American citizen. He personalizes his speech in looking forward to the future while using the past as an example. John F. Kennedy begins his inaugural speech by using antithesis to emphasize the importance
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greatest american speakers. One of his famous speech is " Ask not what your country can do for you" when he is in his inaugural address. President Kennedy have used many of the tools in rhetorical or presuasive writing. He has full knowleged with Aristotle three areas of rhetorical such as: Ethos‚ Pathos and Logos. JFK also uses repetition to persuade the American people. He begins several sections in the middle of his speech with the same phrase‚ “Let both sides. . .” then uses very strong verbs to
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JFK “Moon” Speech Rhetorical Analysis Rough Draft Precedent John Fitzgerald Kennedy also known as JFK gave a speech during the cold war‚ and the race to space. Saying that we need to go to space not to use as a weapon but as a source of knowledge and explaining why we need to. He believes that most of his audience is skeptical and dost want to go to space. To convince the laudians that we need to go to space he passes himself off as a visionist saying that this is going to be the most important thing
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themselves‚ for whatever period is required.” (Kennedy). Emphasizing “we pledge” shows the proudness and vigor he had for his country and also the importance for the nation to work together as one. The use of repetition kept an echo of the important words JFK wanted his audience to embrace and remember. Kennedy used repetition well to further demonstrate his purpose to unify the
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There is a young man sitting in front of the television staring into the eyes of the viewers before he glances down to start speaking. Edward Kennedy’s speaks on the tragedy that happened on July 18‚ 1969 on Chappaquiddick Island‚ that resulted in the death of a young woman named Mary Jo Kopechne. Mary Jo was a secretary of the late Robert Kennedy and was still working with the Kennedy family. He begins his speech to communicate that he has “entered a plea of guilty to the charge of leaving the scene
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Dean Howard ENG105 Rhetorical Analysis John Fitzgerald Kennedy‚ arguably one of our greater presidents in our nation’s history‚ was assassinated on a Friday in the early stages of winter in 1963; however‚ he had accomplished much more than a man with lesser courage could have in his services to our country. One of President Kennedy’s most memorable actions while in office‚ actually took place very early on in his presidency; his Inaugural Speech in January of 1961. When attempting to
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