Abigail's Speech Analysis: Duty, Honor, Country

The introduction of Abigail’s speech analysis is well developed clearly restating the title of the speech re-emphasizing the importance of “Duty, Honor, Country” which forms the center point of the General’s speech. The historical context (acceptance of Sylvanus Thayer award and graduation of United States Military Cadets) was identified and likewise the audience were both carefully integrated into the speech analysis which shows a clear understanding of the purpose, tone, context and media used by General Douglas MacArthur in this famous speech by Abigail.
There are three body paragraphs in Abigail’s speech analysis, which is the requirement for this assignment. Each body paragraphs have their topic sentence with supporting details and quotation
from the speech to elaborate them. Abigail’s speech analysis was focused, able to identify the different rhetorical appeals (of ethos, pathos and logos) used by the author to persuade his audience most importantly the ability of the author to efficiently capture the attention and sympathy of his audience. Abigail displayed competency on how to properly quote and cite according to MLA format.
Abigail’s speech analysis conclusion summarizes the General’s appeal to the graduating cadets of West point, the conclusion could be better if Abigail could summarize all the body paragraph topic sentences, re-stating the purpose and tone of General MacArthur’s speech. It does satisfactorily conclude the essay. Except for a few omission of words and the heading to right instead to the left, I will rate Abigail’s speech analysis an outstanding grade.