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Rhetoric Analysis – ML King
Roberta GrandiUniversità della Valle
d’Aosta
Bibliografia:
• Alan Partington – Charlotte Taylor, Persuasion in Politics, Milano, Led, 2010
Binomials (persuasion p. 69)
Two or more words or phrases (belonging to the same grammatical category), having some semantic relationship and joined by some syntactic device (and, or).
By and large; time and again
Law and order, assault and battery, aid and abet; on or before, bow and arrow
Full faith and credit; upon and after; advice and consent, here and there
Last will and testament; cease and desist, fit and proper; keep and maintain; new and novel
Bicolons• Expressions containing two parallel
phrases (more extended than binomials).
• They shall run and not be weary / they shall walk and not faint (Bible, Isaiah 40:31)
• Whether you are citizens of America / or citizens of the world (John F. Kennedy)
Binomials and BicolonsThe South Africa so many have sacrificed so much to
achieve is within sight. Together let us walk this last, long
gruelling mile to reach a non-racial, non-sexist society,
where all our people will be equal before the law.
Together we have it in our power to defeat those who
continue to kill to maintain the old order. We have it in
our power to transform our country into the peaceful and
prosperous homeland of all our people. Let us work
together to achieve these goals. Let us vow never to
celebrate another Christmas in chains.Nelson Mandela
Binomials and Bicolons The South Africa so many have sacrificed so much to achieve is
within sight. Together let us walk this last, long gruelling mile
to reach a non-racial, non-sexist society, where all our people
will be equal before the law.
Together we have it in our power to defeat those who continue
to kill to maintain the old order. We have it in our power to
transform our country into the peaceful and prosperous
homeland of all our people. Let us work together to achieve
these goals. Let us vow never to celebrate another Christmas in
chains. We have a right to be free, and we shall be free!
How is it called the “repetition of a sequence of words at the
beginning of neighbouring clauses”?
Anaphora
Tricolon (or three-part list)• The repetition of three items (with
possible variations)
• Ask me my three main priorities for government and I tell you: education, education and education. (Tony Blair)
• It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. (Winston Churchill)
• First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you. Then you win. (Mahatma Ghandi)
Antithesis (or contrasting pair) (p. 73)
• A structure containing two parts which are parallel in structure but opposed in meaning.
• So they go on in strange paradox, decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all-powerful to be impotent. (Winston Churchill)
Oxymoron (p. 75)
• A structure in which two apparently contradictory elements are combined in a single word, phrase or epigram
• Bittersweet; a deafening silence, noble savage, being cruel to be kind.
• Very often the opposition is evaluative
Identify binomials, bicolons, or tricolons.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created
equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain
unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the
pursuit of Happiness. --That to secure these rights, Governments
are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the
consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of
Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of
the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new
Government, laying its foundation on such principles and
organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most
likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
(United States Declaration of Independence)
Identify binomials, bicolons, or tricolons.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are
created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with
certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty
and the pursuit of Happiness. --That to secure these rights,
Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just
powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any
Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is
the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute
new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and
organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most
likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
Identify binomials and three- part lists
• We, therefore, the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these united Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor. (United States Declaration of Independence)
We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these united Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.
Who do you think “the Supreme Judge of the world” is? What other lexis relating to the
same topic is present?We, therefore, the Representatives of the united
States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these united Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.
• The “Supreme Judge” is God. Other religious lexis includes “Divine Providence” and “sacred”.
Metaphors• A figure of speech in which a name or quality is
attributed to something to which it is not literally applicable.
• A word or expression that is used to talk about an entity or quality other than that referred to by its core, or most-basic meaning.
• Basis / Grounds: a certain quality usually belonging to an entity
• Source: the original entity for the grounds• Target: the different entity to which the quality
(grounds) is applied
• Metaphors always express evaluation
Metaphors
Metaphor Target Source Grounds of resemblance
evaluation
Richard the Lion-Heart
Richard The lion’s heart
Courage, strength
Good
Sally is a block of ice
Sally Block of ice Coldness bad
Metaphors
Metaphor Target Source Grounds of resemblance
evaluation
Richard the Lion-Heart
Richard The lion’s heart
Courage, strength
Good
Sally is a block of ice
Sally Block of ice Coldness bad
James is a fox
James The fox Cunning, smart
good
Juliet is the sun
Metaphors
Metaphor Target Source Grounds of resemblance
evaluation
Richard the Lion-Heart
Richard The lion’s heart
Courage, strength
Good
Sally is a block of ice
Sally Block of ice Coldness bad
James is a fox
James The fox Cunning, smart
good
Juliet is the sun
Juliet The sun Bright, luminousThe centre of Romeo’s existence
good
Metaphors
Metaphor Target Source Grounds of resemblance
evaluation
A puppet government
Operation Desert Storm
Sunshine government
Crusade against terror
Metaphors
Metaphor Target Source Grounds of resemblance
evaluation
A puppet government
The government
A puppet Manipulated / moved by someone else
bad
Operation Desert Storm
Operation Desert storm
Sudden, deadly, in an Arabic place
Good
Sunshine government
government Sunshine Light, clarity, transparency
good
Crusade against terror
Terror Crusade Religious war, dedication
Good / bad according to the public
Similes
Simile Target Source Grounds of resemblance
Evaluation
Encyclopaedias are like gold mines
Milosevic is like a junior-league Hitler.
Similes
Simile Target Source Grounds of resemblance
Evaluation
Encyclopaedias are like gold mines
encyclopaedias
Gold mines Rich of precious things if you dig in
Good
Milosevic is like a junior-league Hitler.
Milosevic junior-league Hitler
a) An evil dictator
b) Minor, inferior
Bad
Metonymies In a metonymy, some entity is alluded to by mention
of something else connected or associated with it.
The CrownThe bottleNew facesLend a handNew bloodA head-count
Some metonymies can be topological
Washington, the White House, Downing Street, il Vaticano
We have always remained loyal to the crown. The crown here stands to symbolize the king of a
particular country. This metonymy is used commonly when talking or writing.
The House was called to order.This means that the 'members' of a House, assuming
that it's a House of Parliament, were called to order.He is a man of cloth.This only means to say that the man who the
sentence is talking about is a man who belongs to a religious sect; cloth signifies the 'robes' worn by religious men.
She works with a newspaper.Here newspaper stands to represent a group of
journalists and editors working together to write news.
“The pen is mightier than the sword”(Edward Bulwer Lytton's play Richelieu).
Identify and explain the metonymy/ies in this sentence
The "pen" stands in for "the written word"
The "sword" stands in for "military aggression and force“
The rhetoric expression is used to underline the power of written papers which can go beyond that of physical strength.
Personification
• is giving human traits (qualities, feelings, action, or characteristics) to non-living objects (things, colors, qualities, or ideas).
• For example: The window winked at me.
• The verb, wink, is a human action. A window is a non-living object.
Personification Identify the object being personified and the
meaning of the personification.
The wind sang her mournful song through the falling leaves.
The video camera observed the whole scene.The strawberries seemed to sing, "Eat me first!"The rain kissed my cheeks as it fell.The daffodils nodded their yellow heads at the
walkers.The china danced on the shelves during the
earthquake.The car engine coughed and sputtered when it
started during the blizzard.
Martin Luther King, Jr.I Have a Dream
delivered 28 August 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.
http://sixminutes.dlugan.com/speech-analysis-dream-martin-luther-king/
1. Can you recognize two quotations from one of the texts analysed before? Why does King use them?
2. Identify two anaphoras.3. Identify the repetition of one
parallel structure. 4. In paragraphs 3-4 we find an
extended metaphor, what is it? Underline all related vocabulary.
5. Identify and analyse a simile6. What is the meaning of the idiomatic
expression “to blow off steam”? 7. ML King was a clergyman. What
elements of his language make it evident?
8. Identify a bicolon. 9. Identify and analyse three
metaphors.
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