Political leadership was conceptualized in interactional between politician and citizens through the sociolinguistics term. This article aims to investigate the use of rhetorical devices and how it applied in the political speech. Political speech is characterized by rich information related to the condition of the government which reflects the social condition in the society. Focusing on the use of metaphor, euphemism, the rule of three, parallelism and pronoun, this study will explore how certain aspect of communication are affected by rhetorical devices based on Jones and Peccei (2004) theory.Glenn Back"s speech was selected as the subject of this study. This study usesa qualitative approach to create a depth explanation of the way the speaker uttered and implied the implicit meaning of rhetorical devices in the speech. The finding of this research is expected to provide the valuable insight of rhetorical speech within the discourse approach.

Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a life-threatening consequence of diabetes mellitus. Infection is the most common cause of DKA. A 41-year-old man came to the hospital emergency department with shortness of breath the day before, nausea, vomiting, coughing, pain and swelling in the left neck. The patient has a history of uncontrolled diabetes. A physical examination revealed Kussmaul's breathing and a lump the size of a tennis ball on the left side of his neck. Laboratory findings are: leukocytosis, an increase in blood sugar of 512 mg/dL; blood gas analysis shows acidosis, ketone examination reveals ketonuria; Electrocardiography shows waves of ischemic heart disease, with elevated Hs Troponin. Fine needle examination of the lump shows a neck abscess. The patient was diagnosed with DKA in type 2 diabetes mellitus, with the acute coronary syndrome and neck abscess. Surgical debridement, antibiotics, acute coronary syndrome therapy, and DKA therapy are treatments. The patient responded well to treatment.