Christopher Reeve used diction and detail to appeal to the emotions of the audience for the purpose of convincing the audience of the importance of passing the Americans with Disabilities Act. He was a disabled man so the act was something that he felt very strongly about. Using diction and detail helped show examples and used words that had feeling and emotion to support his claim that the act should be passed.
First, Christopher Reeve used diction or word choice to appeal to the emotions of the audience. Christopher used words such as “family values”, “achieve the impossible”, and “dreams”. He uses these words to show that America is like a family and we should work together to help the disabled. Words such as this can have a strong impact
