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Rhetorical Analysis Of Mr. Ronald Reagan's Speech

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The live streaming video of Mr. Ronald Reagan delivering his message to his audience is educating and persuading his audience into making a decision during choosing time due to the fact that Mr.Reagan knew that the government couldn’t control the economy without first taking control of the people. So in regards to Mr. Reagan's tone of voice he first and foremost notifies his audience that he was not provided a script,and that he was just speaking on behalf of his very own choice of words in regards to the choice that they will soon have to face that lie ahead of them, and that’s in choosing the best candidate. I feel like Mr. Reagan immediately exposed his biggest strength in identifying himself and his position. Due to Mr.Reagan already having …show more content…

Reagan speech that took place in the 1964 U.S. presidential election campaign because even though Mr. Reagan was not consider the running mate but, only to help support the joining cause of Mr, Barry Goldwater , Mr. Reagan was able to instill different kinds of emotions into his audience and keep their attention to be on his side. With the fact that around this time that Mr. Reagan was delivering his speech and their was an election going on ,Mr. Ronald Reagan did not rush his choice of words he took his time expressing with many reasons why Mr.Goldwater should gain the votes from the people. The fact that Mr. Reagan himself demonstrated character, competence and care throughout the deliverance of his speech and to his audience he gained and maintained the attention of viewers and those who were already in …show more content…

Reagan’s own set of personal experiences such as personal attachments to controversial issues and appeals, We see in this speech that Mr. Reagan references back on his very own experiences while addressing his audience during his speech to personalize it as his very own . Through a choice of words Mr. Reagan than created an image of a father to the audience with hopes of only wanting his son to succeed by telling his son that “There is no foundation like the rock of honesty and fairness”, (Reagan, 1964) knowing that majority of his parents in the audience can relate and will agree to the idea of honesty and justice, and with this vivid image that Mr. Reagan had disclosed to the public many would support not just a man but a person like Mr. Goldwater who embodied this type of characteristics. People buy images. (Engleberg, 2016, p. 423) Imagery is the use of words to create pictures in the mind of the audience. Reagan’s main point he was trying to make was that there is no other country like America on many different aspects, such as having the freedom to escape to some other place when the as an individual you do not agree with the government and their decisions ,and if many of those who do not have any type of involvement with the war whether it's their family or their own selves should take the approach of war more personal. Secondly, Reagan brings up and describes the war as something with an lasting effect and considers it to be history , with this type of

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This speech is truly important in Mr. Reagan’s political career because this speech is what set him on the path to become a great communicator and a man of his word. Although this speech was not given to promote himself, in later years when he himself was running for president, he used the same arguments because Reagan stood by what he believed in. Even though Reagan’s speech in 1964 was successful, Barry Goldwater did not win that election. Because of that, many of the solutions for important issues Mr. Reagan and Barry had in mind were not able to be put in actions. Nonetheless, Reagan was able to bring those issues and solutions up when he ran for president.

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The first rhetorical skill that Reagan uses is ethos. In the very first sentence he implies his status and authority by stating, “I'd planned to speak to you tonight to report on the state of the Union, but the events of earlier today have led me to change those plans.” By showing us his power as President of the United States (the

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“To infinity and beyond” wasn’t always so joyful. On January 28, 1986, seven astronauts died from the space shuttle Challenger explosion. Ronald Reagan was given the daunting task of addressing the accident to the nation and bringing comfort to them. He made a decision to postpone his state of the union speech so he could help the nation cope with this tragedy. His speech had to acknowledge every group of people from the school children watching on tv, to the families of the victim, and NASA too.

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Being personal is a good way to unify people. In this speech President Regan uses a rhetorical canon; which is style, effectively. President Reagan personalizes his speech by talking directly to the families of the fallen heroes. Personalizing the speech was a good choice because it is a more effective way of talking about the situation rather than just talking about the incident an informing what happened. Also his choice of using the words “us” and “we” triggers unity among the nation.

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In his remarkable “Berlin Wall Speech”, Ronald Reagan persuasively applies arguments based on integrity to demonstrate his credibility as a winner of democracy, assertions based on rationale to justify his invocation, and pleas to emotion to strengthen his association to the ethics of Berliners and to liberty, in his ple on Gorbachev to demolish the “Berlin Wall”, advance harmony, and encourage freedom in Berlin. The inauguration of Ronald Reagan’s speech is typified by his appeals to the social and cultural principles of Berliners, their lasting impression of association to Americans, and their understanding of Reagan’s justification of equality, all of which are intended to acquire the audience’s belief. Reagan applies ethos in legislating his character as a speaker when he declares it is his “...duty to

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In 1964 economy was a prevailing matter. On October seventeenth in Los Angeles former actor, Ronald Reagan, addressed the American people with his speech, A Time for Choosing. He represented Arizona senator and Republican presidential candidate, Barry Goldwater. Reagan was previously a democrat but had since shifted to a Republican. In his speech he emphasized his certainty in the importance of a less intrusive government.

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His act of “[inspiring] America and its allies with renewed faith” (line 31) more emphatically contributes to the notion of Reagan’s impressive presidency proposed by Thatcher when it follows the bleak ideas that fundamentally say the state of America was worsening. These lines are actual examples of actions that Reagan successfully accomplished which further shows the audience of how his light personality when mixed with his strength helps him be a successful leader. Thatcher also references her personal, platonic relationship with Ronald Regan that laid outside the typical diplomacy between world leaders often in her eulogy. She refers to him as “Ronnie” (line 23), a nickname that only a close friend would use and says she and him “talked regularly, both before and after his presidency” (lines 56-57). By mentioning their closeness, she exposes her ability to evaluate his character and leadership abilities to those at the funeral

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