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President Franklin Roosevelt in the speech Pearl Harbor informs the nation on the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan that happens on December 7th,19143. Franklin implies different types of rhetorical appeals to bring out his purpose.He adopts a stern and Serious type of tone.Franklin’s purpose was to inform are the nation on the attack and giving the American citizens assurance that this will never happen again. Roosevelt begins his speech by stating and, Using different types of rhetorical devices such as logos, pathos, anaphora, repetition and denotation.Roosevelt uses logos in his speech “yesterday December 7 19143 a date which will live in infamy u.s of America the suddenly and deliberated attacked by naval and an air forces of the empire” He believes by using logos will have the listeners agree to his plan . He also uses pathos in his speech which means he’s appealing to emotion, for example, he states in the article “A date which will live in infamy”.He believes that this brings out the tone of the speech.Using logos he reminds the audience of the many attacks japan took on Hong Kong, Guam, Phillipe islands, and wake island. As I stated in the first sentence Roosevelt uses ethos. The ethos of Roosevelt is quite apparent. As the …show more content…

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