Task
1. Review this chart below about the functions of repetition.
2. Choose one of the speeches we have read in the unit thus far and analyze a repeated phrase. Analyze the heck out of it, using the chart below to make it the best analysis of repetition you've ever done. It's a mini-paragraph! About 150-200 words. Can't wait to read these!
Functions of Repetition: Repetition can drive an important concept or message home by adding impact or attention. When analyzing repetition, consider its functions. Does it?
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Convey Essential Ideas:
Acquaint the audience with the speaker:
Engage the audience:
* Tip! Articulate the point/theme/emotion/trait etc. Do not just repeat the function verbatim
*Bonus! Fancy types of repetition below.
Anaphora - Repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses, sentences, or lines.
Epistrophe - Ending a series of lines, phrases, clauses, or sentences with the same word or words. The opposite of anaphora.
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“A More Perfect Union”
ReplyDeleteIn 2008, presidential candidate Barack Obama gave a speech addressing racial inequality in America. In his speech, Obama uses anaphora when he repeats the words “a constitution” in order to convey essential ideas and engage the audience. Obama describes our Constitution as “a Constitution that had … the ideal of equal citizenship” and “a Constitution that promised its people liberty.” Through this, Obama is able to provide a definition of the American Constitution. He asserts that it promised equality and liberty. This reminds and informs the audience what the Constitution stood for. Nonetheless, he relates it to how slavery is rooted within the Constitution. This creates a connection to slavery and racial inequality. In addition, he is able to strengthen his argument by displaying opposition. This is because he displays how the Constitution promised it’s people equality and liberty that they did not receive. Overall, Obama’s message is that we need to move past America’s dark history and start constructing a better future. He is able to effectively convey this message to his audience by using anaphora to give a definition of the Constitution, inform the audience of how the Constitution connects to America’s history of slavery, and displaying opposition.
Florence Kelley, a United States social worker and reformer fought against child labor and improved working conditions for women. In her speech before the National American Woman Suffrage Association, Kelley promotes reform to the issue of child labor. In her speech she explains “Tonight while we sleep, several thousand little girls will be working in textile mills”, and continues to repeat the phrase “while we sleep”. Kelley uses repetition of “while we sleep” to add impact to her argument that there should be child labor reform and in order to emphasize the harsh realities of child labor in America. Kelley also creates a sense of unity between her and the audience by saying “we”, this is significant because this negative sense of unity that as adults they are able to rest at night while little girls are working. Kelley effectively uses repetition in her speech by evoking an uneasy/guilty feeling in her audience to persuade them into ending child labor.
ReplyDeleteIn her speech from the 2016 DNC, Michelle Obama uses repetition throughout her speech in order to create a sense of unity between herself and Americans all over the country to influence them to go and vote for Hillary Clinton in the upcoming presidential election. Michelle Obama does this as she repeats the word “we” throughout her entire speech. She does this when she says, “how we….when we….what we’re deciding….we fight….we need to”. When she repeats “we” throughout her speech, Michelle Obama creates a feeling of unity with the Americans that are listening as they continue to feel included as she continues to speak. The word “we” allows Americans to not think that those participating in the government only has a say in their country, but that all Americans including them has a say in who runs their government. This word also evokes a relatable feeling as Americans begin to feel as they can relate to Michelle Obama as she explains why she feels Hillary Clinton is an ideal candidate for presidency and why Americans should go out and vote for her on Election Day.
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ReplyDeleteIn president Donald J Trump’s speech on the shooting that happened in Las Vegas, Nevada, 2017, Trump says the following: “May God bless the souls of the lives that are lost. May God give us the grace of healing. And May God provide the grieving families with strength to carry on.” This is a form of repetition called an Anaphora. Trump uses this repetition to envoke emotion into the audience, to envoke pathos. He uses this repetition as a way to show the audience that this is definitely devastating and tells them that we always have a pillar to lie on. This pillar is God, and this isn’t the first time Trump mentions God in his speech. He refers to God throughout his whole speech to reassure the audience that this event should not shake us so much, as Trump believes that we can always rely on God to make it right. Trump envokes emotion in his audience by referring to God so much, this feeling being hope. Looking at the quote once again, Trump repeats the words “May God…”, Giving the audience a sense of security, as God watches down on all of them.
In 2017, mayor of New Orleans, Mitch Landrieu delivers his speech upon the removal of the city’s several Confederate monuments using multiple instances of epistrophe of the word ‘Truth’. He establishes his purpose using the words, “There are other truths about our city that we must confront” and follows up with “ We cannot walk from this truth”. Through these statements, Landrieu successfully elucidates the relevance and significance of the presence of the confederate statues being a form denial of the “searing truth” and wrongly celebrated figures. His assertion is based on the fact that the statues are the portrayal of racial inequality and the certainty that as a state, he aspires to move on and take a step in the righ direction by removing such false memoirs of American history. His epistrophe serves the objective of making known that glorifying the Confederate statues is glorifying the acts of terror against the African community committed by the Confederate leaders. His comprehensive argument is for everyone to be able to feel proud of the monuments erected and not resent and inferiority and that it all comes from the ability to accepting the truth of our history.
ReplyDeleteIn her speech delivered on July 22, 1905, at the National American Woman Suffrage Association in Pennsylvania, Florence Kelley urges for child labor reform. Kelley, who had previously been successful in advocating for child labor laws to be refined, utilizes repetition of several phrases to emphasize the idea that children should not be held responsible for work as it ultimately robs their youth. By doing so, Kelley evokes an emotional response from her audience. For instance, a reoccurring word in Kelley's speech is "night". By implementing this word into her speech, she discerns the immoral conditions children are permitted to work under. This essentially constructs a sense of sympathy from Kelley's audience to the children experiencing this labor as they are clearly under harsh measures. As she continues, Kelley repeats the phrase, "while we sleep". This sheds light to the fact that whilst the majority of Americans peacefully sleep, children, especially young girls are forced to be at work and don't have the simple privilege of going to bed at night. This continues to maintain a sense of rationale for her audience and creates a further sense of pity as it demonstrates just how certain states lack the safekeeping of their young population.
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ReplyDeleteAt the Republicans party nomination, John McCain gave a speech where shared personal experiences within his life, he went on to explain why these experiences would make him an ideal president. He did this using repetition to create a divide from his audience and share his stories of being captured while serving in the army. By doing this McCain was able to make his writing more personal, which is emphases in the repetition of “I” or “my” in sentences such as “I fell in love with my country” by sharing his prison stories, which prove that he is strong, as he has overcome his obstacles. Creating a divide with the audience can be a dangerous move as you risk losing their attention. But mcCain is able to connect with the audience when he talks about why he is an ideal president for accomplishing the goals of the country. He repeated the words “our” when he says “stand up for our country”, “fight for our children’s future” by doing this McCain is able to create a sense of unity between him and the audience. He also does this by sharing their common goals which becomes clear when he repeated the words “fight” and “stand up”.
McCain implies he is an ideal president by sharing personal experiences to convince his audience that he can accomplish America’s goals.
In 2008, Senator John McCain made his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention. In his speech, McCain uses repetition in order to create a sense of unity that holds between Americans and himself. This is demonstrated through his words “fight for” and “stand up, stand up and fight...we're Americans, and we never give up”, which is an example of epistrophe. The repetition of the words “fight for” and “stand up” emphasizes the significance of fighting for the nation as it serves to strengthen our country and its people. With his experience of being commissioned in the United States Navy and his experience of being imprisoned during the Vietnam War, McCain finds something worthy in fighting for and that was our nation. Through his words of “my country saved me”, it effectively appeals to ethos as it establishes credibility when he uses personal experience to convince Americans the steps we need to take in order to unite everyone to make the country stronger. The word “we” appeals to the audience as it highlights the importance of having everyone working towards our future and to improve our country by uniting us all.
ReplyDeleteFlorence Kelley advocated for the abolishment of child labor and improvement of working condition for women. She spoke before the National American Woman Suffrage Association to convey the audience to join her protest against the harsh labor of women and children. She repeats the age of the children in labor. For example, “Child under sixteen years of age”and“A girl of six or seven years” in order to convey how young they are and how physically damaging it is for them to stay up all night working. By using anaphora in her speech, she appeals to pathos because she brings out the sympathy tone. However this repetition can evoke the feeling of anger towards the government who is not helping them. By adding on to the previous repetition, she repeats the phrase,“While we sleep”, to make a connection with the audience. She wants the audience to know that they are doing something wrong too, even if they are not directly involved. She wants the audience to join her protest instead of ignoring this terrible issue occurring in their country. She appeals to ethos by using these repetitions to make the audience feel guilty and responsible for the miserable condition the poor children and women are in, By using these techniques, she is conveying her message of how this undesirable labor system should end.
ReplyDeleteIn his 2017 speech on the removal of Confederate Monuments in New Orleans, mayor Mitch Landrieu repeats the word “truth” within different contexts to persuade the audience that Confederate statues have created a false interpretation of our history that have glorified the violence, and that their removal was the proper course of action to take. He begins repeating the word “truths” to emphasize that there is a real truth grounded in “real history” that must be acknowledged, appealing to the audiences more sincere emotions when he states, “we cannot be afraid of our truths.” He continues this appeal and maintains his argument when he says, the “cornerstone rests upon the great truth,” followed by, “and moral truth.” Through the use of the words “great” and “moral,” Landrieu develops an optimistic tone, shedding light once again, on the false truth the statues gave and the true truth that needs to be recognized to reach these standards. After drawing from a personal experience he claimed “helped me see the truth,” Landrieu uses the words “searing truths” and “essential truth” to appeal to the parents in the audience who care for their children's futures, persuading them that the only way to set the right example, is to acknowledge the real truth that the Confederate monuments stood for.
ReplyDeleteMitch Landrieu, the mayor of New Orleans, delivered a speech in 2017 addressing the removal of the city's remaining confederate statues. Landrieu repeatedly refers to the “truth” behind the statues and their present day implications. He references the “searing truth” of the real history and follows that up with “essential truth” that we should not allow the past to continue to dictate the present. Repetition of the word “truth” serves to emphasize Landrieu's argument that the confederate statues represent racism and inequality. Landrieu also repeats the words “us” and “we” when discussing the actions that must be taken in regard to the confederate statues. He uses these words to establish a common purpose between himself and the audience. The phrase “we can't walk away from this truth” creates a sense of unity while urging the audience to support removing the statues. Landrieu uses repetition to emphasize his point and appeal to ethos.
ReplyDeleteIn 1905, Florence Kelley a social worker and reformer fought very hard against the harsh conditions of child labor and sought to improve women working conditions in her speech which was inside of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Throughout her speech, she uses repetition to put parents into the eyes of the innocent young children that are forced to do such labor. For example, she repeats the words “ while we sleep” and “girls” to create an ethical response that innocent young children are working while the adults are relaxing and not realizing that kids also have a big future in their hand that is currently being stripped away by harsh labor. By using those words in her speech she also uses pathos by appealing to the parents with a sense of compassion that is meant for the children's suffering. This ultimately concerns the mothers as it makes them feel sorry and almost bad for allowing their kids to work under these harsh conditions. Towards the end of the speech Kelley utilizes an epistrophe through the words “ sake “, “children”, and “we” in order to emphasize the bad position that children are in, and by persuading her audience that a stop to the children labor system could happen if parents unify themselves and fight for the safety and life of their kids.
ReplyDeleteIn 1905, Florence Kelley, a children’s rights activist, delivered a speech in the National American Woman Suffrage Association on the issue of child labor. She urged for child labor laws to be refined and reached out to Americans to help her achieve this goal by effectively evoking an emotion and creating a sense of unity with her audience through repetition to communicate the idea that children should not be working many hours every night and missing out their childhood. Kelley conveys a sympathetic view to her audience when she states “while we sleep little white girls will be working 30 tonight…” and “they will do so tonight, while we sleep”. As shown in these quotes, the words/phrase “tonight” and “while we sleep” demonstrates the repetition that suggested a concerned feeling from the audience because these words/phrase emphasize on the thought that children are working for a long period of time to benefit their country economically and reminds people that they should be learning and having more opportunities to grow up merrily or in stable conditions instead. This presents a sense of unity between her and her audience because she is helping them understand the challenges that children were facing and prompting a feeling of guilt in them when revealing what adults have been doing at the time when children were working.
ReplyDeleteA speech is typically about an alarming topic in society, a topic that needs to be addressed. In this case, Mitch Landrieu, the mayor of New Orleans, gave a speech about the removal of confederate statues in the state of New Orleans. Landrieu uses repetition of words and phrases to reiterate the harsh history that the statues represent, and how it currently affects the pathos of many American citizens. Landrieu repeats the words "truth" and "we" to illustrate his perspective towards the monuments. By stating "the searing truth" he appeals to the audience pathos by emphasizing that the monuments represent inequality and discrimination. In order to emphasize this point, Landrieu uses evidence from the past such as ". America was the place where nearly 4000 of our fellow citizens were lynched, 540 alone in Louisiana; where the courts enshrined ‘separate but equal’; where Freedom riders coming to New Orleans were beaten to a bloody pulp" (Landrieu)". This point reiterates the fact that the real truth behind the monuments represents the violence used to discriminate people in society back then. As a result, this attempts to evoke an emotion of sadness from the audience, this ultimately causes the audience to wonder and think differently of the monuments. These reasons, along with Landrieu's use of statistics and evidence proves why the monuments should be removed. The consistent use of the word "we" proves how Landrieu wants this issue to be resolved with the people of New Orleans, he feels as if this problem resides with both himself and the audience which is why he is speaking about this topic. Thus proving, that the use of repetition emphasizes the central argument, the confederate monuments in New Orleans must be removed as a result of their meaning and past. By using repetition, he appeals to pathos and ethos.
ReplyDeleteIn the acceptance speech John McCain gave following his nomination as the Republican party’s candidate, he uses repetition multiple times to emphasize his ideals and rally the audience to his soon-to-be campaign. Repetition has many different uses, and McCain utilizes many of them in his usage of repetition. Among others uses of repetition, he creates a shared purpose, reinforces the audience’s knowledge on what he will campaign for, and defines words in new and intriguing ways. He speaks about his love for America, referencing it four times in just three lines (lines 6-8). By mentioning his love for America he relates to the audience, sharing love for his country with them. He also reinforces the audience’s knowledge of his campaign, assuring them that it’s all for America and that everything he is doing is for America, further enticing particularly patriotic people to his campaign. Tertiarily, he also defines love in a very specific way, pairing the word ‘love’ with phrases like ‘democracy’ and ‘decency’, creating the feeling that he loves his country for specific reasons in a very specific way that most people might not be accustomed to/familiar with.
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ReplyDeleteSenator John McCain gave his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention in the year 2008.Throughout his speech, McCain uses repetition in order to both create a sense of unity between the American people to show he too loves the country as much as they, as well repetition allows McCain to characterize himself as trustworthy candidate to the American people. This is demonstrated through his words “fight for” and “stand up, stand up and fight...we're Americans, and we never give up”, which is epistrophe. The repetition of the words “fight for” and “stand up” and "we're Americans" emphasizes that McCain is using repetition to unite the American people bundle them up in a group to show that Americans don't give up, he didn't say "we the people never give up" he specifically said Americans. McCain also uses repetition to characterize himself as trustworthy, because when he talks about himself fighting for the country it evokes the audience to trust he states “as your president i will fight everyday” he constantly speaks about fighting for the country, and because of his experience of being commissioned in the United States Navy and his experience of being imprisoned during the Vietnam War, McCain is able to show the people his care for the country in a form stronger than just saying he cares he proves it, because no one would serve for a country they don’t love. Overall McCain unites the American people through his repetition, also he characterizes himself as a trustworthy candidate to represent America and its people.
ReplyDeleteOn May 23, 2017, Mitch Landrieu, mayor of New Orleans, gave a speech in New Orleans on the removal of the last of the city's confederate monuments. Throughout his speech, Landrieu uses Anaphora to emphasize the relevance of the history of the statues to support his argument on why they should be taken down. In his speech, Landrieu repeats the word “truth” several times with different circumstances. By doing so, Landrieu points out that the real history of New Orleans isn’t acknowledged by the statues. By repeating “truth” and bringing attention to the history of their city, he helps the audience remember key points about why the statues should be taken down. Landrieu also makes a distinction by using the word truth when he compares “other truths” and “this truth”, to imply that the statues represents a different part of the city’s history, apart from the truths in culture it is known for.
ReplyDeleteBarack Obama uses repetition to enhance the message his speech presents to the United States. On March 18, 2008 Obama gives a resounding speech at the constitution center on the issue of race in society. Obama uses the literary technique of Anaphora to emphasize his message throughout the speech. Obama uses repetition of the word "race" at different points of his speech to create a sense of importance for the audience. By repeating "race" Obama creates an ongoing image for the audience of this dilemma, and brings attention to the problem throughout the speech. Obama uses the "race" to delve into multiple different topics, from his own presidential campaign, "discussion of race in this campaign has taken a particularly divisive turn." to the effect that this has on our country "But race is an issue that I believe this nation cannot afford to ignore right now." He uses the word race to guide his speech along, and present new ideas and topics to the audience.
ReplyDeleteThe mayor of New Orleans, Mitch Landrieu, In 2017 delivered a speech in which he Informs his audience of why he chose to remove confederate monuments in New Orleans. Landrieu uses repetition throughout his speech in order to get his point across, for example he uses many forms of "truth." Landrieu uses the words "searing truth" when talking about the history of New Orleans, this is significant because he wants those in New Orleans to realize that confederate monuments represent racism. Landrieu later uses the words "this truth", which in doing this Landrieu is able to signal why New Orleans ha sliced from racism and inequality. By saying the words this truth he is able to point to a clear difference to the past and the present and, why in fact New Orleans shouldn't have confederate monuments because it doesn't represent who those in N.O. truly are. Lastly, Landrieu later repeats the words "joy" and "vibrant" when describing New Orleans. This is significant because it illustrates why he wants those living in New Orleans, and others across the U.S. to understand that New Orleans "real truth" has moved in a positive direction.
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ReplyDeleteIn president Donald trump's speech addressing the shooting in Nevada he repeatedly uses god as a focus point. This can evoke an emotional response because whether you are in direct relation to the tragedy or somebody who just found out they know millions of Americans are praying for them. This is very impactful because 84% of the United States believe in some form of higher power so by using god he is addressing a much wider range of audience than just the victims. This could also be in place for support of the general American population because in the national anthem it is one nation under god. God in most cases is considered on the right side of history so this may imply that the perpetrator of the crime will be punished in his afterlife. Overall his repetition of the word god is used to evoke an emotional response in his audience while also ensuring people it will get better.
DeleteIn Mitch Landrieu’s speech regarding the removal of the Confederate Statues, to evoke the message that the statues should be taken down, Landrieu uses repetition with the word “truth” to indicate how keeping the statues up is hiding from the truth of our country. According to Landrieu, “But there are also other truths about our city that we must confront./ But we cannot be afraid of the truth./ We are better together than we are apart./ So before we part let us again state the truth clearly.” Also, Landrieu applies this pronoun “we” to develop a sense of unity amongst the audience, with that, uses the noun “truth” to evoke the thought in the audience that we should all embrace the truth amongst our communities. This application of pathos is the effect on repeating the words “we” and “truth” and helps the speaker connect with the audience with unity, and helps the speaker spread the point on the confederate statues.
ReplyDeleteUpon the negative response to the derogatory words of Reverend Wright, Former President Obama’s reaffirmed his position on the controversy. Obama argued that the words of the Reverend were indeed wrong however, it would be incorrect to completely renounce him. Though the word “constitution” Obama is able to connect the actions of the Reverend to an existing problem within America. By repeating the word constitution, Obama successfully reminds the audience of the regrettable history of America and how that truth is the very reason for current racial tensions. He then clarifies his positioning on these words restating his love for his country regardless of its past mistakes, appealing to the audience’s sense of logic as it the Reverend Wright situation is identical to the history of the constitution. To conclude, Obama’s attempts to pursuade the audience of the undeniable similarities between the constitutions flaws and Reverend Wright’s to justify his continued relationship.
ReplyDeleteJohn McCain an American statesman and former military officer gives a speech in 2008 delivering his adequacy for president. Throughout the speech McCain uses multiple functions of repetition to persuade his audience that he is qualified for presidency. The first function of repetition that McCain uses strengthens his appeal to logos . By repeating “our country” in the beginning and end of McCain’s speech he creates a shared value between him and the audience. McCain allows his loyalty to the country to be highlighted through his use of diction. “Our” is so significant in McCain’s speech because his use of diction classified that he and his audience are represented by their country. The purpose of his speech is strengthened by his use of repetition because he is able to reassure his audience that he prioritized his country.
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