The inaugural speech by John F Kennedy, who sworn in as the President of America on 20th January 1961, is considered a best example of speech which used rhetorical strategy to effectively address the feelings of the audience (Tofel, p6). In this essay, it is discussed in detail the rhetorical strategies used by Kennedy to achieve his purpose. The purpose of this essay is to examine how the diction and syntax in the speech served the purpose of the speaker, enriched the text and affected the feelings of the audience. There are four sections for this paper. In the next section, the features of the speech are discussed. In the third section, the rhetoric analysis is done using the rhetorical triangle. Fourth section concludes the paper.
2. Features …show more content…
The final speech was delivered after several reworks and revisions (. He focused to be brief in his speech and concentrated on the message in his speech, length of the words and capturing the attention of the audience. The phrase, which he included in his speech"Ask not what your country can do for you-ask what you can do for your country" had been very popular even today all over the world( William, 558).
3.Rhetorical Triangle
The three main components of rhetorical triangle are purpose, audience and choice (Wright,1).
3.1.Components
Purpose: The purpose of Kennedy, based on speech is the unification of America and all countries globally( William, 160 ). Thus, he aims at bringing welfare to all people. He needs the people to work for peaceful future from now itself ( William, 160).
Audience: The audience of Kennedy includes Americans and people globally. He aims at bringing brighter future to all people globally, in spite of being non-American (William, p558).
Choice: He aims at bringing legitimate solution to the current issues .Thus his choice is to bring up current issues that he can offer solutions, which are legitimate. This is to match his words and
2. Features …show more content…
The final speech was delivered after several reworks and revisions (. He focused to be brief in his speech and concentrated on the message in his speech, length of the words and capturing the attention of the audience. The phrase, which he included in his speech"Ask not what your country can do for you-ask what you can do for your country" had been very popular even today all over the world( William, 558).
3.Rhetorical Triangle
The three main components of rhetorical triangle are purpose, audience and choice (Wright,1).
3.1.Components
Purpose: The purpose of Kennedy, based on speech is the unification of America and all countries globally( William, 160 ). Thus, he aims at bringing welfare to all people. He needs the people to work for peaceful future from now itself ( William, 160).
Audience: The audience of Kennedy includes Americans and people globally. He aims at bringing brighter future to all people globally, in spite of being non-American (William, p558).
Choice: He aims at bringing legitimate solution to the current issues .Thus his choice is to bring up current issues that he can offer solutions, which are legitimate. This is to match his words and