Effective Speech and Speech Analysis

Instructions
All papers should be Word-processed and cited in APA. Your paper should be at least three double-spaced pages, in Times New Roman with 12-point font and indented paragraphs. Include a word count in your submission.
You must have a minimum of three scholarly sources, such as journal articles or scholarly books, for this paper – and it is especially important to include and use the scholarly articles that are part of the assigned reading for this Lesson.
In addition, you can use news magazines, such as Time or Newsweek, and newspaper articles for background and historical information. Sources that originate on the Internet are not acceptable. (This means that, if you have a source that was originally published in print but is available online, it is okay to use that source).
All papers must be free from typographical and spelling mistakes. Errors of grammar, syntax, and composition affect the assignment grade.

Analyzing the Rhetorical Situation in Ronald Reagan’s Challenger Address
In this essay, you will analyze Ronald Reagan’s “White House Address to the Nation,” popularly referred to as the Challenger address, in terms of the rhetorical situation. Your essay must address each element of the rhetorical situation to provide supporting evidence for your claims by drawing from the concepts in your book, from your own observations about the speech, and from what you find in the scholarly literature. Steven Mister’s article, an additional reading for this Lesson, should also be used in your argument. These outside sources will be particularly helpful in providing specific information about the audience, the historical context, the events, the president, and NASA.
Challenger address link: https://youtu.be/e6QoX_wylLI
Text book to use: Zarefsky, David. REVEL for Public Speaking: Strategies for Success. 9th ed. Pearson, 2020. ISBN: 978-0-13-489259-7.
Steven Mister article: Reagan’s Challenger tribute: combining generic constraints and situational demands. Central states speech journal. Fall 1986. 37(3). pp. 158-165.
**Keep in Mind…
Pay particular attention to the first two sentences in the section on The Rhetorical Situation—use the framework of the theory to explain whether the speech was a fitting response.