Rhetorical Analysis Of The Space Shuttle: Columbia

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In The Space Shuttle “Columbia” Tragedy Speech to the Nation, the speaker, George W Bush, told the listeners about the space tragedy and how the nation will recover from it. Bush uses excellent organization and diction. First, he had great organization by starting off with what happened and naming the people involved, then spoke about how the nation will recover. For example, at the beginning of the speech, he talks about the tragedy and the people involved but ends with how we will advance in technology and improve space travel. Bush’s organization helps the listeners understand that accidents at this level helps the nation improve on space travel. The second thing that bush did to help listeners understand was that he used diction. For example,

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