Rhetorical Analysis of Reagan’s Challenger Speech – Flashcards
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allusion
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Nineteen years ago, almost to the day, we lost three astronauts in a terrible accident on the ground.
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direct address
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Ladies and Gentlemen,...
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kairos
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(appeal) ..I'd planned to speak to you tonight to report on the state of the Union, but the events of earlier today have led me to change those plans.
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parallelism
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They had a hunger to explore the universe and discover its truths. They wished to serve, and they did. They served all of us.
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example
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On this day three hundred and ninety years ago, the great explorer Sir Francis Drake died aboard ship off the coast of Panama.
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pathos
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(appeal) Nancy and I are pained to the core by the tragedy of the shuttle Challenger. We know we share this pain with all of the people of our country.
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anaphora
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It's all part of the process of exploration and discovery. It's all part of taking a chance and expanding man's horizons.
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aphorism
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The future doesn't belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave.
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syntax (loose sentences)
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We don't hide our space program. We don't keep secrets and cover things up. We do it all up front and in public. That's the way freedom is, and we wouldn't change it for a minute.
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asyndeton
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more volunteers, more civilians, more teachers in space.
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juxtaposition
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Nineteen years ago, almost to the day, we lost three astronauts in a terrible accident on the ground. But we've never lost an astronaut in flight. We've never had a tragedy like this.
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metaphor
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The Challenger crew was pulling us into the future, and we'll continue to follow them.
