"TEAR DOWN THIS WALL!"

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PURPOSE

• FREEDOM
• ACCEPTANCE OF WESTERN DEMOCRACY
• DESTRUCTION OF THE BERLIN WALL
• UNITY

ACCOMPLISHMENT OF PURPOSE

President Reagan's words had a lot of weight because of his position as president which made him seem credible.

He combined his position with logical examples and moral appeals to provide a convincing argument.

In order to make a convincing argument Reagan acknowledges the opposing views of other leaders

he gains credibility through rationality,logic and moral values

LOGIC

• exemplifies other countries, their prosperity and stable economical statuses because of freedom.
• Lures people into believing that obtaining freedom is necessary
• uses facts that support his claim to appeal to the listeners by telling the positive outcomes of having freedom.
• uses facts to show the negative effects of not having freedom.

"Every man is a German, separated from his fellow man.Every man is a Berliner,forced to look upon a scar"

LITERARY DEVICES

• uses imagery throughout the speech to compliment both ethical and logical examples
• He starts the speech with an image of beaten down Germany and ends with showing signs of hope.
• He uses emotional, persuasive,credible and concerning tones.

EFFECT ON LISTENERS

effectiveness

• the audience felt connected to President Reagan because of his moral appeals and sense of patriotism.
• His speech eventually did tear the Berlin Wall down.
• His credibility and ethical values reached out to the audience despite of lack of statistic data.
• It influenced people to be driven towards freedom

CONCLUSION

• Overall Reagan's speech was very well rounded and balanced ethics,values and morals perfectly to influence the people of West Berlin.Although it wasn't fast,Reagan eventually did meet his ideal purpose.