写作技巧

1.Anaphora

…who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy,…

2. Repetition

… block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.

... new energy to harness, new jobs to be created, new schools to build...

To those who would tear the world down... To those who seek peace and security... And to all those who have wondered...

3.Parallelism

If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.

4. Allusion

"put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day."

("the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." )

Allusion:

A brief or implicit reference to something outside the text.

“we may not get there in one year or even one term, but America . . . I promise you—we as a people will get there,”

(“And I’ve seen the promised land. I may not get there with you.” )

“and where we are met with cynicism and doubt, and those who tell us that we can’t”

(“We are met on a great battlefield of that war.” )

“We are not enemies, but friends”

The sentence implies that the past eight years have been a kind of civil war.

Alluding to King’s “I have a dream”

‘beacon burning’

(“This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice.” )

5. Alliteration

Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington - it began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston.

And to all those who have wondered if America's beacon still burns as bright…

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

… from parliaments and palaces to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of our world - our stories are singular, …

6. Contrast

… where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves, but each other. Let us remember that if this financial crisis taught us anything, it's that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers - in this country, we rise or fall as one nation; as one people.

"We are not enemies, but friends…

It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals or a collection of Red States and Blue States: we are, and always will be, the United States of America.

… tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: …