Essays on Rhetorical Strategies

Keating’s speech challenges his Australian audience, as he espouses that national identity is dynamic and is shaped by our perception of history, culture and our relationships between others in society. Keating appeals to Australian patriotism in order to challenge injustice toward Indigenous Australians in modern...

When attempting to end inequality, Pearson argues that solidarity and collective unity is more important that eliciting guilt about historical inequalities. Pearson, a well-respected Indigenous rights activist and academic, gave this speech in response to Prime Minister John Howard’s comments on ‘the black arm-band view...

Sadat expresses that unity and cooperation among all of humanity is an essential method to halting global injustice and conflict. He not only comments on the oppression of the Palestinian people by the colonial, Israeli state but also on the injustice and devastation caused by...

For women to gain equality, there must be an equal representation of women in literature. Atwood calls for diverse female characters, summarising her speech’s message using the Jungian term “the Angel/Whore split so popular among the Victorians”, exposing how the traditional representation of women was...

The Sound of Silence was originally written by Simon and Garfunkel in 1964. When it was released, it was a commercial failure, leading to the disbandment of the group with Simon returning to England. The Sound of Silence was Simon’s way of expressing his angst...

Rhetoric is commonly known as an occurrence in speeches and political writings, but it is actually so much more than that. Rhetoric can be seen anywhere and everywhere. Rhetoric has an enormous influence on everyday life. As I am writing this paper, this is a...

The concept of persuasiveness is uniquely complex compared to other aspects of speech. While it does take a certain amount of practice and skill to stand before an audience and broadcast a message, the art of persuasion requires exceptional organization and an adherence to those...