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9/11 Ethos Pathos Logos

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Following the terrorist attacks on our country on September 11, 2001, former President George W. Bush addressed the nation. New York City, Washington DC, and the entire country was traumatized by this act of terror. This wasn’t a very long speech, but was very commanding. The goal of this speech was to appeal to all of the American people and to gain further support for what was yet to come. In this speech he used modest words and did it in such a confident way. He used Pathos primarily during his speech. He connected people’s emotion by using “secretaries, business men and women, military and federal workers, moms and dads, friends and neighbors”. Any of these positions could have been family or friend. He used words such as “powerful”, “strong”, …show more content…

The President quoted the bible by saying “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me;” This created Logos by quoting a historical document and demonstrates that this can be related to everyone in America regardless of race, religion or creed. By delivering the speech from the oval office sends a calming message to the people giving them the impression that he is speaking directly to them. It is designed to feel similar to a personal conversation. The family pictures on the stand that you see momentarily in the first few seconds of the speech add to the personal appeal. Typically, presidential speeches delivered from the Oval Office are not to give you unfortunate news, but to give you unfortunate news and a plan of action. He didn’t directly indicate any specific details as to the methods of rectifying this problem. He used statements like “the search is under way to find who are behind these evil acts” and “We will make no distinction between the terrorist who committed these acts and those that harbor them” to let the people know that he would not rest until we were

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