Research and Deconstruct your Speech

_ Who is speaking

John F. Kennedy

_ Why was/is the speech important to society!

JFK 's presidential inauguration was at a pinnacle of change in world history and

specifically American history. The civil rights movement had begun about a decade ago.

rights of every person were being reevaluated and the roles of individuals were yet to be

solidified. The Greensboro sit-ins were the same year too. In addition, American has just

recently gained their first commerical nuclear power plant. The world was at a new point in technology and relations with other countries; allies and enemies. This speech is giving

confidence and encouragement to the US citizens and a promise to the world of the striving for peace.

_ Why do you feel it is important or interesting?

It is very important because a key aspect of a presidential candidate is the ability to inspire and lead the entire nation. JFK is coming into play at a point in history where everything is changing and change is so new. War at any turn along with blacks and whites conflicting with each other. JFK is speaking to the entire world and standing strong against emissaries of evil, and is stilling confidence and optimism in allies.

_ What is the emotion, mood, tone, personality, feeling of the speech?

There is a focus on inspiration, in stilling confidence and optimism in the listener. The tone is full of strong word.s and an intonation that goes from very loud. to very soft. The personality comes from a leader, a man with vision and excitement for the words coming out of his mouth. He is speaking and understands and firmly believes what he is saying. This attitude adds to the power of his speech.

_ What is intonation, emphasis. what is loud, stressed or soft. Where are there pauses!

There are many pauses between almost every word of the speech becau.se of the stye thatJFK is trying to achieve. JFK is focusing on words and emphasizing words such as:

Energy. faith. devotion, we. fellow Americans. Ask not. you. These words are meant to

grab the audience member's attention.

_ What do you FEEL should be loud or soft, long pause or rushed?

I feel that words such as ''light our country,'' ''freedom of man” and other finishing words should be loud and slow while words such as " and so, my fellow Americans'' and which bring to this endeavor" should be faster and softer.

_ Is there a call to action? When listening to it what are key/emphasized words?

Yes there is a call to action.  To go and do for the country, to give back, to be apart of making the country the best it can in this time of such change. The emphasis words are Faith, energy, devotion, together, we, do.

_ How does it make you feel!

This speech inspires me, and makes me want to be apart of the cause because it gives me

confidence in being an American.

_ How do imagine that the audience felt?

I imagine that being at the speech itself or listening on the radio only adds to the excitement and inspiration of the speech itself.