President Lincoln as a Rhetorical Strategist On the day of his second inaugural address, 1865, the audience expected President Abraham Lincoln to present a speech about politics and slavery. Instead, he stood before the People and offered a speech about aiding the men, women, and children of the nation in the wake of the Civil War. Lincoln called to his collective audience with the strategy of syntax, including asyndeton, anaphora, and hortative sentences. Lincoln utilized asyndeton to bring attention to the similarities of the split nation. “All dreaded it, all sought to avert it,” emphasized that no one wanted a war.
Dwight Eisenhower was inaugurated as the 34th president of the United States on January 20, 1953. The speech he gave at this event was a very important one. It called on Americans to unite themselves against their large foe, which at this point was communism. Some strategies he used in his speech to make successful is syntax, repetition, logos, and pathos. All three of these strategies are commonly used, but it takes an innovative man to use them and clearly support his purpose, and that is exactly what Dwight Eisenhower did with his address.
Kaitlynn Curtis A Neo-Classical Criticism of President John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address On January 20, 1961, President John F. Kennedy, stood in front of the United States Capital building and delivered his inaugural speech. During this time of JFK election the U.S was fighting in the Cold War. Kennedy wanted to get America moving economically again, he wanted to lessen poverty in the U.S. as he had promised in his campaign. Using Neo-Classical Criticism; I will examine how President John F. Kennedy was able to stimulate action to deplete poverty in The United States and other countries experiencing poverty through his inaugural speech. I will discuss three topics areas that will demonstrate the context for the artifact: JFK as a rhetor, the occasions on which the rhetoric was presented and the audience to whom the rhetoric was addressed.
Due to the death of President McKinley Roosevelt had been President himself for three years at the election of 1904. During his presidency it was evident that Theodore Roosevelt was pro-imperialism. The purpose of his inaugural address was to identify the idea of imperialism through the idea of democracy. Through affirmative word choice he showed imperialism as being an aid rather than a way of conquering another nation. “Much has been given us, and much will rightfully be expected from us.” From this statement Roosevelt reminds America of how thankful they should be for the fact that they live in a democratic country because freedom is given to them; and because they have what others don’t it’s understandable that other countries would want their assistance.
Ryan Dunkleberger HIST 1301-10 Professor Robertson The First Inaugural Address “As Abraham Lincoln took the oath of office as the sixteenth President of the United States on March 4, 1861, seven states had seceded from the Union. More threatened to follow and the nation was on the edge of civil war. Lincoln pleaded for peace, the continuation of the Union, and the preservation of the Constitution. This address was an appeal to the nations sense of community, and the idea of all men uniting for the common defense of freedom, which the Constitution stood for.” During a time of unrest in the country and shortly before the civil war, President Lincoln relied on the Constitution in an attempt to draw the people together, but also tried showing them when the Constitution would apply to the States. During his inaugural speech, which was directed more to the people of the South, and was intended to succinctly state Lincoln's intended policies and desires toward that section, where seven states had seceded from the Union and formed the Confederate States of America.
Governor Mitt Romney presented his ideas and concerns to a vast audience in Manchester, New Hampshire on April, 24 2012. Romney discussed with his audience the improvements that will be made when he is elected our new President in 2012.This speech appeals to all age groups and classifications, but especially to the middle class Americans. Throughout the whole speech Romney uses pathos as a way to get the audience to listen with their heart rather than their head; he gains credibility by appealing to the audience’s emotions, but begins to lose credibility by not stating any logical facts of statistical evidence, but overall Romney’s speech is effective. Romney begins his speech by thanking America. He thoroughly explains his journey leading up to the Presidential Candidacy, he states, “After 43 primaries and caucuses, many long days and more than a few long nights,
Kennedy’s inaugural address vividly underscored the changing of the guard, while promising to uphold America’s commitments. It was one of the shortest inaugural addresses of this century and the most effective and memorable since Franklin D. Roosevelt’s in 1933. This address will always be remembered by those in attendance and the many millions more who watched it on television or heard it on the radio. In his first months in office, he painted a sober, grim picture of the world as he found it. America’s defenses were weaker and its position in certain international situations in greater jeopardy than he expected.
His political party was Republican serving only two terms, as he was assassinated on April 15, 1865. Abraham Lincoln is the most influential President in the United States because he put and kept the union from Civil war, enacted the Homestead Act, and crafted the thirteenth amendment, which ended slavery. Sothern leaders began to threaten about leaving the union, because of Republican plan to end slavery. The Civil War began on April 12, 1861, as forces from the
So far he has proven that he can over come all of the negativity that has been spilled around him because of his skin color. But he also proved that we could rise above racism and elect a black President. In his Inaugural Address he says, “and why a man whose father less than 60 years ago might not have been served in a local restaurant can now stand before you to take a most sacred oath.” Pres. Obama knows that he has just made history in this ever growing nation and will put forth the most effort he will ever exert to prove to the people that not only will he be a good President, but that he will lead our nation into the future of hope and prosperity. Pres.
King has used this device to validate the statements he is making directly following the quote. Some of the more powerful allusions used during this speech are from Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson, both highly respected white men. “Five score years ago” was written in a way to draw attention to Lincoln. Those words are particularly meaningful because Kings Speech was giving in front of Lincoln memorial. Kings mention of the Emancipation Proclamation was to bring the spectators back to 1865 when Lincoln himself, who was not only morally opposed to slavery, however, was a President who defeated the matter of slavery in the south.