Rhetorical Devices In Donald Trump's Address

On January 20, 2017, President Donald Trump was sworn into office. As have all the other presidents whom have been sworn in office, he gave his nationwide address. Donald Trump effectively sets forth his vision for his time in office and reunite the nation divided by the democratic electoral process. He accomplishes this by using Imagery, antitheses, and anaphors. Trump uses imagery to reassure the nation that there is nothing to fear because it is already here. He says “Mothers and children trapped in poverty in our inner cities.” This quote provokes fear in the audience. He uses the metaphor “rusted out factories scattered like tombstones across the landscape of our nation” to give the audience a picture of a what America has come too. He later uses a biblical Allusion to affirm the country that there is nothing to fear, because he is here to fix it. All in all, Trump puts an image of fear in the audiences’ head just to affirm them that they will conqueror the fear together. “America [will be] totally unstoppable.” Throughout the speech, Trump uses an anaphor to state his plan for the country. “We will bring back our jobs, we will…, We will…, We will…, We will get our people …show more content…
“A small group in our nation's Capital has reaped the rewards of government while the people have borne the cost. Washington flourished -- but the people did not share in its wealth. … Their victories have not been your victories; their triumphs have not been your triumphs; and while they celebrated in our nation's capital, there was little to celebrate for struggling families all across our land.” Trump uses these 5 or 6 antitheses to show that in the past mistakes have been made, but he sees these mistakes. He wants everyone to share the wealth. Everyone wants to share the wealth. Trump effectively uses antitheses to convey what he wants to fix. He uses them to point him out the old flaws and continues with how he can fix