Pericles Funeral Speech: Hype or Truth Several philosophers and thinkers have graced Athens but none probably have described Athens as vividly as Pericles did with his funeral speech delivered in honor of the martyrs of the Peloponnesian War. This speech was given almost a year after the Peloponnesian War started and its purpose was to inspire both the citizens and the army of Athens. In his speech Pericles describes Athens as a flawless state when compared with its contemporaries. Pericles highlighted
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Patrick Henry’s Speech Analysis In the speech‚ “Give Me Liberty‚ or Give Me Death‚” Patrick Henry set out to convince the VirginaVirginia delegates that war with England was inevitable and the longer they waited the harder the war would be to win. Patrick Henry displays immaculate persuasion skills that disarm his audience from favoring reconciliation with Britain. Henry uses rhetorical strategies‚ such as‚ allusions‚ parallelism‚ and repetition to captivate his audience and appeal to their emotions
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Obama reveals the purpose of his speech in the opening line. He chooses the first sentence from the preamble of the United States Constitution‚ that states‚ “We the people‚ in order to form a more perfect union.” He uses these words to capture and reframe the purpose of the Constitution for the purpose of his speech. The constitution‚ he says‚ was “stained by this nation’s original sin of slavery” (3)‚ the underlying root of inequality and division in America. Obama says that the Constitution provided
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Hunter Hodges AP English 3-2 10/31/11 RFK Speech Rhetorical Analysis Robert Kennedy’s speech on the Vietnam War on March 18‚ 1968 addresses the dire consequences of the war. His speech criticized the actions taken by Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson. RFK’s speech uses parallel structure and other rhetorical devices to appeal to the audience’s emotion‚ logic‚ and ethics. The use of parallel structure throughout the speech contributes to RFK’s views of the Vietnam War. “.. a year when we choose not simply
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Cassidy AP Language Speech Analysis One of the top 100 speeches of all time was said by Bill Clinton‚ when he was addressing the memorial of the Oklahoma Bombing. This was said in 1995 when tragedy struck the lives of hundreds. Innocent women‚ men‚ and children were murdered for no apparent reason‚ and people needed someone to turn to. This person was Bill Clinton‚ he responded in ways of composure and emotion that just added to his already powerful speech; he addressed the issues the correct
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It showed how one incident happened right after another following a similar script. Gladwell used hand gestures to demonstrate the similarities of the actions seen in videos recorded by the school shooters. I appreciated the organization of his speech. He started off giving facts and then into ideas of the reasoning’s behind school shootings. I didn’t get a vibe that his information what at
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of water issues and continuing her grandfather’s work. The speech was held at WSRE Jean and Paul Amos Performance Studio and was sponsored by WSRE Public Square Speakers Series. The studio was like a movie theater with seats going all the way up with the Middle Island where the audio in camera was. The stage had a red rectangle in the middle and a podium off to the right with a big screen in the background. The general purpose of the speech was to give her background and also bring up some of the issues
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RFK Speech Analysis Discuss RFK’s use of positive and negative and his response to the occasion/What makes it effective? Kennedy’s speech is very effective in calming a volatile America‚ and is so primarily due to his ability to establish credibility and common ground with his audience. He balances the amount of negative and positive segments of his speech in a manner that allows the speech to be ultimately hopeful for the future‚ yet aware of the challenges that they all must overcome. That he
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Inspiration is a complicated and complex emotions to break down for analysis. Inspiration makes you go beyond the definition of the words. It goes deeper than the eloquent tying of sentences‚ and the bad attempt at humor. Inspiration is a transcendent adventure which logically shouldn’t happen. I start off listening to a story and word by word it is less about the story but more about the relationship between my life and the speaker’s story. You start asking yourself; can I do it? What if that was
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Earl Spencer Speech analysis Earl Spencer incorporates a triadic structure in the introduction of his speech “a family in grief‚ in a country in morning‚ before a world in shock.” The use of this device creates a matryoshka principle‚ by which each statement is eluded by a bigger statement‚ from “family” to “world” – emphasizing Earl Spencer’s attitude towards Diana’s importance and legacy‚ within a variety of environments. Earl Spencer’s attitude towards Diana is reflected within his description
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