Rhetorical Analysis Of Man's First Steps On The Moon

In the second text, “In Event of Moon Disaster” by William Safire, he also appealed to SOAPS and ethos logos and pathos. Although William might have written the speech, President Nixon was going to be the one to have read it aloud if all went downhill, so the speaker is Nixon. The occasion is the “funeral speech” he would have given if the mission was not successful. The audiences were all the Americans and loved ones of the astronauts on the mission, basically the entire world that was watching and waiting for the results of Apollo 11. The purpose of this speech was to address not only the families of the deceased loved ones but also the entire nation as well. It was to be used as a precaution just in case the first ever moon landing failed. The subject would be the worst case scenario of the moon landing. Nixon’s speech appealed to ethos because he is the president. By him having that title, it makes him a credible source because he's the one who must help guide the American people in the face of such tragedy. The speech appealed to logos by implying there was no chance of the astronauts making it back. Pathos was established because it was overall a very delicate subject. Safire used emotional connections with the audience by

Rhetoric can be used as a great way to convince an audience, but it has also helped many people become better writers. The use of rhetoric in writing is crucial because it 's what makes the source effective or ineffective, so that you are able to persuade the audience. Rhetoric is defined as, “the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing.” In order for the speaker to persuade the audience is using figurative language and the rhetoric appeals. Some appeals which consist of ethos, pathos, and logos. Each of these which is important in order to catch the audience attention. All these text are related to the 1969 Apollo mission which included: SOAPS,

Apollo 13 launched on April 11, 1970 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The crewmembers aboard the ship were James A. Lovell Jr., John L. Swigert Jr., and Fred W. Haise, Jr. Before the launch, there had been a few problems. Thomas K. Mattingly was supposed to fly on the Apollo 13 but he was exposed to the measles. He didn’t have the antibodies to fight the disease, causing him to not be able to go into space. Swigert took his place. Right before the launch, one of the technicians saw that the helium tank had a higher pressure than expected. Nothing was done to fix this. During liftoff, the second-stage engine shut down, causing the other engines to run longer than planned. Apollo 13 was off to a rocky start.

Richard Nixon opens the speech by stating he “always tried to do what was best for the nation” throughout his presidency. This seems like an attempt to build his ethos, but fails because instead of apologizing and moving on he defends his actions. Nixon continues to play the victim and blames congress for his lack of support. The tone in the beginning of the speech sounds somewhat guilty, but by not taking responsibility for his part in the Watergate scandal Nixon loses whatever ethos he still had.

Though connecting the speaker, the audience, and the subject are important for an author, it is also crucial to use literary appeals to draw in readers successfully. One of the appeals used- ethos- shows Safire’s credibility when he was the president’s speechwriter. In addition, logos, which appeals to readers through logic, was displayed since the speech was mourning the astronauts. The mood of what was supposed to be a joyous event becomes somber in that the president has to state the unimaginable disaster that could’ve happened. With this, the author uses pathos by honoring the two astronauts for their mettle and stating that all of America would be mourning them. Also, the tone becomes solemn and encouraging because the author displays the pathos in that way. Safire includes that “ in their exploration, they stirred the people of the world to feel as one; in their sacrifice, they bind more tightly the brotherhood of man” which makes the reader feel sad but proud to have such men to “serve” the

I’d say we’ve all heard of JFK’s famous speech, “The Decision To Go To The Moon,” which he gave at Rice University on May 25th, 1961 to an audience of 35,000 people. This speech is one that marks the sixties, as JFK had just been elected and was rallying the people to support the space movement. Many Americans doubted they could beat or even catch up to Russia in the space race. So, his speech focuses on convincing Americans that they should support the US government’s movement to get a man on the moon before the Soviet Union.

The ability to challenge and question texts continuously is a skill that is essential to have as a student. From an academic perspective, analyzing written works is often done by recognizing the ethos, pathos, and logos that is commonly embedded by the author in an argumentative piece. This method of writing is frequently used to persuade the audience to believe in a specific side of an argument. Authors use ethos to gain trust from an audience by establishing credibility. Pathos is used in text to sway the audience by using tugging at the emotions of the audience and lastly, logos is integrated into writing with the purpose of using facts, research, and statistics in the argument. The text that will be analyzed in this essay is written by

use of ethos, logos, and pathos bring hope and empathy to the American people. President Reagan presents himself as a truthful leader by noting that we are very open about the events that occur within our space program. Reagan wants to gain the trust of the people by letting them know he will be sure to communicate with them as events within the space program occur. In his speech, Reagan emphasizes to the people that, “We don’t keep secrets and cover things up. We do it all up front and in public” (6).

In this class, we have so far learned about rhetoric, rhetorical analysis, and writing strategies. We learned how to find ethos, pathos, and logos within an article to find out how the author wanted to appeal to their audience. We also learned different reading and writing strategies that the author utilizes when they use ethos, pathos, and logos.

In 1961, the United States of America was embroiled in the Cold War with the Soviet Union. This confrontation was taking place not only on land, sea and air, but in space as well. On May 25th, 1961 recently elected US President John F. Kennedy addressed a joint session of Congress, during which he outlined his now famous Man on the Moon challenge. It was through this ambitious dream that the creation of the National Aeronautical Space Administration (NASA) came about, which President Kennedy challenged to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade. Although he didn't live to see the achievement of his dreams, the United States successfully landed Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin on the moon on July 20, 1969 and

The article Man Takes First Steps on the Moon seeks to inform the audience of the United States’ moon landing. However, it also attempts to aggrandize the event using various occurrences of pathos. For instance, the text uses terms such as “spectacular moment,” “good shape,” “ultra careful,” “dramatic descent,” “spectacular shot,” etc. in order to create a dramatic effect. The article would then explore what other countries thought about the landing, using the despondent Russia to demonstrate feelings of defeat. Little ethos was used, since the article wasn’t meant to persuade, but inform, and since the Times newspaper is considered to be quite trusted. Most of the logos was in the form of quotations, such as “Tranquility base. The Eagle has

“No matter what discomforts and expenses you had to bear to come here, there will be seven minutes tomorrow morning that will make you feel it was worth it,” said a NASA guide to a group of guests on the day of the rocket launch. The purpose of each of these articles have large distinctions between each other. The first article, “In Event of Moon Disaster,” by William Safire, is meant to comfort the audience. The second article, “The July 16, 1969, Launch: A Symbol of Man’s Greatness,” by Ayn Rand, is meant to describe the amount of happiness and pride the nation as a whole felt that day. The purpose of these articles is also tremendously impacted by how the authors present the subject to the audience. Because the speaker of the second article, Ayn Rand, was present in this particular occasion there is an intimate influence on the text from the speaker. Both of these texts appeal to the audience with ethos considering they are both prevalent people in society. The President has automatic ethos, and the author also has ethos with her position as a novelist. On top of that both articles appeal to the audience with logos because it is very logical that the nation would either be upset and mourning the case of a loss, or the nation would be jubilant and elated with the successful landing on the moon. Lastly, the articles appeal to pathos in that they trap the american hearts with either sadness or happiness. The articles hook into the reader’s emotion through talking about families mourning and using figurative language about the image of the launch. Both of these texts are equally effective in completing their purposes.

In May of 1961 President Kennedy famously challenged the U.S to go to the moon and back by the end of the decade. In 1961 there were several challenges that had to be overcome in order to meet this goal. We didn’t have rockets that could get there, we didn’t have guidance systems that could point us in that direction, we didn’t how the human body would react in space, and, of course, it was going to be very expensive. However, in July of 1969, we met the President’s challenge. Apollo 11 landed on the moon and two Americans walked on the moon for the first time. After Apollo 11, we visited the moon 5 more times. The last time was in December of 1972. That was 45 years ago. It’s time to go back!

In the text that appeared in Times magazine titled, “Man Takes First Steps on the Moon”, one can see how much of an accomplishment it was for the U.S and many other people to have been able to walk on the moon. In the text ethos and logos are used a number of times to be able to make a more possibly effective text on people reading the article and be able to show how much of an immense deal this was for mankind. The following sentence is the first sentence in the paragraph which says a lot about what the text is going to go towards, “Neil Armstrong became the first man to take a walk on the moon’s surface early today.”, seeing that the first sentence is about how a man walked on the moon it shows most likely the rest of the text will be based around or on this man's actions. The next sentence shows how many people, including the president and pope expressed how it was a major accomplishment for mankind for a man to walk on the moon and to make it back to Earth safely, “ At Castelgandolfo the Pope greeted news of the lunar landing by exclaiming: “Glory to God in the highest and peace on earth to men of goodwill!”, it makes sure to state it is the pope talking about the moon landing.

When writing any sort of text, the way you deliver it to the audience is just as significant as the content of your writing. Authors tend to use multiple rhetorical devices that add more excitement or interest to their work. By performing this, the audience is engaged more with the text which appeals to them naturally. The novel March, written by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell does an excellent job at exhibiting this over the various events that occurred throughout the text. Therefore, March persuades that an individual’s approach to their mission requires a great effort by displaying concerned expressions, the lonely narrative text and the chaotic graphics of the protests.