A Rhetorical Analysis of Senator Chester I. Long's Emporia Speech

Author

Conrad Charles Awtrey, Fort Hays Kansas State College

Department

Communication Studies

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Abstract

This study was concerned with the techniques by which Senator Long endeavored to gain acceptance by an unsympathetic audience. To achieve this, the speech text was consulted to determine the speaker's use of invention, arrangement, style, and delivery. This was done in the light of historical findings as well as the immediate speech setting. The purpose of this study was to analyze and evaluate Senator Long's methods of using the above four canons, and to render some judgment of the effectiveness of the speech by considering also its immediate and delayed effects.

Keywords

Public speaking, Kansas, Legislators, Analysis, Speechwriting, Political campaigns, Emporia (Kan.), Lyon County (Kan.)

Advisor

Dr. James Costigan

Date of Award

Summer 1966

Document Type

Thesis - campus only access

DOI

10.58809/DCKX7292

Recommended Citation

Awtrey, Conrad Charles, "A Rhetorical Analysis of Senator Chester I. Long's Emporia Speech" (1966). Master's Theses. 957.
DOI: 10.58809/DCKX7292
Available at: https://scholars.fhsu.edu/theses/957

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