Speech Analysis: Elizabeth I vs. Winston Churchill

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Date: 21st March 2022 Title: Elizabeth I Recap questions: 1. What is a complex sentence? 2. What is diacope? 3. How did Elizabeth s speech appeal to ethos? 4. How did Elizabeth s speech appeal to logos? 5. How did Elizabeth s speech appeal to pathos? Do it now Do it now Miss Odell is currently reading

Rhetorical device: Chiasmus Chiasmus is where words or phrases are repeated in reverse order. For example: working hard, or hardly working? "We shape our buildings, and afterward our buildings shape us. "Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate." Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Do it now Do it now You have been tasked to write a short speech arguing that there are either more wheels or more doors in the world. Write a small section (3-4 lines). In your writing, you must use an example of chiasmus and one other rhetorical device from anadiplosis, epizeuxis, diacope, hypophora and anaphora.

Winston Churchill In our last lesson, we were exploring Elizabeth I s speech to the troops at Tilbury just before battle. In a similar vein, in today s learning episode we are going to look at a famous speech made by Winston Churchill. New knowledge New knowledge Churchill, the British Prime Minister at the time, made this speech on the 4th June 1940, at the House of Commons. He wanted to report on the evaluation of British troops from the beaches of northern France. Whilst 338,000 men returned, 34,000 troops were left behind to face death or the rest of the war in captivity. In his speech, Churchill praised the achievements of the Royal Navy during the evacuation. However, Churchill also warned Britain about the possible collapse of France, and that, consequently, she would stand alone against German and face an invasion. He left the House in no doubt as to what the resolution should be:

Winston Churchill 1 2 3 4 5 6 I have, myself, full confidence that if all do their duty, if nothing is neglected, and if the best arrangements are made, as they are being made, we shall prove ourselves once again able to defend our Island home, to ride out the storm of war, and to outlive the menace of tyranny, if necessary for years, if necessary alone. 7 8 9 At any rate, that is what we are going to try to do. That is the resolve of His Majesty s Government every man of them. That is the will of Parliament and the nation. New knowledge New knowledge 10 11 12 13 The British Empire and the French Republic, linked together in their cause and in their need, will defend to the death their native soil, aiding each other like good comrades to the utmost of their strength. 14 15 16 Even though large tracts of Europe and many old and famous states have fallen or may fall into the grip of the Gestapo and all the odious apparatus of Nazi rule, we shall not flag or fail. 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, We shall fight on the seas and oceans, We shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in The air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, We shall fight on the beaches, We shall fight on the landing grounds, We shall fight in the fields and in the streets, We shall fight in the hills; 25 26 27 28 29 30 We shall never surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this Island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in God s good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skrdyoabmgA

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