we choose to go the moon presentation

we choose to go to the moon

by John F. Kennedy, presented by Kylee Chew

INDEX

rhetorical appeal situation

Title slide

the rhetorical situation

rheorical device examples

rheorical strategy analysis

new vocab

the rhetorical situation

Speaker

The speaker of this speech is John F. Kennedy, the president of the United States at the time.

"President Kennedy delivered his speech"

Occasion

The date was September 12th, 1962. The occasion was the NASA crew coming up to go to the moon prompted this speech. It was held at Rice University in their stadium.

"On September 12, 1962"

Audience

The audience was all of the nation. The assumption is that most of the listeners were students from the University

"orbiting a man around the moon." "landing a man on the moon".

Purpose

The purpose was to gain the confidence in everyone we are able to go to the moon and make it back in one piece.

"because that goal will serve to organize and measurethe best of our energies and skills."

Subject

The subject was the need for the U.S to become international leaders in the space race.

"the U.S was losing the space race with the Soviet Union."

Tone

The tone was inspiring and competitive. The use of JFK's confidence in how we will win and become leaders in the space race after we succesfully fly and come back from the main mission.

"We choose to go to the moon and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard."

KEY VOCAB

1. Pre-eminance 2. Writ 3. Conquest 4. Prejudice 5. Theater

Pre-eminance

-the fact of surpassing all others

"The United States occupies a position of pre-eminance"

Writ

-one's power to enforce empiance of submission; one's authority

"has made in extending his writ around this globe of ours"

Conquest

-assumption of control of a place/people by use of military force

"it's conquest deserves the best of all mankind"

Prejudice

-opinion that's not based on reason/actual experience.

"there is no strife, no prejudice, no national conflict in outer space as yet."

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Theater

-important military events occur/in process

"or a new terrifying theater of war."

Rhetorical Appeals

1. Pathos2. Logos 3.Ethos

Pathos:

"we set sail on this new sea because there is no knowledge to be gained."

This helps achieve the purpose because by Kennedy choosing to use the word "we", it helps communicate the emotional goal he's going for so that the audience understands as well.

Logos:

"why 35 years ago, fly the atlantic?"

This is a fact being said by JFK trying to connect by facts, and communicating the goal that they have as well as chasing those some goals to go to the moon and back.

Ethos:

"occupies a position of pre-eminance that we help decide whether this new action will be a sea of new peace."

JFK establishes the mastery of the space race by explaining to the audience of the sceintific process.

Rhetorical devices

1. Allusion2. Repetition 3. Anaphora 4. Parellelism 5. Hyperbole

Allusion:

"why climb the highest mountain?"

This effects the audience by how important the mission is, just live the other accomplishments that have been made.

Repetition:

"we choose to go the moon" (x3)

This shows the type of effect this mission had on the world, and to JFK and the space race.

Anaphora:

"no strife, no prejudice, no national conflict."

This quote represents the the importance and effects how the audience will furthormore think.

Parellelism:

"the vows of this nation can only be fulfilled if we in this nation are first, and therefore, we intend to be first."

This quote connects a new feeling towards the audience and importance of the mission.

Hyperbole:

"space is there, and we're going to climb it."

Although they won't actually climb space, it connects the importance and commitment JFK believes this has on the nation and the space race.

Rhetorical Strategy Analysis

I believe that the use of repetition and pathos achieves John F. Kennedy's purpose in this speech. The use of these two analysis strategies communicates how important and history changing this speech was to the whole nation, the astronauts who went up to the moon, everyone who got them up there, and JFK himself. The use of over-exaggeration and the emotion put into this truly brought the speech into one, and got it to the importance it still is today.

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