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Metaphors In Obama's 2009 Inaugural Address

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Obama’s 2009 Inaugural Address
On Tuesday, January 20, 2009, former president Barack Obama presented a speech to Americans on making America a better place. His speech provided comfort, inspiration, and reassurance of his plans to building a greater country. The subject of his speech is America bettering “herself” to survive, prosper, and triumph which creates a tone for Americans of confidence, passion, and determination; he accomplishes this by using anaphoras, metaphors, and repetition.
Barack Obama repeats the phrase, “On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord”, emphasizing the day America elected their first black president. This 44th president gave his inaugural speech
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