)įranklin Delano Roosevelt’s First Inaugural Address:
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(The History Channel Web site has this online companion to its series on JFK, which includes rare photos, video footage, and background information about the events taking place during his presidency. How did these variables affect the way these speeches were delivered? Can you identify specific conventions that these speeches follow? What is the structure of each speech? Consider the historical context of each of these speeches, the physical setting, and the audience to which each was addressed (use both and for more information). Listen to Kennedy’s Inaugural Address, and to Franklin Roosevelt’s and Ronald Reagan’s (see links below).
(For more background information on Malcolm X and the speech, see. You may know that the content of Malcolm X’s speech differs from the content of King’s, but what about form, or how the content is delivered? See if you can find both similarities and differences. Comparing Malcolm X’s speech with King’s “Dream” speech is an interesting study in content and form (see “Content/Form” at ). Malcolm X’s “The Ballot or the Bullet” speech ( ) was delivered on Easter Sunday in 1964 at the Audubon Ballroom. How did the audience of these two speeches differ, and how was the delivery shaped to reach that audience? Make the same comparisons between King’s “Dream” speech and Kennedy’s Civil Rights Address, but this time focus on audience. How do these speeches differ in arrangement, tone, style, and delivery? How did the setting (both physical and historical) have an important impact on the way these two speeches were delivered? For example, what figure of speech does King use when he says “we have come to our nation’s capital to cash a check”?Ĭompare King’s “I Have a Dream” speech ( ) with his “Beyond Vietnam-A Time to Break Silence” speech ( ). You may know the difference between a simile and a metaphor, but what about catachresis and aposiopesis? Choose at least five of the figures of speech defined on the American rhetoric Web site ( ) and see if you can identify them in Martin Luther King, Jr.’s or John F. Do these speeches generally follow the classic structure? Where do the speakers veer from this structure, and how does this affect the speech? Follow the prompts to critique President Richard Nixon’s famous Checkers speech, and then conduct the same kind of critique of other speeches, using the links to the other speeches included. The PBS Web site outlines the classic structure of a public speech and provides a quick introduction to critiquing speeches. The following sites can help you with that background information: You may want to conduct some additional research to help in your analysis of the speeches below. Using this as a guide, conduct your own analysis of King’s use of Invention, Arrangement, Style, Memory, and Delivery.
Under “Canons of Rhetoric,” you’ll find a reference to Martin Luther King, Jr.’s speech and an example of a rhetorical analysis of his speech. The links on the left (under “Trees”) provide information about effective speaking and writing. Silva Rhetoricae is a comprehensive site about rhetoric housed at the Brigham Young University Web site. Questions or comments? Please contact table of contents for The Norton Reader, 11e This site requires Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher / Mozilla-Compatible Browser.
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