A Rhetorical Analysis of President Donald Trump’s Inauguration Speech

Abstract

This study deals with a rhetorical analysis of President Donald Trump’s inauguration speech. The objective of the study is to find out what kind of rhetorical proofs and the dominant types of rhetorical proofs used by President Donald Trump in inauguration speech. The data were the transcript of President Donald Trump inauguration speech. Descriptive qualitative method was applied in this research. This research was conducted at library of University of Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara on March 2017. The findings showed that President Donald Trump were used all types of rhetorical proofs in his inauguration speech. The total logos 10x (5.21%), ethos 27x (55%), pathos 17x (34.69%). The most dominant types he used was ethos (55%). This research will be useful to learn on how to create effective reasoning for their statement in deliver a speech. It can also useful for public speaking class to teach the students on how to create effective speech.