On April 19th, 1995, the bombing of Oklahoma City was the deadliest act of terrorism within the United States of America prior to September 11th of 2001, when the planes crashed into the World Trading Center in Manhattan New York City. The Oklahoma City bombing remains to be the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in the history of America. The main bomber’s name was Timothy McVeigh, age 26, and he had a build up of anger against the US federal government, which led him to bombing the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Timothy McVeigh was one of the three people associated with this crime, the other two people were Terry Nichols, age 40 and Michael Fortier, age 26. McVeigh was convicted and found guilty, he was sentenced
In their speeches , “Oklahoma Bombing Memorial address” and “A Eulogy For Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.”. Bill Clinton and Robert F. Kennedy uses persuading the audience by reason, and giving the themselves credibility, and also convince the audience emotionally to calm people down And help the distraught people lose dry their tears, but Bill Clinton makes himself fell as one of the ones who were grieving, while Robert F. Kennedy relates by using a lost one as a justification. Clinton and Kennedy both convince the audience, clinton compares himself to the audience By stating that “hillary and I also come as parents, as husband and wife, as people who were your neighbors for some of the best years of our lives. And kennedy also tries to compare to the audience by saying “I feel in my own heart the same kind of feeling. I had a member of my family killed”.
On April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh detonated a bomb, killing 168 American citizens, in Oklahoma. It was the cruelest terrorist act ever conducted on American soil, and it stunned the nation. President Bill Clinton presents a speech following the terrorist attack to reassure his audience-- the frightened and affected American citizens-- they are not alone when it comes to the pain they feel and American will always be there to lean on through the use of the rhetorical devices: asyndeton, parallelism, and anaphora. In President Bill Clinton’s introduction of his speech, he conveys himself to be relatable emotionally to the alarmed Americans through the rhetorical device asyndeton to build a sense of trust.
Billy Joel is a musician and he is giving the commencement speech at Berklee College of Music in 1993. Berklee College of Music is the largest contemporary music college in the world. Billy Joel is an amazing singer and songwriter so even though he did not attend this college, it is still an honor to be able to speak there. His commencement speech has plenty of rhetorical literary devices such as ethos, logos, pathos, parallelism, antithesis, as well allusions. There are other literary devices such as metaphors, rhetorical questions, and similes.
Although, it appears slightly in the beginning of the speech around the 20:44 minute mark ethos is the second appeal after logic. Ethos deals with the credibility of the speaker and is often based on moral character, and the beliefs of that person. In an attempt to get the audience to vote, for him he draw on ethos, here is a excerpt from the speech “I speak to you as former Chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Somebody was very appreciative of all the sacrifices made by men and women to preserve the essence of what we are as a nation, that is a democratic country. But I will be lying to you this morning if I did not tell you the truth that is democracy is under assault in America.”
In the 1960s the African Americans were freed, but did they really have all the rights they were promised? Racial conflicts were everywhere. Lyndon B. Johnson was current president and was trying to encourage congress to pass a bill called The Voting Rights Act. To influence the vote he gave the speech “We Shall Overcome.” In “We Shall Overcome” President Lyndon Johnson used ethos, pathos, logos, and other rhetorical devices such as allusions, repetition and appeals to authority to persuade congress to pass the act.
The Rhetorical Elements of Barack Obama’s Speech President Obama uses rhetorical appeals throughout his speech. These rhetorical appeals help prove that each an every student should try their best in school. President Obama stated in his 2009 “Address to America’s Schoolchildren” that each student must take responsibility for his or her own education. President Obama uses many examples of ethos, logos, and pathos in his speech. In Obama’s 2009 “Address to America’s Schoolchildren” he has examples of ethos.
A domestic terrorist bombing in Oklahoma City on April 19th, 1995, killed 168 people (including small children) and injuring more than 680 others. Four days later, on April 23rd, 1995, President Bill Clinton gave a speech addressing this event at the Memorial Prayer Service. Clinton speaks to everyone affected from the bombing to unite the country in this feeling of tragedy, and to show the victims, and their families, that they are not alone. In his speech, President Bill Clinton uses pathos to unite the country in a feeling of tragedy and loss.
“Duties of American Citizenship” In 1883, Theodore Roosevelt, gave his “Duties of American Citizenship” speech. The speech took place around the same time that the Civil Service Reform Act was passed. It was passed to prohibit government officials from soliciting campaign donations from yard workers. So, the overall purpose of Roosevelt 's speech was to persuade people to fulfill their duty as a citizen in the United States.
Richard Nixon uses the appeals of logos in his speech that seem logical but all they do is mask the face of reality. In his speech Nixon states, “To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body. But as president, I must put the interest of America first.” The harsh reality is, Nixon would’ve been impeached, so he decided to resign so he could exit his presidency and still have some pride left. Nixon also said, “I would’ve preferred to carry through to the finish…
The tragic events of the Oklahoma Bombing and the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. left the country in shock, only to be brought back to life by two very important people. Bill clinton, in his speech, “Oklahoma Bombing Memorial Address,” uses ethos, logos, and pathos to express his thoughts and feelings that the people’s wounds will heal in time, if they are not consumed in hatred. Whereas Robert F. Kennedy, in his speech, “A Eulogy For Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” uses ethos, logos, and pathos to express his thoughts and feelings towards the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. In both speeches, “Oklahoma Bombing Memorial Address” and “A Eulogy For
In Laverne Cox Spark 2018 speech she uses a lot of pathos and ethos to express herself or to show representation of others. She also uses great syntax and diction. She uses parallelism to represent her syntax. She does this so we can get a feel of her pain and the things she went through. With her diction, she stated words that you wouldn't state.
“There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory, and our interests are in grave danger.” The many examples of logos, ethos and pathos in Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s “Pearl Harbor address to the Nation” speech was very successful in urging America to declare war on Japan. The purpose of this speech was to persuade Congress to declare war. It was targeted at Congress, as well as to be broadcasted throughout the country. The people of America trusted Roosevelt.
During a funeral for Reverend Clementa Pinckney, a Charleston shooting victim, President Obama delivered an influential eulogy. This eulogy turned out to be so powerful that it traveled throughout the internet and became known as one of Obama’s best speeches from the duration of his presidency. The speech resonated so well with many citizens because of its relatable content and connections to passionate issues in today’s society. The delivery of the eulogy played a gigantic part in its effectiveness to Americans as well. President Obama’s eulogy contained beyond relatable content and various connections to the issues racking society’s bones today.
Along with the brutal attack, Americans and Congress will remember the heartfelt, well-organized speech President Bush delivered to the Joint session of Congress following the 9/11 attacks. His speech was not only to mourn the lives lost in on 9/11 but also to persuade and convince American citizens, including members of Congress, of the necessity and urgency of going to war against terrorism through rhetorical appeals such pathos, logos, and ethos. Firstly, he uses pathos to strike an emotional response in people not only be describing the monstrosity that took place but also the courage of ordinary American citizens against terrorists. By displaying them in such a manner, it encourages other citizens to want to be as brave and exterminate the individuals who took all of those lives. Secondly, he uses the appeal to logos by the way he structures his speech to show all the reasons why the United States should go to war, and including the steps he is willing to take against terrorists.
