A Rhetorical Analysis Of Speech By Clare Booth Luce

In the speech that was wonderfully articulated by Clare Booth Luce, she synthesizes a compelling dialogue to berate journalists for choosing spreading sensationalized news stories over their integrity. Although some detractors of Luce’s speech may argue that she was too assertive in her delivery, Luce’s opening dismiss such romantic critics as excessively dogmatic in their provincial ideology. In fact, Luce’s opening shows that she had a wide control over the attitudes of her audience and manipulated those attitudes brilliantly in order to set up her central message. Clearly, Luce deftly delivers an impactful opening by her stellar use of diction, use of remarkable wit, and by resonating with her audience. One of the foremost outstanding aspects of Luce’s opening was her control of language. From the beginning, Luce makes it clear to the audience that she …show more content…
As previously stated, Luce comapres her speech to that of throwing rocks; however, later in the same thought, Luce jokes that the speech she was asked to give has caused her much grief – as the rock thrower. This comical quip may fill the room with a jovial spirit before Luce begins on an issue that may raise the fiery tensions of America’s most prolific writers. If that example did not strike the audience as particularly amusing, most of the audience would agree that at least once in the opening that Luce provided an entertaining jibe that made them feel more at ease before her antagonistic diatribe began. Another notable example of her wit was when she compared herself to the likes of Billy Grahams and Bishop Sheens, which are both Christian preachers who would yell nonsensically for hours about sin and everyone going to hell. These particular instances of humor make the opening more light-hearted and the audience more receptive for that Luce may have to say in