The+rhetoric+of+the+State+of+the+Union+Address

Always a fascinating rhetorical display - for better and/or worse - it's. . . //the// //State of the Union address!//

[|2013 State of the Union speech - annotated by James Fallows] (he does one of these almost every year)
 * First up: **

**Next, it's:** Anis Bawarshi's "genre function" of George Washington's first SOTU address: That excerpt is from this full article,, which is probably my favorite academic article of all time!