Rhetorical Analysis Of Lyndon B Johnson's Speech

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May 22, 1964 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Lyndon B.Johnson delivered the speech, The Great Society to the graduating class of a university. A fellow student’s father had a mutual friend of Johnson's. The mutual friend told Johnson that this student’s education was real. During this time Lyndon B.Johnson was the president of the United States. Lyndon B. Johnson’s speech sets the tone for what is yet to come of the new generation.
In the speech, he begins with quoting a high school girl from Detroit that states whether or not to chose a college that coeducational or educational. Starting out his speech with a topic that the audience can relate to allows them to comprehend on a level that appeals to the addressed audience, the student and faculty
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