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Pearl Harbor Speech. Franklin D. Roosevelt. December 08, 1941. To the Congress of the United States: Yesterday, December 7, 1941–a date which will live in infamy–the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.
Dec 7, 2015 · One day before the 74 th anniversary of President Roosevelt’s historic address to Congress in response to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor it is important to examine the true meaning of the speech, and how it came to be.
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- Video of Franklin Roosevelt’s Pearl Harbor Address
- Emotional, Polarizing Words: “…A Date Which Will Live in Infamy…”
- Variations of “Japan” and “Japanese”
- Repetition: “Last Night Japanese Forces Attacked…”
- Pathos: The Emotional Appeal
- A Clear Call-To-Action
- Legend to Annotations
I was unable to find a complete recording with video, but did find these two options: 1. Audio-only of full speech, but without video, or 2. (Shown below) Video of Roosevelt delivering the speech, but with a few sections omitted.
The most memorable phrase of this speech comes in its first line. The label “infamy” foreshadows the tone of the entire speech. Consider the very different toneresulting from the following alternatives: 1. Yesterday, December 7, 1941 — a tragic date — … 2. Yesterday, December 7, 1941 — a pivotal day for our country — … 3. Yesterday, December 7, 194...
Consider the following phrases: And, later: By using this exhaustive variety of word forms (“Empire of Japan”, “Japanese Government”, “Japanese forces”, “the Japanese”, “Japan”), Roosevelt makes it clear that the many components of Japan cannot be separated. That is, the attack was not made simply by the Japanese military, but by the Empire, the go...
Imagine if the entire passage (“… last night Japanese forces attacked …”) quoted above had been abbreviated to the following sentence, which is identical in meaning: Would this have had the same rhetorical effect as the six individual sentences? No, not even close! Roosevelt’s use of repetition amplifies the message and draws more attention to the ...
This is the only triad used in the entire speech. More importantly, this is the only appeal to logic (logos) within the speech. Most of the rest of the Roosevelt’s speech is an appeal to emotion (pathos). He seems to be consciously aiming for an emotional, gut-level response from Congress and from the American people. This is in sharp contrast to t...
Roosevelt’s immediate audience for this speech was the members of the United State Congress. In the final sentence of the speech, Roosevelt clearly asks Congress to make the formal declaration of war: The other audience for this speech was the United States public as a whole. In the sentences which precede the final one above, Roosevelt makes his c...
In the complete speech transcript below, the 8 charismatic leadership tactics are annotated with the following colors. A similar color-coding analysis was performed on Winston Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” speech.
Prince Alexander Ferdinand Albrecht Achilles Wilhelm Joseph Viktor Karl Feodor of Prussia (26 December 1912 – 12 June 1985) was the only son of Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia and his wife Princess Alexandra Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.
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Introduction. The day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered this Address to a Joint Session of Congress. The address was broadcast live on radio to the American people. An hour after he finished, Congress declared war on Japan. Germany and Italy declared war on the United States on December 11 ...
