John F Kennedy Inaugural Address 1961

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John F Kennedy Inaugural Address1961
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Speaker

• John F Kennedy
• Youngest and 1st Catholic President
• Had a large position he had to pull during the
  Cold War

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Purpose

• Improve relations with Soviet Union
• Stop the development of nuclear war
• Stop the spread of communism (secretively)
• Gain the respect and support of the nation

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Audience

• USSR (stop the development of nuclear war)
• US at the Capitol (red scare)
• The world (stop the spread of communism)

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Medium

• Shown over television
• Heard over the radio
• Millions of people heard the speech even from
  other nations
• Due to government restrictions within the Soviet
  Union those in USSR did not view it

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Rhetorical Appeals

• Ethos ( credibility of speaker)
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• JFK respectfully acknowledges all the prominent
  and average citizens at his inauguration.
  (paragraph 1)
• Kennedy speaks of the oath he took as well as our
  forefather. (paragraph 2)

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• Promises the world that he will do whatever it
  takes to help each nation a high level of
  freedom. (paragraph 5 and 6)
• Pathos (emotional appeal)
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• Our hands have the power of great destruction and
  the ability to solve problems. (paragraph 3)

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• Heir of that first nation.Let the word go
  forth from this time a place (paragraph 4)
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• Soviet Union and US are wasting money and time on
  making weapons to destroy all life. (paragraph 5)
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• Now we as Americans have a call to service and
  our nations final success and failures lies
  within our generations. (paragraph 1)

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• Protect our nation from war and battle all common
  struggles. (paragraph 2)
• Not many other generations have the opportunity
  to serve their nation in its greatest time of
  need. (paragraph 4)
• Logos (reason)
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• We will preserve freedom by having all the free
  nations unite. (paragraph 7 and 8)

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• Not just going to provide freedom to these new
  developing nations in order to prevent the spread
  of communism. (paragraph 1 and 2)
• Message to the Soviet Union saying that we need
  to pursue peace. (paragraph 4)

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• JFK shows negotiating as civilized progress
  towards our goals instead of a weakness.
  (paragraph 7)
• JFK speaks of how we must not look at our
  differences but instead learn to solve the common
  problems that are present in our societies.
• Nuclear regulatory committees
• Freedom throughout the world for every single
  individual. (paragraph 8-12)

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Rhetorical Devices

• Anaphora
• Antimetabole
• Hyperbole
• Kenning
• Rhetorical Questions
• Allusion
• Asyndeton
• Polysyndeton