Rhetorical Analysis: The Times Of London

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In the sources provided by The Times of London, William Safire, Ayn Rand, and Herblock all showed both effective and ineffective qualities. The reason why is because some had appeals that were easy to understand what the speaker was trying to say, and do. The following statements were why the given texts and image were all effective.
To begin with, the first text given is by The Times of London and the information given is about the first launch and Armstrong taking his first steps on the moon. The text is packed with logos and ethos, it explains details of the launch and the landing on the moon, also it contains quotes from the astronauts, such as “The first word from man on the moon came from Aldrin: “Tranquillity base. The Eagle has landed,”(The …show more content…

The text indicated how if the astronauts were to be in an accident during the mission, or failed. Then President Nixon was going to announce a speech about the failed mission and the astronauts who lost their lives. The speech contained mostly ethos and pathos, it contains ethos because mostly everyone wants to hear what the President of the US thinks, or how he’s going to respond towards the accident. Also the text contains pathos because the speech contains sentimental emotions towards the families and friends of the lost astronauts. Some examples of this was when President Nixon included everyone as a whole such as, “They will be mourned by their families and friends; they will be mourned by their nation; they will be mourned by the people of the world; they will be mourned by a mother Earth that dared send two of her sons into the unknown,”(Safire). To try and comfort people about the lost lives of the astronauts, and how they be …show more content…

The text was extremely descriptive about the launch and how everything felt and what was happening. A quote from the text about the descriptive launch was, “ [the launch] began with a large patch of bright, yellow-orange flame shooting sideways from under the base of the rocket. It looked like a normal kind of flame and I felt an instant shock of anxiety, as if this were a building on fire,”(Rand). It is so detailed that it feels as if one is almost there experiencing it. That is the reason why I believe the text is effective because the detail that is being stated throughout the text seems vivid. For the ones who didn’t experience the launch personally, would be

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