JFK Inaugural Address: Rhetorical Devices – Flashcards
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juxtaposition
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...ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country.
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anaphora
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Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divide us. Let both sides, for the first time, formulate serious and precise proposals for the inspection and control of arms--and bring the absolute power to destroy other nations under the absolute control of all nations. Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths and encourage the arts and commerce.
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anastrophe
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My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.
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pathos
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(appeal) With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own
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metaphor
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And if a beachhead of cooperation may push back the jungle of suspicion
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anastrophe
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We dare not tempt them with weakness.
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direct address
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Finally, to those nations who would make themselves our adversary, we offer not a pledge but a request:
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antithesis
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We observe today not a victory of party but a celebration of freedom...
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the bonds of mass misery
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antithesis
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Not as a call to bear arms... not as a call to battle.., but a call to bear the burden...
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paradox
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Only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never be employed.
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metaphor
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the chains of poverty
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repetition
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For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life.
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allusion
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I have sworn before you and Almighty God the same solemn oath our forebears prescribed nearly a century and three-quarters ago.
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allusion
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Let both sides unite to heed in all corners of the earth the command of Isaiah--to "undo the heavy burdens . . . (and) let the oppressed go free."
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allusion
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With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds... (Lincoln: "With malice toward none, with charity toward all...")
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parallelism
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United there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures. Divided there is little we can do...
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anaphora
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To those old allies... To those new states... To those people...
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pathos
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(appeal) But neither can two great and powerful groups of nations take comfort from our present course--both sides overburdened by the cost of modern weapons, both rightly alarmed by the steady spread of the deadly atom, yet both racing to alter that uncertain balance of terror that stays the hand of mankind's final war.
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juxtaposition
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Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divide us.
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parallelism
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All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand days, nor in the life of this Administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet
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anadiplosis
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not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need--not as a call to battle, though embattled we are
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metaphor
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Now the trumpet summons us again-
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rhetorical question
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Can we forge against these enemies a grand and global alliance, North and South, East and West, that can assure a more fruitful life for all mankind?
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call to action
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Will you join in that historic effort?
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hyperbole
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In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger.
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pathos
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(appeal) Since this country was founded, each generation of Americans has been summoned to give testimony to its national loyalty.
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ethos
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(appeal) For I have sworn before you and Almighty God the same solemn oath our forbears prescribed nearly a century and three-quarters ago.
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parallelism
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-symbolizing an end as well as a beginning--signifying renewal as well as change
