John F. Kennedy Inaugural Address John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address, “ made a huge difference in the hearts and minds of the American People (prompt P. 1).” This fact showed when his approval rate rose to 75%. In Kennedy’s world-changing speech he established different objectives such as, one, to establish trust, as he was a young man beginning his term as president, second, create a sense of peace, as the country was in the height of the Cold War, and third, give hope to a brighter future. Various forms of figure of speech are cleverly used throughout the address. Among many, anaphora, abstract words, and rhetorical questions communicate his purpose most effectively. In the light of attention-grabbing diction, anaphora is used heavily …show more content…
The following questions add an intimacy to the speech as he first, goes through his many points, and continues to not speak at them, but to them. “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 (P. 23)?” The implied answer, allows no acceptable opposing views. This question includes every person as a nation striving to improve not only their well-being, but every man’s, today and tomorrow. It leads back to a sense of hope, that the impossible will be made possible as “we” create a way to overcome the facing challenges. Likewise, this question also projects an emotional feeling of patriotism that “we”, the U.S. will carry out these forthcoming tasks. It encircles back to his purpose, emphasizing his crucial point of creating a brighter future. The successive inquiry, “ Will you join in that historic effort (P. 23)?”, adds a personal evaluation asking if the people want to follow, trust, and create alongside Kennedy, as well as the country. The use of rhetorical questions in and at the end of the speech compose a response not to sit and watch, but now after listening to put his words, put them into