An Analysis of Rhetorical Devices in George W. Bush's Speech

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Hanafi, Freido (2021) An Analysis of Rhetorical Devices in George W. Bush's Speech. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya.

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Abstract

This thesis aims at analyzing rhetorical devices in George W. Bush's speech. The researcher investigated rhetorical devices were used in the speech of George W. Bush. This research used the theory of Jones and Peccei (2004) and the CDA approach by Van Dijk of macrostructure level. This study used a qualitative descriptive to analyze the speech of George w. Bush through the script of the "Address to Joint Session of Congress Following the 9/11 attack" speech. The data were collected by transcribing the "Address to Joint Session of Congress Following the 9/11 attack" speech. The analysis was continued by analyzing the rhetorical devices (Jones and Peccei, 2004) and macrostructure level analysis by Van Dijk, used and involved in the speech. Finally, by looking at the situational context of his utterances, it answers why rhetorical devices and macrostructure were used. this study reveals that almost all rhetorical devices, except euphemism, are used in the speech. These rhetorical devices are metaphor, parallelism, the rule of three, and pronoun. The most dominant rhetorical used in this speech is a parallelism 8 with data. The researcher found macrostructure about Al – Qaeda is the actor of terror, the response of the Government of United States after tragedy, and tolerance