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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation

"I believe that I interpret the will of the Congress and of the people when I assert that we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost, but will make it very certain that this form of treachery shall never again endanger us." establishes him as a leader and has the authority to protect.

Franklin Roosevelt used numerous fallacies when he wrote his speech. One of which was the Appeal to Closure fallacy which was directed to those americans that lost a loved one.

A couple other logical fallacies that FDR used in his Pearl Harbor speech are the "playing on emotions" and the "we have to do something" fallacies.

"Hostilities exist. There is no blinking at the fact that our people , our territory, and our interests are in grave danger"

" The attack yesterday on the Hawaiian Islands has caused severe damage to American naval and military forces. I regret to tell you that very many American lives have been lost. In addition, American ships have been reported torpedoed on the high seas between San Francisco and Honolulu."

Ethos

Logos

Pathos

He uses these statements to add fear and emotion of the american people.

After a big catastrophe like Pearl Harbor, citizens were in shock and fear of the Japanese that they were no longer safe and FDR acted on those emotions.

FRD uses pathos in his speech by trying to connect to the crowd and America by the tone in his voice and telling the people that there were many American lives lost and also American ships and this is the emotional side of the speech also known as pathos.

In this speech, FDR used Enumeratio, which is detailing parts, causes, effects, or consequences to make a point more forcibly.

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