Rhetorical Analysis Thesis Proposal.

Ronald Reagan had a great entrance into his speech when he acknowledge the audience and showed his humility by saying “I know you can’t endorse me, but I only brought that up because I want you to know that I endorse you and what you're doing”. Right at the start he gave credit to the audience which is those who are at his presidential campaign speech. He then gave a witty comment “We haven’t improved by one iota on the ten commandments but well on the 4 billion laws”, which is a great rhetorical tool to catch the audience attention. After grabbing the audience attention, he waste no time by addressing his issue on Traditional Judeo Christian value based system have on moral teaching or religion. A great issue to address as it was a very opportune timing as mentioned “perhaps their most serious challenge in our nation’s history”. This gives him credibility as his speech is serving the nation in what they need.

As for Mitt Romney, he gave a great entry to his speech by showing professionalism when gave respect to the President and his wife through acknowledging them. This does well for Mitt Romney as he gives the audience a reason to respect him. He then uses a story to grab the audience attention and give them a form of nostalgia which is a great rhetoric tool to use. Another reason that this story serves him well is that the pilot in this story was George Bush himself, the president at that time. This story about the rescued pilot gave Americans a cause to remember their belief that Americans rises to the occasion in defending the freedom of the nation as mention by Mitt Romney. Mitt Romney uses great metaphors and intelligent sentences when he mention “Freedom required religion and religion requires freedom”. It helps the audience remember and understand what message he is trying to convey.

However, Ronald Reagan took a risk when he gave the funny analogy of an atheist having dinner. This might have a back fire effect as he eliminates a group of audience – the Atheist.