Speech Analysis

• Summarize the speech in about 100 words.
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• How does Martin Luther King want to achieve his goal (peace and freedom)? Would you call his way “aggressive”?
• Comment on the last paragraph (I call on Washington…..God). Die Rede, Vokabular und Lösungen

This speech is Barack Obama´s reaction to accusations about his relationship to reverend Jeremiah Wright who preached anti-American. Obama uses the speech to talk about the racial conflict in the American society. He wants the American people to build a unit.
Through stylistic devices Obama forms his audience into a unit which goes beyond their skin colour. Based on the American spirit he creates an illusion of a society being changed by will and hope only. He unites the different social groups in the pathetic myth of the American Dream.
Content:

In the speech after his phenomenal victory on the 5th of November 2008 Barack Obama focuses again on the topics he promoted during his campaign: the importance of unity and American values, America´s ability to change, the challenges to come and the ways to meet them.

The analysis focuses on structure and rhetorical devices.

• Transcript of Obama´s speech (4 pages)
• Analysis of the text (3 pages)

Mary Church Terrell (1863-1954) delivered the speech “What it means to be Colored in the Capital of the U.S.” on October 10th, 1906, before the United Women´s Club of Washington. Terrell was a prominent advocate of both women´s and African Americans´ rights.

The analysis focuses on structure and rhetorical devices.

• Transcript of Terrells speech [2 pages]
• Analysis of the text (3,5 pages)
• Link where you can find the original speech in audio version

The following speech was given by Barack Obama in Washington on the occasion of his inauguration as the next US president. Obama gave his speech after a historical journey by train from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C. With this he replicated Abraham Lincoln´s train ride to the celebration of his inauguration.

In his speech, Obama called upon the citizens´ feeling of responsibility for all matters economic, political and social. At the same time, he emphasized the problems caused by the current financial crisis and the ongoing wars worldwide.

• Transcript of Obama´s speech (ca 4,5 pages)
• Analysis of the text (ca. 4 pages)

Für den Unterricht sucht man oftmals gute Reden, um zu zeigen mit welchen Mitteln ein Redner versucht sein Ziel zu erreichen.

Die Materialien unserer Reihe ”Speech Analysis” bieten jeweils ein aktuelles Beispiel einer politischen Rede und liefern gleichzeitig eine Beispielanalyse und passende Arbeitsaufgaben mit.

• Barack Obama
• Mohandas K. Gandhi
• Mary Church Terrell
• Hillary Clinton
• Martin Luther King

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