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Rhetorical Analysis Of Mr. Ronald Reagan's Speech

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The live streaming video of Mr. Ronald Reagan delivering his message to his audience is educating and persuading his audience into making a decision during choosing time due to the fact that Mr.Reagan knew that the government couldn’t control the economy without first taking control of the people. So in regards to Mr. Reagan's tone of voice he first and foremost notifies his audience that he was not provided a script,and that he was just speaking on behalf of his very own choice of words in regards to the choice that they will soon have to face that lie ahead of them, and that’s in choosing the best candidate. I feel like Mr. Reagan immediately exposed his biggest strength in identifying himself and his position. Due to Mr.Reagan already having …show more content…

Reagan speech that took place in the 1964 U.S. presidential election campaign because even though Mr. Reagan was not consider the running mate but, only to help support the joining cause of Mr, Barry Goldwater , Mr. Reagan was able to instill different kinds of emotions into his audience and keep their attention to be on his side. With the fact that around this time that Mr. Reagan was delivering his speech and their was an election going on ,Mr. Ronald Reagan did not rush his choice of words he took his time expressing with many reasons why Mr.Goldwater should gain the votes from the people. The fact that Mr. Reagan himself demonstrated character, competence and care throughout the deliverance of his speech and to his audience he gained and maintained the attention of viewers and those who were already in …show more content…

Reagan’s own set of personal experiences such as personal attachments to controversial issues and appeals, We see in this speech that Mr. Reagan references back on his very own experiences while addressing his audience during his speech to personalize it as his very own . Through a choice of words Mr. Reagan than created an image of a father to the audience with hopes of only wanting his son to succeed by telling his son that “There is no foundation like the rock of honesty and fairness”, (Reagan, 1964) knowing that majority of his parents in the audience can relate and will agree to the idea of honesty and justice, and with this vivid image that Mr. Reagan had disclosed to the public many would support not just a man but a person like Mr. Goldwater who embodied this type of characteristics. People buy images. (Engleberg, 2016, p. 423) Imagery is the use of words to create pictures in the mind of the audience. Reagan’s main point he was trying to make was that there is no other country like America on many different aspects, such as having the freedom to escape to some other place when the as an individual you do not agree with the government and their decisions ,and if many of those who do not have any type of involvement with the war whether it's their family or their own selves should take the approach of war more personal. Secondly, Reagan brings up and describes the war as something with an lasting effect and considers it to be history , with this type of

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