Write an analysis of the rhetorical choices in political speeches. (4-5 pages) Harry S. Truman, speaking to the National Conference on Family...

Write an analysis of the rhetorical choices in political speeches. (4-5 pages)

Harry S. Truman, speaking to the National Conference on Family Life on May 6, 1948, stated:

The President may have a great many powers given to him in the Constitution, and may have powers under certain laws which are given to him by the Congress of the United States; but the principal power that the President has is to bring people in and try to persuade them to do what they ought to do without persuasion. That’s what I spend most of my time doing. That’s what the powers of the President amount to.

For Paper Two, analyze the rhetorical strategies of either John F. Kennedy or Barack Obama in their Inaugural Address. You must first carefully summarize the content of the address, explaining clearly the specific messages in the President’s speech. You must then point directly to the specific rhetorical devices employed by the President in his effort—as President Truman states—“to persuade [the American people] to do what they ought to do without persuasion.” In analyzing the President’s address, you must cite directly at least three course texts, explaining each text’s important ideas as well as explaining how these ideas shed light on the rhetorical choices found in the address.Finally, after analyzing the language in the President’s address, assess the validity of Truman’s statement on the powers of the Presidency. Does the address support the contention that persuasion is the “principal power” of the President of the United States?