The augural address of 35th president, John F. Kennedy, is one of the most persuasive one because this speech evoke the enthusiasm of America and got support from American citizens. He used many rhetorical devises such as anaphora, parallel and repetition in his emotional inaugural address to persuade Americans to prevent war from take place in the whole world. John F. Kennedy used anaphora which means the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases in order to make his speech be more persuasive by repeating “To those” through paragraph six to paragraph eight to make a promise to their old allies, new states and people who tried to break poor condition that they would be loyal to their old allies, and their government would not as tyranny as before. They would help people in poor out by trying their best. Those three consecutive paragraphs by using “To those” emphasize the promise he made to his old allies, new states and people who tried to break poor condition that his audiences may …show more content…
For example, in paragraph three, he stated “born in this country, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage” to clearly illustrate what kind of people the torch of America passed to and what kind of people the new generation were. The citizens may realize the responsibility of shaping the country better. They may thank John F. Kennedy for his trust. He wrote “not because the communists may be doing it, not because we seek their votes, but because it is right” to emphasize the reason of helping poor people and American would do right things rather than do things for purpose. The audience: American citizens would feel honor to have such a good