John F Kennedy Rice Stadium Speech Analysis
Katy Reid
AP American Literature per. 3
Mrs. Baielli
1 December 2014
Rice Stadium Moon Speech
Former President John F. Kennedy stated in his inaugural address, “Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and success of our liberty.” On many occasions, like the previous one, Kennedy uses parallelism in his speeches to emphasize the idea he is persuading. During Kennedy’s service in our country as the 35th president, he became very interested with the evolution of technology and affiliated that with the idea that it is possible to send a man to the moon within the decade. He implemented a speech at Rice Stadium in Texas, announcing his excitement and planning for many of the rockets and other technological advances invented to make his plan of the exploration of space possible. John F. Kennedy’s speech was effective because of his …show more content…
Of all that he appealed to, he purposely persuaded and convinced his congregation at Rice Stadium that he would be kicking his articulate project into high gear and gained their support because of the intellectuality of his syntax. He frequently used parallelism to emphasize the idea he was depicting with more specification and example. He remains optimistic throughout his speech and clearly states countless certainties about the Saturn C-1 booster rocket, his principal technological advance. Although John F. Kennedy was repetitive in his use of parallelism time and time again, it was effective because it provided assistance to the audience of when to pay attention to the important parts of his speech. Overall, John F. Kennedy’s Rice Stadium Moon speech was effective and plausible for his persuasive use of rhetorical devices such as ethos, pathos, and logos as well as
AP American Literature per. 3
Mrs. Baielli
1 December 2014
Rice Stadium Moon Speech
Former President John F. Kennedy stated in his inaugural address, “Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and success of our liberty.” On many occasions, like the previous one, Kennedy uses parallelism in his speeches to emphasize the idea he is persuading. During Kennedy’s service in our country as the 35th president, he became very interested with the evolution of technology and affiliated that with the idea that it is possible to send a man to the moon within the decade. He implemented a speech at Rice Stadium in Texas, announcing his excitement and planning for many of the rockets and other technological advances invented to make his plan of the exploration of space possible. John F. Kennedy’s speech was effective because of his …show more content…
Of all that he appealed to, he purposely persuaded and convinced his congregation at Rice Stadium that he would be kicking his articulate project into high gear and gained their support because of the intellectuality of his syntax. He frequently used parallelism to emphasize the idea he was depicting with more specification and example. He remains optimistic throughout his speech and clearly states countless certainties about the Saturn C-1 booster rocket, his principal technological advance. Although John F. Kennedy was repetitive in his use of parallelism time and time again, it was effective because it provided assistance to the audience of when to pay attention to the important parts of his speech. Overall, John F. Kennedy’s Rice Stadium Moon speech was effective and plausible for his persuasive use of rhetorical devices such as ethos, pathos, and logos as well as