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Rhetorical Analysis Of Robert C. Byrd's Speech

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Viola Warden
Mrs. Wilinski
English 10
14 January 2016
Robert C. Byrd: The Arrogance of Power
All great speeches start with a single word. Some speeches leave a mark on people and achieve what they are intended to, others leave a mark but not in the way they are intended, which is the case for this speech. The audience, the Senate and the American citizens, had mixed attitudes filled with agreement and dissension. In the end the event he had tried to stop from happening went into play. Although Mr. Byrd used rhetoric, and fallacies that were well thought and used expertly his speech did not have the effect that he wished it would.
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