On January 20, 1961 President John F. Kennedy gave his inaugural address in Washington D.C. At that time, Kennedy was the youngest man ever elected president and was a new, largely untested leader. This speech was Kennedy’s first inauguration as president, the election was not a landslide; the country was deeply divided on their opinions of Kennedy.This speech was directed to the American people, those in favor of Kennedy and those who weren't. Another subliminal audience was the international people such as leaders and allies. He had a specific message for each of those audiences Kennedy’s goal was to let America know it was time for a national change and a positive beginning to the 20th century. He also affirms his ideals and commitments
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Because, his presidential election was not a landslide win there were many people he had to convince that he was the appropriate choice. JFK's Inaugural was aimed not only at the people of America but the people of the world, he does this by using multiple anaphoras such as “To those old allies”. He made most of his important points using antithesis, the deliberate juxtaposition of two opposing idea in the same sentence. Alliteration is said to be easier to remember JFK uses multiple examples of alliteration to put emphasis on important points he wanted his audience to remember. Kennedy also uses parallelism This use of repeating grammatical structures creates a rhythm that evokes our attention. When he uses rhetorical questions they are not meant to be answered but allow the audience to take a position and to think about how they would answer the question. His rhetorical purpose in addition to unifying the country can be summed up in the statement he used that has certainly outlived his legacy: "And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country." He wanted to involve the people in the process from here on
Because, his presidential election was not a landslide win there were many people he had to convince that he was the appropriate choice. JFK's Inaugural was aimed not only at the people of America but the people of the world, he does this by using multiple anaphoras such as “To those old allies”. He made most of his important points using antithesis, the deliberate juxtaposition of two opposing idea in the same sentence. Alliteration is said to be easier to remember JFK uses multiple examples of alliteration to put emphasis on important points he wanted his audience to remember. Kennedy also uses parallelism This use of repeating grammatical structures creates a rhythm that evokes our attention. When he uses rhetorical questions they are not meant to be answered but allow the audience to take a position and to think about how they would answer the question. His rhetorical purpose in addition to unifying the country can be summed up in the statement he used that has certainly outlived his legacy: "And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country." He wanted to involve the people in the process from here on