Friday, March 22, 2013

Examine these sources for the use of schemes and tropes

Analyze TWO of the following sources for schemes, tropes, and other rhetorical devices used by this speaker.  Finally, examine and explain the intended impact, and if this speaker was successful in achieving his/her purpose, in your opinion.

Ted Kennedy's Eulogy at his brother, Robert Kennedy's funeral

Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address

John Steinbeck's Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech, 1962

Annie Dillard's "Write Till You Drop"

"We are Virginia Tech" remarks by Nikki Giovanni, professor at VT and acclaimed author

Mary Fisher's AIDS address at the 1992 Republican National Convention

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