Rhetorical Analysis Of Robert F. Kennedy's Assassination

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Robert F. Kennedy develops his argument in Statement on the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr by learning from Martin Luther Kin, Jr. assassination. Instead of delivering a rousing political speech. Upon arriving in Indianapolis for a campaign rally, instead of delivering a rousing political speech. Kennedy mad a brief but powerful remarks. It was about the King's death. Yes, he did support his claims with strong evidence because in paragraph 3 it says "Martin Luther King dedicated his life to love and to justice between fellow human beings". His rhetoric did successfully communicate his purpose and point of view with saying "For those of you who are black considering the evidence evidently is that there were white people who were responsible

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