Rhetorical Analysis Essay On George W Bush 9/11

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Lily Groth Mrs. Janke English II 2 April 2024 Speech Analysis Paper - George W. Bush 9/11 speech George W. Bush’s speech on the subject of the tragic events of the falling of the twin towers that occurred on September 11th, 2001. The purpose of this speech was to bring awareness to the country and reassure all of its citizens that the government, president, and military will work together to do everything they can to keep the country safe moving forward. This speech was impactful because it elaborated on mood, rhetorical devices, and methods of persuasion used by George W. Bush and his team. The 9/11 speech that shook the world was in a confident and empowered mood. This mood was used by George W. Bush to attempt to bring his audience at ease …show more content…

These acts shattered steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.” Sentences like those are said to gain the confidence of the shaken up audience and this method has, historically, been very successful in doing so. In the year 2001, George W. Bush had to, unfortunately, give a speech to calm his country and shut down any wrongly spoken rumors about his government and how the terrorists had affected it. While doing that, he and his team used asyndeton to further stress the understanding of what the citizens of America have been through by stating a list that appears to last forever for the audience to assume that there is no real ending. For example, when he says “The victims were in airplanes, or in their offices; secretaries, businessmen, women, military, federal workers, moms, dads, friends, neighbors, thousands of lives were suddenly ended by evil, despicable acts of terror. This provides a seemingly endless list of victims that were affected, showing the audience that their president is at loss, and also feels their

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