Lyndon B Johnson Persuasive Techniques

Lyndon Blaines Johnson was the 36th president in the United States. Lyndon Johnson served 12 years in the navy, active during World War II (“Lyndon B. Johnson”). I found this interesting because Johnson was determined to help the United States whether that was through politics or war. Lyndon Johnson took a job teaching at a school with extreme poverty, which made an intense impression unto him (Lyndon B. Johnson”).

Johnson was able to teach in a place where he saw more perspectives on lives which gave him a point of view that a lot of people may not have. Lyndon Johnson was moved into the presidency after the assassination of John F. Kennedy (Lyndon B. Johnson”).I found this relevant because Johnson was put into such a hard position and he

“Worst of all expansion is eroding these precious and time honored values of community with neighbors and communion with nature” (The Great Society). By using such harsh examples of society crumbling, it gives the audience a sense of fear. Another technique he used was ethos, using a sense of empathy to grow trust with his audience. “It is inspiring to see how all of you, while you are in this country, are trying so hard to live at the level of the people” (The Great Society). By making a statement with perception, Johnson sympathizes with the audience. The final technique Johnson used was antithesis to persuade students of certain issues in America.“Most of our qualified teachers are underpaid and many of our teachers are unqualified” (The Great Society). Johnson is controversial with an example that teachers are being paid unfairly and having a lack of skill for what they are teaching. Johnson, using different examples of persuasive techniques, divided the speech into partitions to piece apart and look