Wednesday, March 30, 2011

PEARL HARBOR ADDRESS OF FRANKLING D. ROOSEVELT - LONG WORD USAGE ANALYSIS

The address made by Franklin Roosevelt at Pearl Harbor in 1941 is worth remembering.
Popular name of this speech : Pearl Harbor Address.
Doer : Franklin D. Roosevelt, the then President of the U.S.

MPT (Manner, Place, Time) Context:
Manner : Convincing the Houses to declare the deceptive and sudden invasion by Japan, as an act of war.

Place : A Joint Session of House of Representatives and the Senate.

Time : 7th Dec. 1941. 2nd World War. Japan torpedoed San Francisco and Honolulu. Attacked Guam, Honkong, Malaya, Midway Island, Phillippines and Wake Islands.

Size of the speech : Aprox. 800 words.

We shall now study the long words (length : 12 letters and above) used by Mr. Roosevelt.

12-LETTERED-WORDS
1: deliberately
2: solicitation
3: deliberately
4: deliberately
5: implications
6: premeditated
13-LETTERED-WORDS
7: determination
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15-LETTERED-WORDS
16-LETTERED-WORDS
17-LETTERED-WORDS
18-LETTERED-WORDS
19-LETTERED-WORDS
20-LETTERED-WORDS
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12-LETTERED-WORDS
1
.
Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the Senate, and of the House of Representatives:
Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 ­­ a date which will live in infamy ­­ the United States of
America was suddenly and ______________attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan..
2
.
It will be recorded that the distance of Hawaii from Japan makes it obvious that the attack
was ______________planned many days or even weeks ago..
3
.
No matter how long it may take us to overcome this ______________invasion, the American
people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory..
4
. During the intervening time, the
Japanese government has ______________sought to deceive the United States by false
statements and expressions of hope for continued peace..
5
. The people of the United States have
already formed their opinions and well understand the ______________to the very life and safety
of our nation..
6
.At the ______________of Japan, was still in
conversation with its government and its emperor looking toward the maintenance of peace in
the Pacific..
,13-LETTERED-WORDS
1
.
With confidence in our armed forces, with the unbounding ______________of our people, we will
gain the inevitable triumph ­­ so help us God..
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