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.
