JFK'S CUBAN MISSLE CRISIS ADDRESS TO THE NATION

SPEECH INFO

• JFK's purpose was to warn the citizens of the US
• The targeted audience was the citizens of the US

Summary
JFK is trying to warn the US citizens of a possible threat of a missile attack from Cuba organized by the USSR

Background info
The time period is the 1960s specifically 1962. In the US and the USSR are at war but more of a more political war. The Russians are staring to ship ballistic missiles and planes that can carry nuclear weapons to Cuba which is in range of the US.

EXAMPLES OF RHETORICAL DEVICES

• Alliteration- Sovereign states or peace preserved
• Repetition- Soviet assistance to Cuba
• Metaphor- Living daily on the bullseye

PATHOS,LOGOS,OR ETHOS

• Pathos-"The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it "
• Logos-"In fragrant and deliberate defiance of the Rio Pact of 1947"
• Ethos-"That statement was false"