Identify The Rhetoric And Rhetorical Devices In Trump's Inaugural Address

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"Cures to illnesses that have always plagued us are not too much to hope. American footprints on distant worlds are not too big a dream. Millions lifted from welfare to work is not too much to expect. And streets where mothers are safe from fear -- schools where children learn in peace -- and jobs where Americans prosper and grow -- are not too much to ask," Trump said.
He said he was "asking all members of Congress to join me in dreaming big, and bold and daring things for our country."
His uplifting message was dramatically different from Trump's usual rhetoric -- and also from his usual controversies. For the night, he set aside his demands that Mexico pay for a border wall, and his claims that "extreme vetting" and his travel ban are necessary

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