Rhetorical Analysis: An Efficacious Speech By Bush
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An Efficacious Speech by Bush Concerning the Sept. 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks on America
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Yeditepe University
Self-Evaluation: This was the first time we have analyzed a politician’s speech. We believe that this writing assignment helped us to see what kind of rhetorical devices Bush used to make his speech effective. After this assignment of examining an impressive speech and writing a rhetorical analysis paper about the speech, we decided to use these beneficial rhetorical devices in our own writings and presentations to impress our readers and listeners. While analyzing the speech we realized the importance and power of both facts and emotional concepts as …show more content…
Bush made a speech addressing to a Joint Session of Congress about the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on America. This speech of Bush (2001) was far more important than the others because as we can understand from the statements such as moments of silence, tragedy, day of mourning, great cause, at the time of this speech America was in a chaotic situation. This speech was crucial for Bush to demonstrate that he was rolling a log for his respectable congressmen and citizens during these hard times. As a consequence, Bush found it necessary to console and encourage his citizens, and give hope for better days. When we take these factors into account, President George W. Bush was really effective in giving an inspirational speech to his congressmen and citizens as he united people of America as one to fight against their enemies and be strong for the better future of their country by using strong convictions and stimulating the patriotic feelings of …show more content…
An example of this can be seen when Bush (2001) said, “Al Qaeda is to terror what the mafia is to crime. But its goal is not making money; its goal is remaking the world and imposing its radical beliefs on people everywhere.” Furthermore, Bush used logos to support his judgment for the military action to get revenge of the terrible event and repeat the need for such action. We can see the use of logos effectively about his plan of action and the aim when Bush (2001) stated,“Our war with Al Qaeda will not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped and
An Efficacious Speech by Bush Concerning the Sept. 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks on America
Ayşegül Altın
Pelin Acartürk
Yeditepe University
Self-Evaluation: This was the first time we have analyzed a politician’s speech. We believe that this writing assignment helped us to see what kind of rhetorical devices Bush used to make his speech effective. After this assignment of examining an impressive speech and writing a rhetorical analysis paper about the speech, we decided to use these beneficial rhetorical devices in our own writings and presentations to impress our readers and listeners. While analyzing the speech we realized the importance and power of both facts and emotional concepts as …show more content…
Bush made a speech addressing to a Joint Session of Congress about the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on America. This speech of Bush (2001) was far more important than the others because as we can understand from the statements such as moments of silence, tragedy, day of mourning, great cause, at the time of this speech America was in a chaotic situation. This speech was crucial for Bush to demonstrate that he was rolling a log for his respectable congressmen and citizens during these hard times. As a consequence, Bush found it necessary to console and encourage his citizens, and give hope for better days. When we take these factors into account, President George W. Bush was really effective in giving an inspirational speech to his congressmen and citizens as he united people of America as one to fight against their enemies and be strong for the better future of their country by using strong convictions and stimulating the patriotic feelings of …show more content…
An example of this can be seen when Bush (2001) said, “Al Qaeda is to terror what the mafia is to crime. But its goal is not making money; its goal is remaking the world and imposing its radical beliefs on people everywhere.” Furthermore, Bush used logos to support his judgment for the military action to get revenge of the terrible event and repeat the need for such action. We can see the use of logos effectively about his plan of action and the aim when Bush (2001) stated,“Our war with Al Qaeda will not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped and