Fashion Week Speech -

Good morning/afternoon class and boys. Due to the cyclone in Queensland and Earthquake in New Zealand no I don't think the fashion festival should take place in Sydney. It wouldn't be right to hold a fashion week when places like Queensland and New Zealand had just such a hard time pulling through the natural disasters that have occurred there.

Festivals like these waste money on clothes and fashion accessories. This money should be put towards helping Queensland landers and New Zea landers pull through this tough time and help out these people who are in need out.

Luckily no one has died in Queensland from the recent cyclone but there has been many houses that have been destroyed as well as shops and roads. People from around Australian have put money in charity for Queensland but they need much more so they can rebuild and restore their state. New Zealand just experienced an earthquake in Christchurch which destroyed many buildings including a baptist church that was very important to many people who live there. There has been 154 people confirmed dead and still 50 more people missing.

At a time like this with both Queensland and Christchurch are in need of help Sydney have decided to waste money on a festival for fashion. I find this highly selfish and am ashamed at the people who have put this idea forward. This isn't a time for Sydney to think about themselves and fashion it is a time to think of ohers and to help them out as they are in need and I hope you would agree with me.

Thanks for listening.

Convincing Parents Speech: T.V. In My Room

Pathos:


Mum and Dad I think it would be very sensible to let me have a T.V. in my room. I feel that I am not given any rights over my younger brother who is a whole 2 years younger than me. I also would be upset if I was not given any privileges over him. I come to a conclusion that it isn't fair and I also feel that you don't seem to notice that I don't get many rights over my 12 year old brother. It would be a nice gesture for you to allow me to have a T.V. in my room. I feel so underprivileged that I will even be inclined to pay my own money that I have earned for the T.V.


Logos:


Mum and Dad it is very logical that I have a T.V. in my room as when it is early in the morning I don't have to get out of bed, walk down the stairs and turn on the T.V. there. If there is one in my room it would be much easier for me just to wake up turn it on and relax until I feel like going downstairs to get breakfast. Also if I have slept in and there is already someone downstairs watching T.V. then I will not get to watch what I want and will not get to relax the way I would be able to in my room. The T.V. in my room doesn't have to be expensive or big but it would save the family fights and make me feel more comfortable and relaxed in the mornings. There is lots of space in my room to fit the T.V. and it seems like that space is waiting to be filled up. So Mum and Dad and I think it would be a very good idea to have a T.V. in my room.


Ethos:


Mum and Dad since I am the eldest child in my family I think it would be necessary that I get rights over my younger sibling. I am 14 years old and should have a T.V. in my room. As I'm am a whole two years older than my sibling I need much more sleep and need to relax more thus having a T.V. in my room would help these very important causes. I have definitely proven my efforts through school and sport and should be rewarded in a appropriate way. I think the way I should be rewarded would be to get me a small T.V. in my room.

Abraham Lincoln - The Gettysburg Address

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate - we cannot consecrate - we cannot hallow - this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us - that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion - that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

President Abraham Lincoln - November 19, 1863

1. What do you notice about the length of the speech?

The speech is very short but is very effective the way it is presented. In the last paragraph the first sentence is ''we cannot dedicate - we cannot consecrate - we cannot hallow - this ground. The constant use of the word we and the rhyming of dedicate and consecrate makes the speech more effective and techniques like this have been used throughout the speech. 

2.  What do you notice about the organisations? 

They are short and the start and then it gets bigger when he remind's them of the civil war and how their father made the nation.

3. What do you think is the thesis of the speech?

That the dead have not died in vain. 

4. Name two techniques (with quotes) which you feel are successfully employed and discuss why you feel they are so effective? 

Rhyme is used in the last paragraph, the rhyming of the words dedicate and consecrate. Repetition is also used in the last paragraph, the word we is repeated numerous times. 

5. Why do you think that the concluding statement is considered so important and powerful by many Americans to this day?
As he has said the dead has not died in vain which tells us they died for their country and for what they loved doing - serving their country. It also states that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. This means they will be remembered and never forgotten. These lasts statements send a very powerful message to Americans.

Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death Speech/Notes

Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death - 

No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as abilities, of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the House. But different men often see the same subject in different lights; and, therefore, I hope it will not be thought disrespectful to those gentlemen if, entertaining as I do opinions of a character very opposite to theirs, I shall speak forth my sentiments freely and without reserve. This is no time for ceremony. The questing before the House is one of awful moment to this country. For my own part, I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery; and in proportion to the magnitude of the subject ought to be the freedom of the debate. It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive at truth, and fulfill the great responsibility which we hold to God and our country. Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings.

Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the number of those who, having eyes, see not, and, having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it.

I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. And judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the House. Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received? Trust it not, sir; it will prove a snare to your feet. Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled that force must be called in to win back our love? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir. These are the implements of war and subjugation; the last arguments to which kings resort. I ask gentlemen, sir, what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission? Can gentlemen assign any other possible motive for it? Has Great Britain any enemy, in this quarter of the world, to call for all this accumulation of navies and armies? No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us: they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry have been so long forging. And what have we to oppose to them? Shall we try argument? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years. Have we anything new to offer upon the subject? Nothing. We have held the subject up in every light of which it is capable; but it has been all in vain. Shall we resort to entreaty and humble supplication? What terms shall we find which have not been already exhausted? Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves. Sir, we have done everything that could be done to avert the storm which is now coming on. We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament. Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned, with contempt, from the foot of the throne! In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation. There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free-- if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending--if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained--we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us!

They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot? Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. The millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable--and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come.

It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace-- but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!

Main Technique Used + Examples - 

Rhetorical language is the main technique used in this speech. I have highlighted all the examples in the speech above in light blue. Rhetorical language is used to make the reader think about what is being said and to engage them further in what they are saying.

Julius Caesar - Mark Antony Speech/Notes

Mark Antony Speech - 

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him;
The evil that men do lives after them,
The good is oft interred with their bones,
So let it be with Caesar ... The noble Brutus
Hath told you Caesar was ambitious:
If it were so, it was a grievous fault,
And grievously hath Caesar answered it ...
Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest,
(For Brutus is an honourable man;
So are they all; all honourable men)
Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral ...
He was my friend, faithful and just to me:
But Brutus says he was ambitious;
And Brutus is an honourable man….
He hath brought many captives home to Rome,
Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill:
Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?
When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept:
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff:
Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;
And Brutus is an honourable man.
You all did see that on the Lupercal
I thrice presented him a kingly crown,
Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition?
Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;
And, sure, he is an honourable man.
I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke,
But here I am to speak what I do know.
You all did love him once, not without cause:
What cause withholds you then to mourn for him?
O judgement! thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason…. Bear with me;
My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar,
And I must pause till it come back to me.

Pathos, Logos And Ethos

Pathos - Pathos is associated with emotion, such as appealing to an audience's sympathies and imagination. One common way to convey a pathetic appeal is through a narrative or a story that communicates an abstract lesson or meaning through a concrete experience. Values, beliefs and understandings of the arguer are implied and communicated to the audience through the story.


Logos - Logos refers to any attempt to appeal to the intellect, and it is the general meaning of a "logical argument." Academic arguments rely on logos. Logical connections of reasoning are needed to support all positions.


Ethos - Ethos, or the ethical appeal of the argument, represents credibility. The person delivering the argument must be trustworthy and respected as an expert who's has knowledge about the issue in contention. This person must impress upon the audience his position of authority and integrity. 


Queen Elizabeth -  


Ethos is most used in the Queen Elizabeth speech because the Queen is very respected and she has a lot of knowledge of the battle that lays before them. She tells them that she is a feeble old women and she tells them this to make it personal and show that she cares about the battle. The audience is impressed and determined to go out and win the battle. 

Answers + Notes - Any Given Sunday + Queen Elizabeth

Notes Any Given Sunday -

I don't know what to say really.
Three minutes to the biggest battle of our professional lives
all comes down to today.
Either
we heal
as a team
or we are going to crumble.
Inch by inch
play by play till we're finished.
We are in hell right now, gentlemen
believe me
and
we can stay here
and get the shit kicked out of us
or
we can fight our way
back into the light.
We can climb out of hell.
One inch, at a time.

Now I can't do it for you.
I'm too old.
I look around and I see these young faces
and I think
I mean
I made every wrong choice a middle age man could make.
I uh....
I pissed away all my money
believe it or not.
I chased off anyone who has ever loved me.
And lately, I can't even stand the face I see in the mirror.

You know when you get old in life things get taken from you.
That's, that's part of life.
But, you only learn that when you start losing stuff.
You find out that life is just a game of inches.
So is football.
Because in either game life or football
the margin for error is so small.
I mean, one half step too late or to early
you don't quite make it.
One half second too slow or too fast
and you don't quite catch it.
The inches we need are everywhere around us.
They are in ever break of the game
every minute, every second.

On this team, we fight for that inch.
On this team, we tear ourselves, and everyone around us
to pieces for that inch.
We CLAW with our fingernails for that inch.
Cause we know,
when we add up all those inches
that's going to make the fucking difference
between WINNING and LOSING
between LIVING and DYING.

I'll tell you this
in any fight
it is the guy who is willing to die
who is going to win that inch.
And I know if I am going to have any life anymore
it is because, I am still willing to fight, and die for that inch
because that is what LIVING is.
The six inches in front of your face.

Now I can't make you do it.
You gotta look at the guy next to you.
Look into his eyes.
Now I think you are going to see a guy who will go that inch with you.
You are going to see a guy who will sacrifice himself for this team
because he knows when it comes down to it,
you are gonna do the same thing for him.

That's a team, gentlemen
and either we heal now, as a team,
or we will die as individuals.
That's football guys.
That's all it is.
Now, whattaya gonna do?

Queen Elizabeth Speech -

My loving people,

        We have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit our selves to armed multitudes, for fear of treachery; FEAR OF A TRAITOR KILLING HER but I assure you I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people. THEY SHOULDN'T SURRENDER Let tyrants fear, I have always so behaved myself that, under God, I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and good-will of my subjects; TRUST and therefore I am come amongst you, as you see, at this time, not for my recreation and disport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live and die amongst you all; to lay down for my God, and for my kingdom, and my people, my honour and my blood, even in the dust. PHYSICAL PRESENCE SHOWS HER SUPPORT AND COMMITMENT TO CAUSE I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, PHYSICALLY WEAK MENTALLY AND INTERNALLY STRONG AND COMMITTED. HONOUR IS POWERFUL and of a king of England too, and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe, should dare to invade the borders of my realm; to which rather than any dishonour shall grow by me, I myself will take up arms, I myself will be your general, judge, and rewarder of every one of your virtues in the field. I know already, for your forwardness you have deserved rewards and crowns; and We do assure you in the word of a prince, they shall be duly paid you. In the mean time, my lieutenant general2 shall be in my stead, than whom never prince commanded a more noble or worthy subject; not doubting but by your obedience to my general, by your concord in the camp, and your valour in the field, we shall shortly have a famous victory over those enemies of my God, of my kingdom, and of my people.

Any given Sunday -

1. He demeans himself by saying ''I made every wrong choice a middle age man could make, I uh.. pissed away all my money believe it or not. I chased off anyone who has ever loved me and lately I can't even stand to see my face in the mirror.''

2. He his giving them a sense of his experience of what he has done and what not to do with your life. He has made it personal by telling the team about his life which draws them more into his speech. By being more honest he makes his speech much more meaningful and powerful and this fires up the whole team. 

Queen Elizabeth - 

1. Queen Elizabeth states ''I know I have the body of a weak and feeble old women but I have the heart and stomach of a king and a king of England too.''

2. She has portrayed herself as a weak, feeble and old women to show she is not perfect as she tells the truth. She is trying to pump up the troops and prepare them for the great battle that lays before them. She has made the speech personal by talking about herself and this is done to inspire the troops.