Rhetorical Device List
To a few of us here today this is a solemn and most momentous occasion. And, yet, in the history of our nation it is a commonplace occurrence. The orderly transfer of authority as called for in the Constitution routinely takes place as it has for almost two centuries, and few of us stop to think how unique we are. In the eyes of many in the world, this every-four-year ceremony we accept as normal is nothing less than a miracle.
All of us together -- in and out of government -- must bear the burden. The solutions we seek must be equitable with no one group singled out to pay a higher price. We hear much of special interest groups. Well, our concern must be for a special interest group that has been too long neglected. It knows no sectional boundaries or ethnic and racial divisions, and it crosses political party lines. It is made up of men and women who raise our food, patrol our streets, man our mines and factories, teach our children, keep our homes, and heal us when we’re sick -- professionals, industrialists, shopkeepers, clerks, cabbies, and truck drivers. They are, in short, “We the People.” This breed called Americans. These United States are confronted with an economic affliction of great proportions. We suffer from the longest and one of the worst sustained inflations in our national history. It distorts our economic decisions, penalizes thrift, and crushes the struggling young and the fixed-income elderly alike. It threatens to shatter the lives of millions of our people. Idle industries have cast workers into unemployment, human misery and personal indignity. Those who say that we’re in a time when there are no heroes -- they just don’t know where to look. You can see heroes every day going in and out of factory gates. Others, a handful in number, produce enough food to feed all of us and then the world beyond. You meet heroes across a counter -- and they’re on both sides of that counter. There are entrepreneurs with faith in themselves and faith in an idea who create new jobs, new wealth and opportunity. Under one such a marker lies a young man, Martin Treptow, who left his job in a small town barber shop in 1917 to go to France with the famed Rainbow Division. There, on the Western front, he was killed trying to carry a message between battalions under heavy fire. We're told that on his body was found a diary. On the flyleaf under the heading, “My Pledge,” he had written these words: "America must win this war. Therefore, I will work; I will save; I will sacrifice; I will endure; I will fight cheerfully and do my utmost, as if the issue of the whole struggle depended on me alone." And after all, why shouldn't we believe that? We are Americans. |
He uses metaphor to express his feeling. He compares four-year-ceremony to miracle. He thinks being elected President is a miracle.
He wants support from Americans. He thinks people who actually owns the place should be part of this reformation. He wants to feedback people not only from government, or "elite group." He uses pathos, so people can cooperate with Reagan. The writer uses personification to show what the effects of economic problems in the country. The personification is also good to create emotions in the readers. In the paragraph there is also a lot of pathos which is good when using this paragraph as a tool of persuasion. He wants people to know the importance of each individual. He uses pathos to appeal the audience. If president tells towards the people that they are the hero of the country, they will fill sense of duty, and work harder. He uses somebody else, but this is an anecdote, since this is from a guy who experienced in real life. This make people to believe, since it is real life story. This is pathos, because this shows Americans are willing to sacrifice for their country, and it will appeal the audience. They will feel more pride towards their country, and they will eventually support the government. This is another pathos, and used for same reason. Reagan gives pride of being America, and will appeal the audience. Americans will give more support then. |