06.02 Evaluating a Speech PDF

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Argument and poetry in english history. Used in english 11 and 12 in COA...

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This is an example of ethos because Kennedy is working to establish credibility with the audience. He wants the audience to trust in what he is saying. Kennedy lets the audience know that they are facing

We are confronted

a battle that has been around for hundreds of years .

primarily with a moral issue. It is as old as the Scriptures and is as clear as the American Constitution.

1.They are acting not out of

x

This is an example of ethos because Kennedy is

sense of legal duty but out

showing his respect for the community. He wants the

of a sense of human

audience to know that he respects them and values

decency. Like our soldiers

their courage for fighting.

and sailors in all parts of the world they are meeting freedom's challenge on the firing line, and I salute them for their honor and their courage.

2.As I've said before, not

x

This is an example of pathos because Kennedy is

every child has an equal

bringing up children to appeal to the audience's

talent or an equal ability or

empathetic side. It makes the audience feel bad for

equal motivation, but they

the children who don't have equal rights or

should have the equal right

opportunities.

to develop their talent and

their ability and their motivation, to make something of themselves.

3. We preach freedom

x

This is a form of logos because Kennedy is

around the world, and we

appealing to the logical side of the audience. He

mean it, and we cherish

points out how they preach equality and freedom but

our freedom here at home,

they don't actually apply it in the United States.

but are we to say to the

Kennedy implies that the US is hypocritical if they do

world, and much more

nothing about the problem.

importantly, to each other that this is the land of the free except for the Negroes; that we have no second-class citizens except Negroes; that we have no class or caste system, no ghettoes, no master race except with respect to Negroes?

4. If an American, because

x

This is a form of pathos because Kennedy is trying to

his skin is dark, cannot eat

get the audience to empathize. He shows the

lunch in a restaurant open

struggles of an African Americans daily life to help the

to the public, if he cannot

audience realize how hard it is for them. He hopes

send his children to the

they will be sympathetic.

best public school available, if he cannot vote for the public officials who will represent him, if, in short, he cannot enjoy the full and free life which all of us want

5. This afternoon, following

x

This is an example of logos because Kennedy is

a series of threats and

using a real-life event in order to persuade his

defiant statements, the

audience. This event is helping support his argument

presence of Alabama

for equality because he explains the situation and

National Guardsmen was

how it is un-american.

required on the University of Alabama to carry out the final and unequivocal order of the United States District Court of the Northern District of Alabama....