Furthermore, another one of the strategies that Thatcher used is tone, tone is often determined by the author’s use of diction to set the mood of their purpose. With the use of her diction, Thatcher gave her speech an admiring and proud tone. A good example would be when Thatcher stated, “Others saw only limits to growth. He transformed a stagnant economy into an engine of opportunity,” and she also stated, “He knew almost instinctively what to do.” With the choices of her diction, Thacher expresses her admiration for Reagan by saying that he is a man with no end to his limits, and he is a man of great ideas and is a person who will grab onto any chance given. Similarly, there was more than one type of tone in Thatcher’s speech. One of the
