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…
problems. His rhetorical appeals go out on a reach to make someone feel indicted. Hoping to eliminate the borders within society he climbs out to unite everyone as a whole to construct a “More perfect union.” Obama begins his speech with a occurring rhetorical device.
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
direction. “But the remarks that have caused this recent firestorm weren't simply controversial. They weren't simply a religious leaders efforts to speak out against perceived injustice. Instead , they expressed a profoundly distorted view of this country.”(Obama par 13-14) He stretches this theme by either dividing into two categories: a work's thematic concept meaning what readers "think the work is about" and its thematic statement being "what the work says about the subject". His underlying meaning of his literary work stated goes directly and indirectly.The audience is fully aware of the division between the races in America, and the speech is very effective here due to the fact that Obama is willingly speaking out about what is often unspoken. There is a battle between races throughout America. This belief, or idea, transcends cultural barriers. This is the central topic or idea explored in the text and he explores the racial issues that erupt while creating a feud. Remarks would not matter in view of the fact that accusations has turned heads away from the events that can not be seen in a racial depiction. But, in-depth of a change it is universal. Obama proposes his speech to have an honest conversation on race and exclude the division to unite the historical racial divide. His theme here is to be concrete with the moral of the story which is him painting his passion towards the racial makeup in America. Secondly, He positions his theory on race to help those feel the sense of pathos. Misunderstanding the misunderstood can address and prevail issues of race within America and will paralyze and Deteriorate our nation all on one. “I can no more disown the black community I can no more disown him that I can disown my white grandmother.” He repeats “I can no more disown” as he chose this to add emphasis and highlight the idea of his loyalty. He lets his audience see that the words being used are central enough to be repeated, and lets them know to pay special attention to the language chosen. Repetition is also used here as a key tool for Obama to develope the audience a understanding in broadening his style, tone, and rhythm. He goes to a technique to draw a person's attention to a certain idea. He grasp them to keep their awareness towards his obedience in not just the church but his ethnicity as a whole.Pathos is executed in many levels some being intellectual, social, spiritual, and emotional. Obama does this by giving factual information of his backdrop. He interjects not only historical references; he includes later to explain the extent of his family tree. He gives credibility to his speech and validity for people to proclaim his message. The implication is to not only justify his bloodline into prospect but to disorient people away from what should not be the focus. “The most segregated hour of American life occurs on Sunday morning.” (Obama, par. 12). He restates the focus of race not being the only problem in America. He regains the audience's attention using ethos gaining credibility to revamp the social issues that pervade our society today. The audience frolics at his momentous story, and ethos is attainted here through storytelling. In essence, Obama reproduces a biological connection with his audience. This scarce topic interests being that everyone does not actively practice a religious faith, Obama chooses stories that everyone, could identify and recognize.
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.
This paper is an analysis of the inaugural address of the former president Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR). We will focus on the main historical events that were happening, and how he addressed those issues in his speech. In his speech he used appeals to grow closer to the crowd he was speaking too. We will state the quotes he used and announce what kind of appeal that it is from. FDR uses words and phrases to pull the crowd in and I will discuss the effects of those words and what they had on the crowd. Finally we will talk about the overall quality and effectiveness of the speech and how it was such a great speech used.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.