Read the excerpt from Franklin Roosevelt’s request for a declaration of war. Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date which will live
in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. What is the impact of the loaded language in this paragraph? It establishes the speaker’s credibility. It creates a confident and reassuring tone. It calls attention to the urgency of the message. It sets up a contrast between the past and the future.
