President Obamas use of rhetorical devices increased the effectiveness of his speech. He began his speech with an Asyndeton, a lack of conjunctions between phrases, clauses, or words, by saying, I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grat

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Barack Obama's Future

On the 20th of January, 2009, Barack Hussein Obama, an African American, was inaugurated as president of the United States of America. That day not only brought joy to his family but also to each and every single American citizen who supported and voted for him. On that day, he gave out a speech that impacted the lives of those American citizens. His words inspired them to decide to change and repair the breaches of their own making by becoming responsible and no longer viewing other beings depending on their exterior image. His words brought sanity to America and allowed them to delete the words "racism", "demolishment", and "recklessness" from their vocabulary. Barack Obama's accurate use and persistent reference to Asyndeton, Anaphora, Polysyndeton, Ethos, Pathos, and Logos allowed his speech to triumph over the Americans' will to behave in a thoughtless manner in addition to impacting their perspective of the new generation.

President Obama's use of rhetorical devices increased the effectiveness of his speech. He began his speech with an Asyndeton, a lack of conjunctions between phrases, clauses, or words, by saying, "I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful