In January 20th 1961, John Franklin Kennedy was sworn in as President of the United States. In his speech, he gave a lot of attention on international affairs. He created an analytical tone and used various rhetorical strategies such as repetition and metaphor to appeal to the public to carry a heavier burden of commitment and make a greater sacrifice for United State. As a result, his speech caused great repercussion in the entire society. In Kennedy’s speech there were many rhetorical strategies, and the most common one was repetition. Repetition is the simple repeating of a word, within a sentence or a poetical line, in order to secure emphasis. In paragraph two, he emphasized that “For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish
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In this way, audiences can easily have a better understand on JFK’s true beliefs. For instance, “To our sister republics south of our border, we offer a special pledge: to convert our good words into good deeds, in a new alliance for progress, to assist free men and free governments in casting off the chains of poverty.” In this sentence, he compared other countries as “sister” in order to help the audience understand that America want to maintain a friendly and equal diplomatic relationship with South American countries. Besides, he used the word “chains” to describe poverty, which reflect the misery of being poor. In the following paragraphs, JFK mentioned the extreme harmfulness of nuclear weapons by saying “dark power”. In some ways, the speech claimed that it was everyone’s responsibility to respond to the call------ maintaining peace. From JFK’s speech, JFK’s idea that all countries should oppose tyranny, poverty, disease and war solidly and jointly was well expressed by using various rhetorical strategies. Between the lines of speech, we can feel his unshakable faith for America. Deservedly, the patriotism of American citizens were successfully been
In this way, audiences can easily have a better understand on JFK’s true beliefs. For instance, “To our sister republics south of our border, we offer a special pledge: to convert our good words into good deeds, in a new alliance for progress, to assist free men and free governments in casting off the chains of poverty.” In this sentence, he compared other countries as “sister” in order to help the audience understand that America want to maintain a friendly and equal diplomatic relationship with South American countries. Besides, he used the word “chains” to describe poverty, which reflect the misery of being poor. In the following paragraphs, JFK mentioned the extreme harmfulness of nuclear weapons by saying “dark power”. In some ways, the speech claimed that it was everyone’s responsibility to respond to the call------ maintaining peace. From JFK’s speech, JFK’s idea that all countries should oppose tyranny, poverty, disease and war solidly and jointly was well expressed by using various rhetorical strategies. Between the lines of speech, we can feel his unshakable faith for America. Deservedly, the patriotism of American citizens were successfully been