Spoken Words
Speech #1 – Kennedy’s “Inaugural Address”
Who is the speaker?
John F. Kennedy, 35th president of the US
What is the occasion?
JFK’s inaugural
Who is the audience?
Citizens of the United States, communist countries, third world countries, S. America and any country possessing nuclear weapons
What is the speaker’s purpose?
To inspire and excite the audience of what he wanted to bring to the country. To inform the citizens and the rest of the world his goals during his presidency.
How does the speech open? How does the speech end? Look at the opening and closing together. How are they related?
Beginning: states that he makes the same oath before God and before the citizens that the founding fathers made. He is celebrating the change and freedom he will bring to the country.
Ending: JFK asks for God’s help and blessing but states that “on earth God’s work must truly be our own.”
He refers to God in both the beginning and the end. He also addresses the citizens directly. The speech also begins by JFK saying that that a man holds the power to abolish human life and abolish all human poverty and ending by saying that failure or success rests in the hands of the citizens.
What is the first appeal? Is it to logos, ethos, pathos? What are the other appeals? Which is the most dominant? Why? How does this support the speaker’s purpose?
First appeal: Logos. JFK states that he is taking the same oath that the presidents before him are taking, which is a fact. He also states that they are celebrating change and new beginning which is also a fact because he is the new president of the United States which is going to bring change.
Other appeals: Ethos. JFK mentions many ethical subjects such as peace between nations and helping the poorer countries. He supports the peace between people by saying that it is the right thing to do and that humanity should all help each other and explore science together instead of using it to destroy each other. “we pledge
Who is the speaker?
John F. Kennedy, 35th president of the US
What is the occasion?
JFK’s inaugural
Who is the audience?
Citizens of the United States, communist countries, third world countries, S. America and any country possessing nuclear weapons
What is the speaker’s purpose?
To inspire and excite the audience of what he wanted to bring to the country. To inform the citizens and the rest of the world his goals during his presidency.
How does the speech open? How does the speech end? Look at the opening and closing together. How are they related?
Beginning: states that he makes the same oath before God and before the citizens that the founding fathers made. He is celebrating the change and freedom he will bring to the country.
Ending: JFK asks for God’s help and blessing but states that “on earth God’s work must truly be our own.”
He refers to God in both the beginning and the end. He also addresses the citizens directly. The speech also begins by JFK saying that that a man holds the power to abolish human life and abolish all human poverty and ending by saying that failure or success rests in the hands of the citizens.
What is the first appeal? Is it to logos, ethos, pathos? What are the other appeals? Which is the most dominant? Why? How does this support the speaker’s purpose?
First appeal: Logos. JFK states that he is taking the same oath that the presidents before him are taking, which is a fact. He also states that they are celebrating change and new beginning which is also a fact because he is the new president of the United States which is going to bring change.
Other appeals: Ethos. JFK mentions many ethical subjects such as peace between nations and helping the poorer countries. He supports the peace between people by saying that it is the right thing to do and that humanity should all help each other and explore science together instead of using it to destroy each other. “we pledge