Question

DUE IN 30 MINUTES 100 POINTS EMERGENCY PLEASE HELP DOESNT NEED TO BE LONG ONLY ABOUT 200 WORDS In this activity, you'll answer a series of questions analyzing a speech by either John F. Kennedy or Barack Obama. You'll use the same analysis skills you normally would in an essay, but you'll compose short answers instead of a longer piece of writing. Answer a series of questions that guide your analysis of a speech. In the course of answering these questions, you'll identify the main point, evidence, and rhetorical appeals; point out weaknesses; and make a balanced assessment of its overall success. Your assignment should include the following elements:

Clear understanding of the main point of a speech
An analysis of rhetorical appeals and use of evidence
An assessment of whether a speech's reasoning is valid

Answer 1

The speech I have chosen to analyze is titled: Acceptance for democratic nomination for president, delivered by Kennedy in the year 1960. In his address, he tends to use a lot of pathos, or appeal to the emotions, stating that he feels a "deep sense of duty" and so forth. This is meant to soften the listener's heart and guide them into acceptance of his words. When he says things like, "For the families forced from the farm", and "I think the American people expect more," he personalizes himself to the people of America, which ultimately is meant to gain their support.

A particular thing from the speech catches my eye: "Today our concern must be with that future. For the world is changing. The old era is ending. The old ways will not do." He attempts once again to play to the listener's emotions, but specifically the tool at work here is that he makes an observation, and calls out to the listener to take action.

John F. Kennedy also seemed to rely heavily on ethos in his speech. He made several efforts to join his own thoughts collectively to that of the common listener. Ethos was key in his persuasion, as he continuously tried to infer that he was not just a potential president, but a concerened country-man.

I tend to agree that his reasoning was valid, and that through his persuasive tools he wanted to infer that he was the change that this country needed. He finishes out the speech saying, "then we shall prevail," and once again, this is ethos! I do believe that his speech probably had an immense effect on his listeners, and it was very well- written.

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