“Let us go forth to lead
the land we love…”
“Pay any price, bear any
burden…”
“its writ may run”
Anaphora:
“Let both sides…”
“To those old allies… To
those new states... To those people…”
Anastrophe:
“Ask not”
“Dare not”
Antithesis:
“Ask not what you country can do
for you, ask what you can do for your country.”
“Let us never negotiate out of
fear, but let us never fear to negotiate.”
“We observe today not a
victory of party but a celebration of freedom...”
“not because… not because…
but because…”
“Not as a call to bear
arms… not as
a call to battle.., but a call to bear the
burden…””
Assonance:
“…the steady spread of
the deadly atom.”
Consonance:
“whether it wishes us
well or ill, that we shall…”
Metaphor:
―And if a beachhead of cooperation may push back the
jungle of suspicion…‖
“the bonds of mass misery”
“the chains of poverty”
Parellelism:
Prepared by the Department of Education and Public Programs, John F.
Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
“United there is little
we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures. Divided
there is little we can
do…”
Paradox:
“Only when our arms are
sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt
that they will never be
employed.”
Repetition:
“For man holds in his
mortal hands
the power to abolish all forms of human
poverty and all forms of
human life.”
Using Emotion-Arousing Words
freedom, liberty
Using Fear
“For man holds in his mortal
hands the power to abolish all forms of human
poverty and all forms of
human life.”
“…its hour of maximum
danger.”
Using References to the Past
“I have sworn before you
and Almighty God the same solemn oath our forebears
prescribed
nearly a century and three-quarters ago.”
