Despite negative remarks made he makes positive points to lead his audience. His speech may be misunderstood if people can not analyze his rhetorical devices in a way of understanding. Because his main attempt is to create and maintain a stable country. By provoking allusion,tone,theme,repetition and pathos in the audience. Obama achieves unity and includes the American people to change the racial tension and their political,economic, and social effects. He confronts ethos through allusion, making the American people reflect on how they perceive others while grasping them with pathos as well. He incites pathos through Imagery and leaves the audience with the feeling of inspiration making them feel compelled to change society and world wide …show more content…
He alludes to the struggles and sacrifices throughout the court during the civil war. He takes this expressive way by indirectly mentioning or referencing the combat within the past. The subtle and implicit citation helps express the text by recalling predicaments . He calls a event in mind by not describing in detail the background of which it refers. Making a historical idea turns the tables while describing the political significance in the Civil war. Obama shows this descriptive language to deepen the audience's imagination to better explain the spread of conflict. By taking the audience into the pain of the 1860s he takes them into a visual of imagery. He includes figurative and metaphorical language to improve the reader’s experience through their sight senses. He then takes a Parallelism approach saying “march for a more just, more equal, more caring, more prosperous.” Being that he chose this repetitive word choice it forms a rhythmic tone making it memorable. This is effective because he tries to grasp people back to the main reason we started here in America. He asks how can we the people of America not stay attentive to the triggers throughout the U.S. “What would be needed were Americans in successive generations who were willing to do their part- through protests, and struggles on the streets and in the courts through a civil war and civil disobedience.”(Obama par 4-5) He states how America needs more than just “We the people” but people willing to take a different approach towards a better union. Obama chose to run for president to help lead the U.S. into a equitable
There have been many historical events in history that have impacted America in many ways. For example, famous Speeches given by important people such as Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the united states which his main goal was to help America recover from the severe economic issues during the 1930’s. Roosevelt used rhetorical devices to persuade desperate Americans, wounded from the Great Depression, by introducing a plan which it will be the best way to recover from the severe crisis that affected Americans. In Franklin D. Roosevelt, First Inaugural Address, he used personification, diction, and antimetabole to convey his conflicting feelings about the New Deal, in order to face the economic issues
Rhetorical Analysis of Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address Abraham Lincoln served as the president of the United States for the entirety of the American Civil War from 1861 to 1865. He began his second term on March 4, 1865, nearing the end of the Civil War that had divided the nation. In his second inaugural address, Lincoln discusses the disastrous war and how it has separated the country and encourages peace between the two opposing sides. Lincoln effectively constructs his argument that Americans themselves must collectively work towards peace and restoration of their nation by adopting an ardent diction, an optimistic tone, and references to religious texts. Lincoln’s speech creates passionate diction that reflects the hope he has for unity among all Americans.
President Obama’s Address to the nation was presented on January 5, 2016. His speech was shown on all of the major network stations. The main goal of his speech was to get the point across to the nation about the increasing problem of gun use. His speech really focused on the issue of gun control and if it would benefit the country. Overall, the biggest idea of his Address was that gun control is a large issue in the United States. The way to prevent deaths caused by firearms can be prevented in other ways than taking peoples guns away. The examples brought up in this Address really stood out to me. The use of personal, national, and global examples really made his speech stronger on the topic of effectiveness.
When president Barack Obama first walked on the biggest stage in America eight years ago a lot of Americans did not trust his words of wisdom to carry, we the people to a better United States. On January 10, 2017 President Barack Obama walked back on that same big stage now known and loved by so many to give his last and final speech, his Farewell speech. All of the non believers were certainly awoken to the actions that were taken by president Barack Obama to achieve most of what he truly dedicated his life and career to. Obama worked hard to gain the love, respect and dedication by so many loyal americans today. It definitely was not an easy task to achieve, many trials and many errors. In this analysis I will state weather or not Obama’s
From his extremely vivid imagery at the beginning to his conclusion that America plans to seek a solution with Russia and other nations, the president’s flow from using pathos to logos to ethos made his speech very effective and compelling. His argument was backed up and supported all through out his speech, which helped his audience believe that what he was saying is true and important. However, his speech would have been nothing without the implication and opinion that America is the strongest nation in the world. Although this point is debatable, it is our duty to help other nations. We definitely do an excellent job at helping other nations and always having their best interests at heart. I believe this was the main goal for Obama’s speech; a plan to protect the United States. The use of logos, ethos and pathos just helped his speech to be more persuasive and
He makes sure his audience connects with him directly by making them feel at his level, and at hiss. This way he connects to the audience, and in exchange, helps his statement of unity. Using various examples of parallelism, anaphora and refrain, Obama brands the theme of equality and togetherness in our country throughout the speech, vital to gaining the respect of his audience. Obama recalls the ‘enduring strength of the constitution’ by delving into the past alluding to America’s allegiance to the Declaration of Independence by quoting “we hold these truths. that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”.
The symbol of American spirit， a gorgeous star on the hill of the United States, JFK engraved with a heavy stroke in the book of history，he express a intense and firm idea in his Inaugural address, even more, his speech influenced the generation that he was in. JFK’s purpose is to seek peace and incite people to make contribution to their country, for most of condition to achieve his purpose JFK use rhetorical devices to express emotion like parallelism or metaphor.
By the time the war had ended, Lincoln had owned the oval office for 4 long years. He observed “less occasion” for the traditional… of most Inaugural Addresses and dives into the concern of recent events. A short summary of these events ensues, but through them flows impartiality and hope for reconciliation. We began by relaying the “thoughts anxiously directed to an impending civil war.” By appealing the past, Lincoln, perhaps unbeknownst to the crowd, reaffirms the passing of a great, unavoidable struggle. The people are free and in need of moving forward as a nation in it’s entirety.
Many would argue that President Obama is one of the most effective speakers in the decade. With his amazing speeches, he captivates his audience with his emotion and official tone.
I believe that the additional rhetorical devices strengthened John F. Kennedy famous inauguration speech. The reason I say this is because it makes John F. Kennedy’s speech more interesting and appealing to the listener. Some examples of rhetorical devices include alliteration, metaphors, paradox, using references to the past, and emotion-arousing words. Although, i am going to describe a few ways Kennedy spiced up his speech.
The inauguration of John F. Kennedy, the former president, in 1961 Washington D.C is a very famous and successful speech. Even though today, over fifty years later, many American people can remember some sentences from it. Due to John’s incredible application of the art of diction and rhetorical devices, this lecture becomes a classic as well as helps him gain more supports. Having won the election by one of the smallest popular vote margins in history, Kennedy had known the great importance of this speech. (Analyzing) Through broadcast on radio and television, the speech was converted to everywhere in the nation. His term of office was during the Cold War, which means he needed to keep the peace. People tempered by war, disciplined by a hard
He uses allusion and repetition of words to prove his points about racial discrimination. His main goal is for the country to stay united and put discrimination aside, and continue the path of the ones who came before us. Obama alludes to the civil war by saying,” continue the long march” which illustrates the march that the north did to the south to stop race discrimination, as well as the fact how the north opposed with slavery and wanted to make south stop (1). The other device he uses in his speech was the repetition of words by using the word “more” to express his main goal and focus. Although the country is so called “free” his main goal is still to improve America in every way possible and put race discrimination completely aside. In the speech, he expresses his tone by saying,” more just, more equal, more free, more caring, and more prosperous America.” Which goes to the fact that he is trying to even improve America more in every way possible. If we improve our country even more, then we will not be having any issues in our
In his prominent 1961 Inaugural Address, John F. Kennedy extensively employs pathos, parallelism, antithesis, and varied syntax to captivate millions of people, particularly to persuade them to stand together and attempt to further human rights for the “betterment” of the world. Kennedy’s effective use of various rhetorical styles succeeds in persuading his audience –the world and the U.S citizens—that his newly-seized position as the U.S. President will be worthwhile for all.
The election that took place in 2016 was a great ordeal, everyone would agree on that, but mainly our former First lady, Michelle Obama. Obama actually gave a speech about the election in New Hampshire persuading the viewers to vote for Hillary Clinton. Obama’s speech on Trump’s sexual behavior was an effective speech because she used pathos,ethos and logos to get her point across.
On July 27, 2004, Barack Obama made arguably his most important speech, “The Audacity of Hope”, at the Democratic National Convention Keynote Address. These conventions are for political parties to announce a winner for nomination. All the way through his piece, Obama focuses on connecting Americans and himself to the audience. In fact, at the time, Barack Obama was a US Senate candidate for the United States president, and in making this speech, was offered a window for raising his popularity. Throughout “The Audacity of Hope” speech, Barack Obama implements three main devices to raise his political popularity: repetition, abstract language, and structure.