martes, 14 de octubre de 2014

Textual analysis

Obama's speech
Parallelism "We may not get there in one year or even in one term ... That we will get there ... We as a people will get there"
Hypophora "Tonight is the answer... It's the answer"
Repetition "It's the answer"
Antithesis "It's not spoken by young and old ... We are the USA"
Figurative speech "it was not hatched in the halls of Washington"
Tricolon and polysyndeton "the backyards, the living rooms and front porches""cynical and fearful and doubtful"
Juxtaposition "bitter cold and scorching heat"
Allusion"we as a people will get there" Abraham Lincoln 
Varied sentence length "who still wonders .... Tonight is your answer"
Pathos: it drew strength from the not so young people who brave the bitter cold and scorching heat.
Ethos: if there is anyone out there .... Tonight is the answer
Logos: ?
What really died at Auschwitz
Parallelism  "we killed .... We destroyed"
Hypophora "we must wake up America before it's too late. I'm afraid it's to late"
Repetition "we have exchanged"
Antithesis "the contribution of this people is felt on all areas... These are the people we burned"
Figurative speech "how many hers will it be before the attack on the World Trade Center 'NEVER HAPPENED'"
Tricolon and polysyndeton "?"
Juxtaposition "we destroyed chosen people"
Allusion "?"
Varied sentence length "we opened our doors to 20 million Muslims, who brought us stupidity and ignorance, religious extremism and lack of tolerance..."
Pathos: We destroyed a chosen people, truly chosen ...
Ethos: help distribute this around the world
Logos: we open our gates to 20 million Muslims