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1、Name:张莉Number:A32009011009Course:修辞学Teacher:葛老师Date:2012-5-5AnAnalysisoftheInauguralAddressofJohnF.KennedIn1961whenthecoldwarwasreachingitspeakandtherewasalsothewide-spreadmovementofnationalliberationthroughouttheworld,JFKbecamethe35thpresidentoftheUnitedStates,theyoungestman
2、■一andthefirstCatholic-・・everelectedtotheoffice.Cocksureandbellicose,thisyoungpresidentdeliveredhisInauguralAddresswithaflourishofrhetoric.MillionsofhisaudiencewerereportedlymovedbyJFKfsinauguraladdress,notbywhatJFKwassaying,butbyhowhephrasedit.Hisaddressisaverygoodexampleofth
3、epowerofwords.Kennedy^speechisdesignedtoconvinceandtopersuade.ToconvincetheAmericanpeopleandtheworldthatthepresidentandhisteamwerecapableofleadership;topersuadethealliestostandwiththeUnitedStates;topersuadethenewlyindependentcountriesandotherpoorthirdworldcountriesthatthenewa
4、dministrationwouldbefriendlytothem…Allofthesethemeswillberevealedfromthefollowinganalysis:(1)First,thespeecheswordsarechoseninadeliberateway.Forinstance,therearesomeadjectivewordsconcerningconvincesandpersuadeinthespeech:“steady,powerful^inparagraph13;“fruitful^inparagraph23;
5、"solemn”inparagraph1;“peaceful”inparagraph9.Wordsarevariousfromverbstonouns:suchas“loyalty,power,commit^;“pledge，，inparagraphs,7,10,8...inordertoshowspeaker'spassionanddrawaudience'sattention.Itmakesthespeechappealtoemotion.Thewords"us,me,ouf9conveyakindofteamspiritandmakesth
6、eteairTsinnerdifferencessmaller;makepeoplefeelmorecomfortableandthusitiseasiertogaintheirsupport.(2)Second,syntactically,therearevarioustypesofsentencesinthisspeech.Grammatically,thereare20simplesentenceslike"theworldisverydifferentnow"inparagraph2;compoundsentenceslike“askno
7、twhatyourcountrycandoforyou;askwhatyoucandoforyourcountry^inparagraph25;complexsentencelike“sincethiscountrywasfounded,eachgenerationofAmericanshasbeen...nationalloyalty^inparagraph21;compound-complexsentenceslike"foronlywhenourarmsaresufficientbeyonddoubtcanwebecertainbeyond
8、doubtthattheywillneverbeemployed."inparagraph12.Functionally,apartfr
