Speaker Analysis Outline: The Man With The Muck Rake

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Ben Hotchkiss Mrs. Tedesco Honors Appreciation of Rhetoric- sixth hour 28 October 2015 Speaker analysis outline: The Man with the Muck Rake by Theodore Roosevelt WORKING THESIS: President Theodore Roosevelt I. Roosevelt’s use of allusion allowed his speech to always be able to refer back to the original message. A. In the third paragraph, Roosevelt said, "In Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress you may recall ... the Man with the Muck Rake..." 1. When Roosevelt gave this speech there was a huge political reform where journalists were lashing out against every large business owner and politician for all their little "scandals," most of which were lies. 2. The "Man with the muck rake" was looked down upon and so were the journalists so