DOES MODELING AND OTHER SIMLIAR ACTIVITY DESERVE THE ATTENTION THAT THEY GET?

MARTIN LUTHER KING'S SPEECH "I HAVE A DREAM"

1.

The idea that Martin Luther King is trying to get through to the audience in his speech is to unite black and white people for them to live in harmony together and for the black people to be treated better.

2.

Martin Luther King is using Pathos and logos in his speech:

Pathos:"One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languished in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land."

Logos: "When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as ell as white men, would be guaranteed the "unalienable Rights" of "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

3.

TECHNIQUES:

REPETITION:" Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children."

"We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities. We cannot be satisfied as long as the negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one. We can never be satisfied as long as our children are stripped of their self-hood and robbed of their dignity by signs stating: "For Whites Only." We cannot be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote. No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until "justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream."¹"

SIMIILE: "justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream."¹"

RHETORICAL QUESTION: "There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?"

METAPHOR: "And some of you have come from areas where your quest -- quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of brutality. 

4.

Martin Luther King's speech has significant historical context mostly going through the history of America and the Emancipation proclamation signed by Abraham Lincoln. 

5.  Martin Luther King's speech is one of or the most powerful speeches in  the history. This was because he succesfully nailed two modes of persuasion in his speech "logos" and "Pathos". He did this by mentioning the history of America, mainly of the signing of the emancipation proclamation by Abraham Lincoln and what it states, using this as proof of what wrong is being committed and their obtrusion. He also describes the injustice towards black people using pathos.

 

why I should get an allowance from my parents ( homework )

logos:  why shouldn't I, somoene's child get get an allowance of an easy twenty dollars per week, think of how much per year that is. In the end won't we both be benefiting from it?. If I had been receiving an allowance since I was say eight years old up to present day that would be at least nine thousand dollars in my bank from my allowance, this could of gone towards my first car and saved you both from the harsh decision of buying me one, so in the end, we are both benefiting from it.

pathos: I am a fifteen year old boy,  trying his best in every area, giving everything his best shot, tidying up around the house, yet I have not been receiving any allowance at all for my whole life.  School years have been going fast and before you know it, school is the past and it will be the last time I will ever walk out the Knox Grammar school gates, entering the big world with no money in my pockets. Its your choice, is a simple allowance too much?. My future is in your hands.

ethos: I am your example, I am a fifteen year old boy that does not receive any allowance, my opinion means the most in this area of subject. I believe that as a part of  being raised an allowance should be taken very seriously and that it is a major part of being built in to a man ready to begin a major journey in their lives. I believe that it is a great way to start off, having one foot in the door to what my future may hold. So I believe that I should be given an allowance.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S SPEECH

1.
What I noticed about Abraham Lincoln's speech in terms of its length was that is was very short in comparison to
other famous speeches.
2.
 The organization of Abraham Lincoln's speech   in comparison to the structure of other speeches was that the spaces between paragraphs were much larger. The way he has set out his speech is also unique; he has written a short introduction and only one small/moderate sized paragraph for the body then the speech ends with a much larger conclusion.
3.
The thesis of Abraham Lincoln's speech is for him to express his opinions on slavery and how he is against it because he thought that whilst slavery existed in the country, the promise of America could not be realised.
4.
Techniques:
1)repetition: "But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate - we cannot consecrate - we cannot hallow - this ground." this t his technique of repetition is used to help express his idea and get his point made through.
2)powerful words: the usage of strong powerful words like “consecrate, “nobly” and “vain.
 5.
 Abraham Lincoln's concluding statement: "1.
What I noticed about Abraham Lincoln's speech in terms of its length was that is was very short in comparison to
other famous speeches.
2.
 The organization of Abraham Lincoln's speech   in comparison to the structure of other speeches was that the spaces between paragraphs were much larger. The way he has set out his speech is also unique; he has written a short introduction and only one small/moderate sized paragraph for the body then the speech ends with a much larger conclusion.
3.
The thesis of Abraham Lincoln's speech is for him to express his opinions on slavery and how he is against it because he thought that whilst slavery existed in the country, the promise of America could not be realised.
4.
Techniques:
1)repetition: "But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate - we cannot consecrate - we cannot hallow - this ground." this t his technique of repetition is used to help express his idea and get his point made through.
2)powerful words: the usage of strong powerful words like “consecrate, “nobly” and “vain.
 5.
 Abraham Lincoln's concluding statement: "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."
This is  very important statement to present day Americans because it helped shape America in to a good country, summarized his thesis well and started a new birth of freedom.

'Patrick Henry - Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death'

The very important technique used by Patrick  Henry to win over the audience that is against him is a rhetorical question and he uses repetition:

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?  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 puHave we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled that force must be called in to win back our love?rpose 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!

Julius Ceasar III.ii.82–96

1.
ETHOS:
HE IS A NOTABLE FIGURE IN THE FIELD OF QUESTION
QUOTE- "Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral ...
He was my friend, faithful and just to me"

2.
the thesis of the speech is to make the crowd feel bad about what they have done by deceiving Caesar he came up with some methods to make the crowd Join him in his fight to avenged Caesar’s death. All of these ideals help Marc anthony's speech to make the crowd join Marc Anthony. quote:"You all did love him once, not without cause:
What cause withholds you then to mourn for him?"


3. techniques:  repetition: "but brutus says he was ambitious; and brutus was an honourable man." metaphor:"My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar,
And I must pause till it come back to me". "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;"  hyperbole: "When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept:" imperative language: What cause withholds you then to mourn for him?

 

Friday 18/2 (HW at bottom): Pathos, Logos, or Ethos? - Susan B. Anthony and Women's Right to Vote

1. the speaker has used the mode of persuasion logos and pathos. She is trying to say what may happen to others by using her own experiance: "I stand before you tonight under indictment for the alleged crime of having voted at the last presidential election, without having a lawful right to vote "

2.   the thesis of her speech is to tell everyone that she has not committed a crime and in fact done a good thing.
"It shall be my work this evening to prove to you that in thus voting, I not only committed no crime, but, instead, simply exercised my citizen's rights"

3. INTRODUCTION:
Friends and fellow citizens: I stand before you tonight under indictment for the alleged crime of having voted at the last presidential election, without having a lawful right to vote. It shall be my work this evening to prove to you that in thus voting, I not only committed no crime, but, instead, simply exercised my citizen's rights, guaranteed to me and all United States citizens by the National Constitution, beyond the power of any state to deny.
BODY: 
The preamble of the Federal Constitution says:

"We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union. And we formed it, not to give the blessings of liberty, but to secure them; not to the half of ourselves and the half of our posterity, but to the whole people - women as well as men. And it is a downright mockery to talk to women of their enjoyment of the blessings of liberty while they are denied the use of the only means of securing them provided by this democratic-republican government - the ballot.

For any state to make sex a qualification that must ever result in the disfranchisement of one entire half of the people, is to pass a bill of attainder, or, an ex post facto law, and is therefore a violation of the supreme law of the land. By it the blessings of liberty are forever withheld from women and their female posterity.

To them this government has no just powers derived from the consent of the governed. To them this government is not a democracy. It is not a republic. It is an odious aristocracy; a hateful oligarchy of sex; the most hateful aristocracy ever established on the face of the globe; an oligarchy of wealth, where the rich govern the poor. An oligarchy of learning, where the educated govern the ignorant, or even an oligarchy of race, where the Saxon rules the African, might be endured; but this oligarchy of sex, which makes father, brothers, husband, sons, the oligarchs over the mother and sisters, the wife and daughters, of every household - which ordains all men sovereigns, all women subjects, carries dissension, discord, and rebellion into every home of the nation.

Webster, Worcester, and Bouvier all define a citizen to be a person in the United States, entitled to vote and hold office.

CONCLUSION:

The only question left to be settled now is: Are women persons? And I hardly believe any of our opponents will have the hardihood to say they are not. Being persons, then, women are citizens; and no state has a right to make any law, or to enforce any old law, that shall abridge their privileges or immunities. Hence, every discrimination against women in the constitutions and laws of the several states is today null and void, precisely as is every one against Negroes.

Susan B. Anthony - 1873

TECHNIQUES USED IN SPEECH

 repetition-It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union.

hyperbole- Are women persons?

imperative- Hence, every discrimination against women in the constitutions and laws of the several states is today null and void,

 

 

ARISTOSLTES PERSUASION NOTES

ARISTOSTLE'S (PERSUASION)

LOGOS: Ihave s a reasoned discourse, it relates to the speach itslef and emotional appeals  that have no bearing on the issue.
(logic)  - factual information
            - acedemic situation
            - objective: absence of emotion
PATHOS: emotional
                                subjective
pathos is persuading by appealing to the readers emotions
                                    experience-  that may happen
ETHOS:
ethos relates to the expertise and knowledge in a speech.
speaker- credibility for experiance

TV IS BETTER THAN READING BOOKS

 Television is and always has been better than reading books, doesn’t it get very boring sitting down and reading words of a page, I don’t know about you but I can never keep my eyes open when I’m reading a book it’s simply too boring!

One major difference between television and reading books which really sets them a mile apart is that television  has been greatly advanced since It was first released, its gone from a black and white picture, through to colour, now at an HD picture and we a moving in to a time of 3d tv’s. As for a book, it hasn’t changed for thousands of years and will always remain the same.

When you are reading a story from a book you have to put your own visual image in your head as to what is going on. When you are watching a tv  the image is on the screen  so no effort is required to see what is going on.

Programs are now being used in tv’s to improve your learning or entertaining experience such as foxtel, this allows you to be able to watch, record pause rewind and fast forward tv all by the touch of a button. When you are reading a book it is very easy to get distracted and loose where track of where you have just read. For a tv, if you want to watch and learn about something else all you have to do is change channel. When you finish or get bored of a book, you have to go all the way to the book store and spend money to buy another one of another topic.

Overall I have provided you with many reason as to why tv is better and will continue to get better.

Aristotle's 3 modes of persuasion: Pathos, Logos, Ethos

Q1.

2300 years ago, Aristotle wrote down the secret to being a persuasive speaker, the secret which forms the basis for nearly every public speaking book written since then.

ethos: By being a notable figure in the field in question, such as a college professor or an executive of a company whose business is that of the subject.

pathos: is an appeal to the audience’s emotions.

logos:  is logical appeal or the simulation of it, and the term logic is derived from it.

Q2.

Alpachino uses the persuasive technique of pathos ( appealing to the audience's emotions) he uses pathos by using himself as a disgraceful example to connect to the audience emotional to persuade them in to how important going that extra inch is.

queen elizabeth speech Q3 AND Q4

Q1:She talks about herself in relation to her god, her kingdom and her people and how she will die for it. she talks about herself using repetition repeating
QUOTE: "to lay down for my God, and for my kingdom, and my people"


Q2: This is an effective way to refer to herself because she is the queen of England and talking about how she is only a weak and feeble women but she is still going to put her whole heart in to the battle and how she will do it for her people, this earns their respect which is good for a pre - battle speech.
QUOTE 2: "my people, my honour and my blood, even in the dust." "I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king"

He is being negative but honest about his past to gain his teams trust. he is also being humble. Another reason why he brings up his past is so the team done not make the same mistakes.

Alpachino's character talks about himself in his speech in a downgrading way bringing up all the mistakes that he has made in the past and what he thinks when he looks at himself in the mirror.
QUOTE:
"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."

“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?

 THE DISCOVERY OF THE LOST ISLAND




This may be Matt Ward's last steps on the surface of land. His life long dream was to be able to circumnavigate the world on a boat. He was only fourteen years old and is if he succeeded  in his long and vigorous journey his name will forever be in the history books as the youngest to circumnavigate the world solo. He took a deep breath and stepped on to his sailing boat with nothing in mind except the thought of everyone and everything he will leave behind and may possibly never come back to ever again. He'd done it like he did it a million times, setting his sailing boat up and sailed away in to an infinite sea.