Abstract

A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF RHETORICAL DEVICES OF TRUMP S AND MAY S SPEECHES DURING THE PERIOD 2017 TO 2019

Hind Mohammed Sami, Asst. Prof. Bushra Nima Rashid (Ph.D)

Volume: 10 Issue: 2 2020

Abstract:

This study tackles the use of Rhetorical Devices in the Presidential American and British speeches. As it is popular, these devices are most widely used in the literary works, and areless used in political speeches. Recently, the usage of such devices increased widely. This study investigates who are the politicians who use such devices,and manipulate them in order to seize the audience's attention in addition to convince them effectively.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.37648/ijrssh.v10i02.046

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