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On January 28, 1986, Ronald Reagan addressed a shocked nation the night after the Space Shuttle, Challenger, exploded 73 seconds into its flight. Resulting in failure of some O-ring seals, the right side booster pivoted around the exterior of the shuttle and struck the external tank inter-tank area, resulting in an explosion. All seven crew members died and the country watched in horror on live television as the wreckage crashed into the ocean. Reagan initially prepared to address the State of the Union, but as a result of the failed mission he delivered a short speech honoring the bravery of those involved in the tragedy. In his speech, Reagan appeals to all Americans effectively using Pathos, Ethos, and Logos to convey his thoughts and offer …show more content…

By stating “Nancy and I are pained to the core” and sharing “this pain with all of the people of our country” he connects to the emotions of citizens by conveying he and his family feel the same pain as every common American. He also wishes he could personally talk to every NASA employee to show support and share their anguish regarding the failure. Using the tragedy to inspire the country to continue the quest in space, Reagan connects to the emotions of Americans by emphasizing how the astronauts loved and understood the dangers of their mission and how the United States will continue exploring to honor the fallen. Clearly supporting NASA, Reagan connects to America by illustrating the pain, love, and support for the families and friends of the victims of the …show more content…

Reagan brings up the death of explorer Sir Francis Drake on the same day as the astronauts, and compares how if Drake died exploring a great frontier, so will the seven passengers on board Challenger. Stating how history will honor those who died on the mission appeals to the American audience. Despite the depression of failure, Reagan reminds America how failure does not diminish the space program, but how America will continue to follow the pioneers who led a nation. By remembering the “courage it took for the crew of the shuttle” and using the failure to inspire a continued effort to explore space, Reagan turns the tragedy into motivation and respect for explorers who confront

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His use of pathos evokes emotions of sadness. He makes a statement towards the families of the astronauts: “But we feel the loss, and we’re thinking about you so very much” (Reagan 3). He then makes an effort to comfort the audience

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President Ronald W. Reagan conveyed many different emotions when addressing the nation in his famous Challenger speech. The Challenger was a space shuttle that exploded during take-off taking the lives of seven brave astronauts. President Ronald W. Reagan’s speech started with sadness and ended with hopefulness to relate to the emotions of his audience. Reagan began his speech with a tone of sadness. An example of sadness in this speech is, “Today is a day for mourning and remembering.”

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In this speech, like many speeches given by past Presidents there are multiple rhetorical proofs being used. In this speech President Reagan is trying to spark emotion within the audience; a pathos rhetoric. For example, he stated “But in the West today, we see a free world that has achieved a level of prosperity and well-being unprecedented in all human history.” President Reagan is sparking empowerment and emotion in the audience by telling them what they are capable of. He does this while relying on a logical or logos rhetoric to convince the audience of his point.

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The speaker Ayn Rand, was incredibly passionate throughout the entire commentary. She addresses the fundamental significance of Apollo 11, stating that it is not political; it is philosophical. The audience for this particular situation would be anyone who enjoys commentaries. This publication was created by Rand, for the sole purpose of putting forward her philosophy of objectivism. The subject of this commentary was to talk about mankind itself, and how Apollo 11 completely redefined what it means to be a human.

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One of the best ways a speaker can use to communicate his or her message is by using rhetorical appeals, President Roosevelt used pathos to be successful with his purpose. He used pathos because he wanted to make his audience get emotional to the event that had just happened, therefore his audience would listen carefully to understand the message that President Roosevelt was about to communicate. For example, president Roosevelt said, “The attack yesterday on the Hawaiian islands has caused severe damage to American naval and military forces. Very many American lives have been lost”. Based on this evidence, President Roosevelt intentions on including this not only had the purpose of informing his audience about the pass event, the attack by

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His inclusion of analogies and emotional appeals, combined with his strong sense of authority, brings his arguments into focus and gives them a punch. His power in delivering this speech quite possibly kept America looking towards the stars and propelled them into the next age of space exploration. President Reagan’s speech serves as a touching conclusion to a tragic event. Despite the terrible catastrophe, Reagan’s four-minute speech provided closure on the one-minute tragedy whose impact will be felt for

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J.F Kennedy, the president of United States wanted to put the first Americans to the moon-America exploring the moon, so he directed his speech to the people of taxes and Rice University to promote his space exploration program that will help America to be the first country to explore the moon. He believes that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth. Throughout J.F Kennedy's speech, the speaker makes effective use of evidence, reasoning, rhetorical elements, and rhetorical devices that together form his argument to gain people support for his space exploration program. J.F Kennedy was trying to prove his point of view by giving examples and using a lot of Rhetorical devices and appeals that would grab the reader's attention

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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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Have you ever taken a risk? Well, The Challenger Crew from “Address to the Nation”, Frederick Douglass from “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass”, and Kahumbu from “A Kenyan Teen’s Discovery” all took risks to learn, some for the good and some for the bad. The risks that The Challenger Crew, Frederick Douglass, and Kahumbu took are all different risks that can teach people important life lessons. In “Address to the Nation” the 7 astronauts took a risk so they could learn more about space and, “expanding man's horizons” (paragraph 4).

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On January 28th, 1986, Ronald Reagan, the president of the United States at the time, in his speech, entitled “Challenger Disaster,” addressed the Challenger Disaster. He supported this claim by first mourning over the tragedy, then he promoted NASA, also he tried to make sense of this calamity, and finally he informed the audience that the seven astronauts will never be forgotten and as a country we will be forever thankful for their service. Through Reagan’s use of tone, rhetorical analysis, and rhetorical tools he effectively persuaded America to mourn and appreciate the lives of the seven astronauts loss and to convince American people to continue their support for NASA and move forward as a country. Reagan unified America with his supportive

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Seventy three seconds into its flight, the Challenger space shuttle exploded, killing all seven passengers on board. This including Christa McAuliffe, who was to be the first civilian in space. This was to be the Challenger’s tenth mission and, regrettably, it turned out to be its final one as well. Following an investigation called by President Reagan, it was determined that the crash was ultimately caused by two rubber O-Rings designed to separate the rocket boosters that failed due to cold temperatures on the morning of the launch (“Challenger Disaster”). In his address to the nation on January 28, 1986, President Reagan uses allusion, pathos, and tone to comfort the audience after the catastrophic events.

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Reagan applies oratorical devices and figurative language to explain to the nation the passion and bravery the seven astronauts have. He uses parallel structure and listing to imply the passion and bravery the Challenger crew have. “But, we never lost an astronaut in flight, we’ve never had a tragedy like this” (2). The parallel structure creates a cause and effect to the tragedy. Its shocking devastation, however, it shows the nation how the future is creating new things.

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Since the Challenger crew were able to pursue their mission with courage, it is now the future generation’s turn to undertake where they have left off, and finish where they started. Overall, Ronald Reagan took advantage of his enormous platform to give a national eulogy in order to alleviate the pain caused by the loss of the Challenger seven. Raegen pursues his delivery with the use of rhetorical devices such as Pathos and Parataxis in order to appeal to his audience’s emotions while at the

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On September 12, 1962, at Rice University in Houston Texas, John F. Kennedy gave a powerful speech to garner support for the funding of the space race for the USA. He stated the importance of putting a man on the moon before the end of the decade in its efforts against the Soviet Union and the expectation was met in 1969 by the astronaut Neil Armstrong. His speech forged a new path that the US was heading and inherently started the revolution of the exploration of outer space. Kennedy’s “Moon Speech” makes use of ethos and Kairos to persuade the people of America to become interested in and invest in the ongoing space race. A very important factor in JFK’s speech was his effective use of rhetoric, notably ethos, which he used to make himself become more believable and authoritative.

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