RHETORICAL DEVICES AS A METHOD OF PERSUASION IN JOE BIDEN’S SPEECH ON THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE
Keywords:
war in Ukraine, pathos, logos, ethos, political speech, rhetoricAbstract
On 24 February 2022, a war broke out in Ukraine, causing significant socio-cultural and economic transformations in the world. US President Joe Biden is a man who has supported our people since the first hours of the war. Rhetorical techniques are used in Joe Biden's speech as the main tool to convince the audience of the reliability of the information being broadcast. Thus this article focuses on the analysis of the means of communication used by President Biden to influence public opinion of the people of Ukraine and the entire democratic world and to create a favourable image of the US government among the allies in wartime. Rhetorical devices serve as an important tool for expressing his ideological position, playing a crucial role in the effectiveness of persuasive, motivational and informative political speeches.
This paper aims at outlining rhetorical devices and their impact on the audience in the first speech of President Biden to the entire democratic world on the outbreak of war in Ukraine on 24 February 2022.
