During History class‚ we watched a documentary on JFK’s last moments as well as his assassination. The movie first started with JFK attending a breakfast in Texas. He gives his final speech here and is presented with a cowboy hat. He does not put it on but promises to when he returns to his office Monday morning. He never did return there. Next‚ we see him reach Dallas and see the American people welcome him. They’re all ecstatic that he is there. About a half hour later he is in the backseat of
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underline their complexities for the audience‚ a majority of Kennedy’s important‚ consequential points are made through the use of antithesis. Accoringly‚ he opens the speech with the line‚ “…we observe today not a victory of party‚ but a celebration of freedom”(Kennedy 1). By placing this antithetical remark near the beginning of his speech‚ Kennedy is able to enthrall his audience before he gets any further. Kennedy is also clarifying that the occasion is a “celebration” of the unity of the country‚
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inaugural speech‚ wanted to make the country just a little bit stronger‚ a little bit more involved‚ and just a little more united just through his speech. Diving into a strong and involved country would make his job easier‚ and make the people see him as an effective leader. By changing the tempo of the speech‚ creating a rhythm‚ and unique sentence structure‚ he creates a feeling of nationalism for all of his listeners and readers. Although the use of dashes in a speech may have
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Throughout his speech in which he condemned companies for raising steel prices‚ Kennedy repeatedly appeals to a sense of communal sacrifice and collective responsibility in order to rally his everyman audience around this ostensible cause for outrage. From the beginning‚ Kennedy‚ a millionaire Harvard graduate‚ includes himself in the aggrieved camp of everyday Americans by using the first person “we”. The list of sacrifices being made by the “185 million Americans” are thus shared by him as well
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of the most significant speeches of the Twentieth Century. Americans feared for a long‚ drawn-out cold war. He illustrated the contrast between the United States and its enemies‚ and stated the duties of the United States and its people. Kennedy’s speech his vision for American foreign policy‚ a vision that foreshadowed decades of diplomatic‚ economic‚ and even military action to support and defend freedom and liberty around the world. The most impactful and timeless point Kennedy made was the
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Arts Time Required: 1-2 class periods Goals/Rationale An inaugural address is a speech for a very specific event—being sworn into the office of the presidency. The speeches of modern presidents share some commonalities in referencing American history‚ the importance of the occasion‚ and hope for the future. Each president‚ however‚ has faced the particular challenges of his time and put his own distinctive rhetorical stamp on the address. In the course of writing this address‚ John F. Kennedy
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John F. Kennedy delivers a speech at Rice University Stadium in Houston‚ Texas. Kennedy’s audience is those who are in attendance at this event. This was in support of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s program to put humans on the moon. Kennedy used evidence to prove the benefits‚ important scientific figures‚ calls to the audience‚ and utilizes their moral compass so that the listeners of this speech will feel compelled to support the cause of the space program. Kennedy uses evidence
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Running Head: CELLPHONE USE WHILE DRIVING 1 An Assessment of Cellphone Use While Driving Octasia Gore ENG 137 Ms. Smalls February 18‚2013 Cellphone Use While Driving 2 Did you know about 80% of drivers use their cellphones while driving? Talking on the phone could be dangerous to other drivers and pedestrians. Drivers are constantly on the phone talking‚ texting‚ or surfing the internet. Drivers should have limited use to cellphones while driving to decrease collisions due to
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Kennedy‚ in his presidential inaugural address‚ affirmed America’s traditional values and 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
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January 3‚ 2012/17 Rhetoric I Ask In Kennedy’s inaugural address he pledges to help the people around the world who "struggle to break the bonds of misery." He wishes to help these people because it is the right thing to do. This shows that there was much poverty around the world at the time. Even the rich needed help; Kennedy said‚ "If a free society cannot help the many who are poor‚ then it cannot save the few who are rich." Kennedy also wanted to assure the survival and success of liberty
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