Rhetorical Analysis Of Ronald Reagan's On The 40th Anniversary Of D-Day

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Rhetorical Analysis Forty years after arguably the most pivotal moment of the 20th century, Ronald Reagan presents a heartfelt speech regarding this day in history. He stood on the very soil that was once was a war zone and spoke to veterans and some of the most prominent leaders in the world. In one of the most emotional speeches ever delivered, Reagan’s “On the 40th Anniversary of D-Day” touches the hearts of millions by using extraordinary syntax to properly convey his serious message, emotional tone to stress the amplitude of the events taken place and the pathos to remind the people of the heroic actions that were taken place on Doomsday in 1944. Reagan commences his speech by describing the events that occurred forty years ago. With

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