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Famous Speeches Analysis Usage of Rhetorical Devices Communications Paper

 

For Essay 3, write a well-developed, 4-5 page compare and/or contrast analysis essay, on the following prompt:

Choose two speeches to analyze from the following list:

Martin Luther King Jr.: “I Have a Dream”– Speech in pdf

John F. Kennedy, “Civil Rights Speech” –Speech in pdf

Emma Watson, “Gender is you Issue Too”–Speech in pdf

Meghan Markle, “UN Women’s Speech: 2015”–Speech in pdf

Tim Cook: “Be Fearless”–Duke University Speech (2018)–website

Shonda Rhimes: Dartmouth Commencement Speech (2014) (website)

Now…Compare and/or contrast your chosen speeches by analyzing three or four rhetorical devices that the two speakers both use in their respective speeches. How does each speaker use each rhetorical device similarly and/or differently? Which speaker uses each better and how so? Overall, which/whose speech is better or more effective based on your analysis

You are analyzing each speaker’s use of rhetorical devices, comparing and/or contrasting the devices used, then arguing which speaker uses the devices better. You will be using a standard point-by-point essay structure OR block-by-block structure.

This is the link for the JFK speech :):

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/194098

Here is the link for Meghan Markle’s speech:

http://meghanmarklereview.com/2017/05/flashback-fr…

Here is the link for Tom Cook’s speech:

https://time.com/5275610/apple-tim-cook-duke-comme…

Here is the speech for Shonda Rhimes

https://250.dartmouth.edu/highlights/shonda-rhimes…