Rhetorical Devices in President Andrzej Duda’s speech of 24 February 2022

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to present the rhetorical means in the speech of the President of Poland, Andrzej Duda, of February 24, 2022. The title speech is one of the messages delivered in crisis states and was broadcast in response to the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. The conducted analysis showed that the most frequently used rhetorical mechanisms in the examined text are repetitions, of which six types were counted. The use of metaphors (artifact and sociomorphic), rhetorical question with enumeration and rhetorical definition was also observed. The rhetorical means used facilitate the reception and memorization of the most important transmitted content. They also make the speech pathos, imaginative and emotional.