The context of this speech is that on January 18‚ 1986 the Challenger Shuttle exploded seventy-three seconds into flight. Aboard this aircraft was Christina McAuliffe‚ the first teacher in Space‚ who served as an inspiration for school kids nationwide. The speaker of this speech is Ronald Reagan‚ the President at the time‚ and his audience is the citizens of the United States. During his speech‚ Reagan creates a sense of unity and also expresses his feelings of grief. The purpose of each is to convince
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included in society. In the following sentences from his speech‚ he expresses how no change has happened over the course of time towards the Black population. “But one hundred years later‚ we must face the tragic fact that the Negro is still not free.” “One hundred years later‚ the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination.” These key phrases express the main objective in his speech and that is the division between the Whites and Blacks
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president‚ Franklin Delano Roosevelt in his speech‚ “Pearl harbor Speech December 8‚ 1941 To the Congress of the United States” ‚ Address Congress regarding The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor His purpose is to respond to the actions of The Japanese empire and earn the support of the people. Roosevelt adopts a serious tone in order to Express the Effect of Japan’s attack on America and That joining world war two is now inevitable. Roosevelt Opens his speech by Utilizing potent diction to express the
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In his emotionally charged speech given to the 2018 graduating class at Lesley University‚ Jason Reynolds inspires and encourages his audience through the telling of a personal story and the repetition of similar sounds to share the importance of being there for others while still striving to be their best. Jason Reynolds tells a personal story in order to catch the interest of his audience. He tells the story of a high school teacher who taught him that “sometimes doing the right thing has consequences”
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Before we used reason and logic to answer our questions and conclude our ideas‚ we used thoughts of superstition. These thoughts were later seen as ineffective and not credible. To emphasize the use of reason and logic Patrick Henry states in his speech‚ Speech in the Virginia Convention‚ “I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. (Paragraph 2)” Today‚ we use history as a resource thus‚ using the past to answer modern day questions. We also use history to learn from our past mistakes
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In Martin Luther King‘s speech he speaks with such passion and determination‚ you can tell in his voice that he means everything he says and his hope reaches out to people and the way he emphases his words captures the audience’s attention. He believed that every person should be equal despite their skin color. In Malcolm X’s speech he talks more about himself and he thought it would be best for everyone to keep their religion to themselves. He believed that the black people were trapped by the white
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until 1942 and we knew what was going on. He questions the indifference we had. The author had many historical facts brought into his speech for backing up his facts making a strong backbone for the body of his speech. His facts alone can stand but he adds tension to make the audience grasp towards what he was feeling. Many of his facts
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Sean Comb’s speech was “different” than the past speeches we have seen so far. It was not different in a negative way though. It was different in the sense that he was so informal with the way that he delivered his speech to the graduating class of Howard that it worked to his advantage. On top of that Comb’s was really proud and energetic for the majority of his speech. His humor was great and you can tell that the audience was feeling his vibe due to all the smiles and laughter in the crowd. I
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Franklin Roosevelt’s speech was presented on December 8‚ 1941 following soon after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor‚ Hawaii. It was presented in front of congress in order to explain the tragic events of the previous days atrocity‚ as well as create a declaration of war against Japan. Roosevelt’s speech triggered numerous emotions in his audience. However‚ it was also logical‚ comforting‚ and helped ensure our nation that we will rebuild following our tragic downfall. Roosevelt clearly addresses
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his purpose. Right after Malcolm gave his speech‚ he quickly became an alarming figure towards the African American community across the nation‚ since he had prompted numerous African-Americans to utilize force. He states‚ "Don’t be throwing out any ballots. A ballot is like a bullet. You don’t throw your ballots until you see a target‚ and if that target is not within your reach‚ keep your ballot in your pocket” To understand his frustration‚ this speech was given during the Civil Rights Movement
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