Document Type
Thesis - Open Access
Award Date
1971
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department / School
Speech
Abstract
Several times in the past, the American public has faced the possibility of having no President because of his illness or death in office. The question arising from this situation is significant not only to citizens of this country but to the citizens of the world community as well. For this reason the writer was prompted to initiate an analysis of the speeches of Senator Birch Bayh of Indiana in his support of the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America. The analysis of the speeches of a prominent person in our society carries a potential contribution to scholars in the of speech communication in that it may reveal the oral persuasive process used by one prominent person in his attempts to influence the beliefs, attitudes, and opinions of an audience. By examining the organization, supporting proofs, logic, language, and inventiveness, a partial reason for the passage of the amendment may have been discovered. This, it is hoped, was accomplished through the research and development of this thesis.
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Bayh, Birch, 1928-2019 -- Oratory
Presidents -- United States -- Succession
Format
application/pdf
Number of Pages
124
Publisher
South Dakota State University
Recommended Citation
Brubaker, Michael Lee, "A Rhetorical Analysis of Selected Speeches of Senator Birch E. Bayh on the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States" (1971). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 3707.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/etd/3707