Plain Style Rhetoric
On January 28, 1986, America launched seven crew members into space on the Space Shuttle Challenger. Seventy-three seconds after liftoff, the Challenger exploded, killing all crew members. Watch the video of President Reagan's National Address following this disaster. This video has been provided courtesy of C-SPAN.
After watching the video, give yourself one minute to list as many words or phrases that you can think of that describe the speech. Then, after the minute is up, look back at the list and think about the following questions:
- What about that speech really connected with you?
- Why did it move you?
- What about it makes it stand out in your memory?