The inaugural address made by the 45th president of the United States, like any president before him, had its fair share of soaring rhetoric. It was short, but defiant and will go down as one of the shortest inaugural speeches delivered in modern history. The New York Post observes the shortest speech ever delivered goes to George Washington for his second inaugural in 1793. The speech was bleak in its tone, but fiery in its delivery, yet it offered promise for a better future to many. Trump makes use of rhetorical techniques and as Romm, J. (2016) explains, it succeeds in getting the attention of the people and making ideas stick in their minds.
The organization of Trump’s inaugural speech was strong. It had an introduction, an elaborate narrative intended to set the scene, the division of what will be new in the speaker’s contributions, and the main arguments were closed in the conclusion. After a few sentences of …show more content…
An example is the “I have a Dream” by Martin Luther King. However, Trump’s inauguration speech sparingly used this technique of persuasion. It only appears in a few sentences but is effectively used nevertheless. For example, Trump said that “Mothers and children trapped in poverty in our inner cities, rusted out factories scattered like tombstones across the landscape of our nation.” This echoes his recognition of the plight of the common American’s problem. Another instance of a metaphor in the speech occurs when Trump depicts the United States as divided and the only thing that can bring unity is bloodletting sacrifice. He says that “It’s time to remember that old wisdom our soldiers will never forget, that whether we are black or brown or white, we all bleed the same red blood of patriots.” He tries to dispel any form of fear among Americans in the same note by saying that the great men and women in the military, and most importantly, God, will stand with the nation and protect
The organization of Trump’s inaugural speech was strong. It had an introduction, an elaborate narrative intended to set the scene, the division of what will be new in the speaker’s contributions, and the main arguments were closed in the conclusion. After a few sentences of …show more content…
An example is the “I have a Dream” by Martin Luther King. However, Trump’s inauguration speech sparingly used this technique of persuasion. It only appears in a few sentences but is effectively used nevertheless. For example, Trump said that “Mothers and children trapped in poverty in our inner cities, rusted out factories scattered like tombstones across the landscape of our nation.” This echoes his recognition of the plight of the common American’s problem. Another instance of a metaphor in the speech occurs when Trump depicts the United States as divided and the only thing that can bring unity is bloodletting sacrifice. He says that “It’s time to remember that old wisdom our soldiers will never forget, that whether we are black or brown or white, we all bleed the same red blood of patriots.” He tries to dispel any form of fear among Americans in the same note by saying that the great men and women in the military, and most importantly, God, will stand with the nation and protect