First Inaugural Address In the summer of 1929, the U.Sf economy started a recession, spending slowed which then caused factory production to slow. With factory production slowing stock prices continued to rise which caused investors to pay way too much for stocks. Then in the fall of 1929 investors realized the shares were overpriced and sold all they had, which caused the stock market to crash. This caused consumers to really stop buying goods which led to firing employees and slowing down production even more than it was.…
President John F. Kennedy's Speech As the United States was emerging from recession, President John F. Kennedy held a news conference to articulate the involvement of steel corporations and their effect on stable prices and wages. As stated by Kennedy, citizens of America were told they have a right to expect “a higher sense of business responsibility” (103-105) for their country. To enhance his ideas for America’s steel prices, Kennedy uses a variety of rhetorical strategies including: repetition and formal diction, an allusion towards his earlier speech, and using forlorn facts to ridicule steel corporations. In order to articulate his need for stable prices and wages, Kennedy uses repetition and statistics to convey a logical viewpoint for the reader, while using formal diction and long syntax to establish credibility.…
Lincoln achieved his purpose when giving the Second Inaugural Address and surprised his audience with it. He used many rhetorical strategies when giving this address. He discusses the difference between the North and South, and how they also compare (Examples: difference is how the North did not have slaves and the South did. Then compared is how both sides saw God the same way). Lincoln talks about the effects of the Civil War and how God is the answer for ending the war and ending slavery.…
Roosevelt use of ethos is very important, so he starts the speech by telling his audience that he will tell the truth and live up to that as one of his duties as a leader. He then states that the people should not fear to let him, the leader, lead the nation to a new prosperity. Roosevelt then list a number of things that has happen, such as taxes on the rise, farmers have no market for their produce, and that many families hard earn savings are gone. By stating these things, he tells the public…
Rumors are commonly used by children; however, would you be surprised if leaders also joined in? Rumors are usually about other people’s lives and at times evolve into lies, depending on who tells the gossip. During1890-1920s the progressive era was still going on; the progressive era was a time in which technology, economic development, science, and social organization was introduced and applied to America. In 1901 president Theodore Roosevelt began an anti-corruption campaign known as the progressive reform movement to clean the government from powerfully corrupt leaders. Throughout this campaign rumors and false accusations rose up against honest men.…
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was by far one of the most influential presidents to ever walk the face of the earth. Franklin was the democratic candidate who won the 1932 election. When President Franklin Roosevelt took office in 1933, the pain of the Great depression had already hit, and at least one-quarter of the American workforce was unemployed. Franklin acted quickly to try and stabilize the economy and provide jobs and tranquility to those who were suffering. Over the next eight years, the government created a series of experimental projects and programs, known as the New Deal.…
A year and a half after joining the fight, the war continued leaving devastation and loss for the world. World War I was in full swing causing constant concern in everyone’s daily life. On January the 8th, 1918 Woodrow Wilson gave his most memorable speech to all mankind. His one speech that was integrated into a variety of treaties and policies of nations everywhere.…
As mentioned, Roosevelt faced a variety of difficult challenges. The country was falling apart and the people had very little hope things would change. When Roosevelt spoke, he spoke with confidence and inspired a shared vision of a better America. He did so by enlisting American’s help and charging them to work together. Roosevelt realized to overcome the challenges America faced at the time; he needed to the paint the picture for others to see what he saw.…
In “Citizenship In A Republic” by Theodore Roosevelt, he makes a speech to French students about how the quality of the citizens and the ruler in a republic determines whether a nation will succeed or fail and that everyone should go above and beyond what they are asked to do on a daily basis. The purpose of his speech is to not only encourage the students and whoever listened to his speech to be better people in their daily lives, but to go out and participate in life rather than sit back and criticize others on their work as well as help others who are in need. He mentions how the “average citizen must be a good citizen if our republics are to succeed.” Roosevelt is able to make an emotional connection with his listeners because he makes it personal. For example, in the quote mentioned above, he uses the word “our” instead of “your” or “my.”…
Ronald Reagan has always been known as one of the greatest speakers of all time. His words influences the mass of people and in this speech, he does the same as always. This Speech was the best speech of President Reagan’s era of presidency because it has a large amount of substance, addresses: pathos, logos, and ethos, and a strong organization pattern. He speaks to the American people one last time for his goodbye address. I was literally amazed by this speech by him as I have never really heard him speak before.…
Franklin D. Roosevelt gives one of his most famous speeches only eleven months before the United States enters into World War Two. Europe has been at war for one year, four months and five days. In this address, FDR has two focuses, his plan to support the nation’s allies in Europe and build up the economy to aid both his international and domestic agenda. FDR uses the rhetorical appeals logos, ethos, and pathos to support his rally of the American people to the cause of the war effort in World War Two.…
Abraham Lincoln is well-known for being one of the most successful presidents of all time. Because of the time period that he was president in, he was forced to deal with a very challenging issue: handling slavery and the civil war. Throughout Lincoln’s presidency, he delivered numerous speeches on the topic of slavery and tried his best to keep the United States together. Two of his most famous speeches came during his two inaugural addresses when he became president. Although his tone and purpose were different for each of his inaugural addresses, both conveyed similar ideas and used similar rhetorical devices.…
In the beginning of the speech President Obama said, “My fellow citizens” (Jan, 2009). An emotional image was drawn in the citizen mind that the president has goals and aims in common. Goals and aims that helping to solve the current problems that most of the citizens had. Also, the president used through his speech we to connect himself the public and he stands as citizen like them. Moreover, President Obama proved how American citizens able to change and he provided an example of himself when he said “why a man whose father less than 60 years ago might not have been served in a local restaurant can now stand before you to take a most sacred oath” (2009).…
Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address was a seminal document in our nation’s history. Lincoln used the opportunity to try and bring a wounded nation back together, employing several rhetorical strategies in his speech. Lincoln wrote his Second Inaugural Address himself. He had already been president for one term and had just been re-elected. He could have used the speech to celebrate himself and his efforts in the war, which was nearly over.…
The Democratic National Committee invited Barack Obama to give the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic Convention. This news came as a surprise as Obama had not yet gained national attention, and was not an obvious choice when compared to other candidates. After his inspiring speech however, Obama became well known throughout America which was good news for John Kerry, as Obama’s speech was intended to persuade voters to support Kerry as president. Obama uses rhetorical devices such as climax in structure, epistrophe, and metonymy to persuade skeptical voters to vote for John Kerry as their next president. Obama makes his speech more convincing by using climax to split his speech into multiple sections; the first section is used…