Tuesday, December 9, 2008

McCarthy's Famous Speech on the Red Scare

McCarthys famous speech on the Red Scare utilized alot of retorical techniques and was successful in grabing the public's attention. Throughout the speech he spread fear by saying communism has entered the state department and infusing religion into the speech. most of the speech used pathos appeals because it grabed and held on to the audiences fear. Small portions of the speech were also ethos when he gave qoutes from famous communists such as Stalin and Lenin. All together this speech was a success in grabing the publics support and was one of the first igniters the the Red Scare.

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