9/11 Ethos Pathos Logos

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9/11 Address Everyone around the country knows about the attacks of 9/11, even most around the world. Though it is not a fun topic to talk about, it was an important part of history and needs to be talked about. The president at the time of the attack, George W. Bush spoke about this topic after the attacks in his speech. George W. Bush’s speech, “9/11 Address to the Nation,” uses ethos and pathos to support the people of America and keep them calm and safe. George W. Bush wrote the “9/11 Address to the Nation” during a hard and sad time in U.S history. On September 11, 2001 at 8:14 multiple events happened including two planes hitting the twin towers causing them to fall, a third plane flew into the pentagon and the fourth into a field. The 9/11 attacks killed 2,977 people. This was the single largest loss of life resulting from a foreign attack on American soil. The attacks caused the deaths of 441 first responders, the greatest loss of emergency responders on a single day in American history. After these events George W. Bush wrote the “9/11 Address to the Nation.” …show more content…

For example Bush says, “Thousands of lives were suddenly ended by evil, despicable acts of terror” to show the sadness and emotion in the situation. This is an example of pathos because it is showing shock causing sadness, when the audience hears this part they feel sad and care more from imagining what happened or what they saw. This makes people around the world want to help more because they feel bad for people injured or families that have lost loved

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