Writing Resources
STEPS 1 Print out the speech you selected from this link 2 Read it once without making any annotations on it Focus for reading identify rhetorical devices 3 Find what you consider to be the main claim of the piece 4 Thoroughly annotate the speech for Evidence being used to support the claim statistics anecdotes etc Rhetorical devices Use of ethos pathos and logos the rhetorical triangle 5 After you have done this thoroughly answer the following questions 1 Who is the audience of the speech Be specific The audience of President Kennedy's speech regarding the Cuban Missile Crisis are the American people and the Soviet Union as well as other world governments 2 What is the purpose of the speech Be specific The purpose of Kennedy's speech is to address the Cuban Missile Crisis and the dangers it poses to the world It also calls for peace and negotiations to defuse the crisis 3 What is the main claim in this speech
