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Speech Analysis

Speech Analysis. Emily Devereux, Maddie Donoghue , and Sarah Guinee. Elizabeth Birch. Washington Hilton, 1995. Background. Elizabeth Birch on behalf of the Human Rights Campaign

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Speech Analysis

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  1. Speech Analysis Emily Devereux, Maddie Donoghue, and Sarah Guinee

  2. Elizabeth Birch Washington Hilton, 1995

  3. Background • Elizabeth Birch on behalf of the Human Rights Campaign • Speaks to members of Christian Coalition and media at Hilton Hotel, while a separate Christian Coalition lecture occurs

  4. Explanation & Analysis • Addresses harmful views and opinions of Christian Coalition to those that are different, particularly gays and lesbians, including the effects of these outlooks. • Birch attempts to persuade members of the Christian Coalition to act with an open heart and become more accepting towards their loved ones, despite their differences. • Birch maintains a calm and stable persona in order to prevent extending the audience’s pre-existing opinion that she is irrational or outlandish.

  5. Analysis, continued. • Birch asks members of the Christian Coalition to be more inclusive and accepting to gays and lesbians in their public campaigns. • Her ultimate goal is to the audience to recognize and accept those who are different in their daily lives.

  6. Key Rhetorical Devices • Biblical Allusions • Golden Rule • Temptation Because the audience members are mainly devout Christians, these values are of high importance. This not only builds the validity of the speaker but underlines her argument. “ I believe that they must embarrass those who, like me, heard of another gospel – even the simple gospel taught to me as a child in Sunday School.” “ I ask that, as individuals, you talk to those of us who are gay or lesbian, rather than succumb to the temptation to either avoid us at all costs as if we were not part of your community, or to rant at us, as if we are not worthy of quiet conversation.

  7. Key Rhetorical Devices, continued. • Exemplum Birch addresses a stable family relationship – because it is a significant value of the Christian Coalition – but then notes that there cannot be intolerance in a family where there is a gay son or daughter (and she argues that there are many families like the one she describes). Love and acceptance is necessary for that ideal stable environment. • Succeeds • Particularly connects to the specific audience members that apply to Birch’s given circumstance. • Calm and Reason • Reasonable requests • Remains realistic in front of judgmental audience, in addition to respecting morals

  8. Key Rhetorical Devices, continued. • Concessions • Admits own faults “We all struggle to be people of integrity.” • Relates to audience and remains a humane character • Point of View • Primarily first and secondperson: • “We are part of your family. And you are part of our community. We are neighbors and colleagues, business associates and friends. More intimately still, you are fathers of sons who are gay and mothers of daughters who are lesbians.” • Emphasizes unity

  9. Senator Edward Kennedy Faith, Truth and Tolerance in America 1983

  10. Background • Communicates to explain the need between toleration and cooperation between religious morals and government values. • Urges audience for their support with his reintroduction of the Equal Rights Amendment (E.R.A.) in Congress. • Speaks to students and faculty of LBC • Develops own credibility by demonstrating understanding of their background • Alludes to audience’s religious beliefs

  11. Explanation & Analysis • Uses professional, eloquent language while maintaining tone of stability and strength. • Makes certain concessions to remain reasonable because his calls to action stray from audience’s values • Encourages environment of open-mindedness and acceptance. • Emphasizes that religion and government cannot always correlate with each other’s ideals or policies. • Faith cannot substitute for facts.

  12. Key Rhetorical Devices • Citations • Other famous and reputable speakers • Boosts own credibility • John F. Kennedy • Ronald Reagan • Roger Williams, • Washington, Jefferson, Adams • Redundancy • Restates objective several times • Emphasizes tolerance similarly • Biblical Allusions • Temptation (like Birch) • “Once we succumb to that temptation, we step onto a slippery slope where everyone’s freedom is at risk.” • Pertinent to religiously devout audience • Highlights immorality of narrow-mindedness

  13. Key Rhetorical Devices, continued. • Figurative Language • Metaphors • Other analogies Intolerance = nuclear freeze • Tangible Evidence • Conclusion that includes E.R.A. • Calls to action truly serve a purpose

  14. Governor Gary Locke Unity Day Remarks March 5th, 2003

  15. Background • Given on Unity Day at Bellingham Technical College on March 5th, 2003. • Celebrates first annual Unity Day in Washington State by raising awareness of a prominent problem that, when solved, will increase unity.

  16. Explanation & Analysis • Children must value differences in people and must accept one another • Goal: limit bullying in schools • Speaks to parents of young children • “It is the power of love over hate, virtue over violence, diversity over division and good over evil” • Unites himself with the audience, emphasizing that he understands their problems because he shares their experiences.

  17. Key Rhetorical Devices • Declarative Sentences • “Safe from intimidation. Safe from harassment. Safe from bullying.” • Simple, decisive and frank • Anaphora • “We want them to have a learning environment that is harmonious and healthy. We want our kids to learn how to contribute to such an environment in positive ways.” • Repetition adds emphasis and underlines unity between audience and speaker • Personal Anecdotes • “I want my Emily and Dylan to embrace a world of rich diversity and discovery, a world of limitless possibilities and opportunities to learn and grow.” • Gov. Locke demonstrates that he is fighting for the same cause and further relates himself to the audience.

  18. Key Rhetorical Devices, continued. • “Virtue over violence, diversity over division.” • Alliteration • Accentuates implied meaning of his diction • Parallel Structure • The repetitive structure stresses the importance of a good force over a harmful force.

  19. Imagine by John Lennon • Intended to explore the idea of acceptance amongst the world, and what that would look like if the world could come to be like this one day. • Addressed towards a very general audience (all races and cultures) • Happy and hopeful tone • Lennon argues that the world would be a better off place without hatred, and that if everyone was just accepting, society could live in peace and unity.

  20. Key Rhetorical Devices: • Absolute Language • “The world will live as one” – definitive language with no room for “maybe” • Exemplum • “A brotherhood of man” • Illustrates his desires for the world, dramatic in its nature because it is an unlikely prospect- suggests his extremely optimistic outlook. • Rhetorical Question • “You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one, I hope someday you will join us and the world will live as one” • Asking listeners to consider his propositions and hopefully act upon them. • Hypothetical Situations • Lennon continually poses hypothetical situations that assist in developing his ideas about the prospect of peace and unity amongst the world. • Antithesis • Begins by singing “No Hell below us, above us only sky” • Juxtaposes two opposite ideas. Contrast of the sky above and hell below is a dramatic emphasis.

  21. Questions

  22. What is the underlying message that connects all texts?

  23. What day did Governor Locke deliver his speech?

  24. What rhetorical device did both Ted Kennedy and Elizabeth Birch use in delivering their speeches? Bonus: which message did they allude to?

  25. “It is the power of love over hate, virtue over violence, diversity over division, and good over evil.” • What are two rhetorical devices employed in this quote? • Bonus: who used these devices?

  26. What was the persona of both Birch and Kennedy when they spoke to their audience, and what about their audience required this tone?

  27. What does Birch argue about a perfect family relationship and how does she employ a rhetorical device to reiterate this?

  28. What helpful piece of evidence did Senator Kennedy provide to help the audience recognize how realistic his argument is?

  29. Who was Governor Locke’s intended audience? Name one of his strategies he employed to appeal to them.

  30. How does John Lennon employ the use of Absolute Language in his song Imagine?

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