Lyndon B. Johnsons speech on March 26, 1965 - Article Example

A little bit of suspense or surprise can also make an audience listen to the point. Instead of saying “We are gathered here to promote X business”, an individual should say “We are here to find lucrative opportunities.” Lucrative opportunities are vague, but make an audience more interested in finding out about the lucrative opportunities. Another good tactic is to use strong words. Lucrative is a strong word. These words help the speaker to deliver a powerful speech. All of these things help a speaker give a good introduction. 

He would look at the camera directly, only glancing down occasionally at the paper before him. The speech on March 26, 1965, made an impression due to the emotion put into the speech. The video of this speech has been shown on the history channel, but after researching the Internet only audio of the speech can be found. The link to the audio speech is http://millercenter.org/president/speeches/detail/5932. The speech was given due to the death of Viola Liuzzo murdered by the KKK. Johnson gave a strong introduction.

He used strong words like ‘historic’, ‘brave’, ‘achievements’, ‘tragedy’, and ‘stain’. Johnson grabbed the nation’s attention by stating his intention to talk about a ‘tragedy and a stain’. This makes the audience want to continue listening to find out what tragedy Johnson referred to. This speech grabs the nation’s attention with a mystery that would be revealed in the speech. This is a great speech due to the subject matter, introduction, and expressive language.