Lesson Three: Analyzing Rhetorical Strategies in Presidential Speeches

Question 1

What was President McKinley’s primary purpose in giving this speech?

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to persuade young men to join the army

Question 2

✔ emotionalX ethical logical

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✔ emotional

Question 3

X “decisions,” “vital service”“generation,” “remembrance”✔ “immeasurable pain,” “ bleeding wound”

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✔ “immeasurable pain,” “ bleeding wound”

Question 4

✔ inclusive languageexclusive languagerepetition

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✔ inclusive language

Question 5

✔ It creates a unified purpose among people.X It separates the survivors from others. It emphasizes the hardships faced by survivors.

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✔ It creates a unified purpose among people.

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