Speech is power

1. Speech is power Vocabulary

2. What is a speech? • A nonfiction work that is delivered orally to an audience.

3. Types of Speeches: • Political speech • Address • Sermon

4. Political Speech • A speech focusing on an issue relating to government

5. Address • A formal speech prepared for a special occasion, such as the dedication of a memorial or the inauguration of a new leader

6. sermon • A speech intended to provide religious instruction

7. Rhetorical Device • Patterns of words and ideas that create emphasis, clarify meaning, and stir listeners’ emotions • Restatement • Anaphora • Rhetorical questions • Repetition • Parallelism • Antithesis • Exclamation • Allusion

8. Restatement • Expressing the same ideas using different words Abraham Lincoln: “we can not dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow—this ground.”

9. Anaphora • Repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive sentences, clauses, or phrases • Winston Churchill: “We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans.”

10. Rhetorical Questions • Questions asked for effect rather than answers • Benjamin Franklin • “From such an assembly can a perfect production be expected?”

11. Repetition • Restating an idea using the same words • Patrick Henry • “The war is inevitable—and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come!”

12. Parallelism • Repeating a grammatical structure • Abraham Lincoln: • “With malice toward none; with charity for all…”

13. Antithesis • Juxtaposition of strongly contrasting words, images, or ideas • John F. Kennedy • “…Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.”

14. Exclamation • An emotional statement, often indicated in texts by an exclamation mark. • Patrick Henry • “…as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”