Queen Elizabeth 1 Rhetorical Devices

Quindlen uses anaphora a few times in her speech when she is talking of “giving up the backpack” and “setting aside” society’s standards. In doing so she is giving off a powerful vibe and sense of authority while drilling the idea of letting go of expectations into the audience. Quindlen also takes advantage of her sentence structure and uses many delayed sentences to keep her audience’s attention. For example, she she uses the sentence, “Begin with the most terrifying of all things, a clean slate.” By saving the main point of the sentence for the end she can draw her audience in and deliver the final statement with their full attention.

In both proposals to Elizabeth there are rhetorical devices used. Mr. Collins uses appealing to authority, ethos, and logos to emphasize his proposal to Elizabeth because he thinks she will just say yes. He sees marriage as a business more than for love. Darcy uses pathos and ethos to emphasize his proposal because he actually loves Elizabeth and wants to show her that. Mr. Collins is unsuccessful while Darcy later on is.

“I am not here to represent Leonidas. His actions speak louder than my words ever could”, although Queen Gorgo believes this to be true, it is evident that her words still make quite the impact. The speech that was chosen for analysis was Queen Gorgo’s request of Sparta’s council to send their forces to the Battle of Thermopylae, from the movie 300. This speech was chosen simply for the fact that I have always enjoyed this movie and that I’ve always admired Queen Gorgo’s character. Although she does not immediately convince the council of sending Sparta’s army, her actions that follow do. Through the use of pathos, metaphors, and an urgent tone, Queen Gorgo is able to make a strong case to the council as to why they should aid King Leonidas at the Battle of Thermopylae.

Elizabeth I is considered a Machiavellian queen; she placed the political unity of England above any other aspect of her kingdom, including religion. Elizabeth I’s reign was influenced politically and religiously, in respect to ideas about gender. Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VIII, responded authoritatively to any opposition she faced.

Queen Elizabeth’s Speech records the famous speech which, inspired,lead and motivated the English Army towards victory., who were assembled at Tilbury Camp to defend the country against the Spanish Armada. The successful defence of the Kingdom against the invasion boosted the prestige of England's Queen Elizabeth I and encouraged English pride and nationalism. In the speech, Elizabeth motivates her troops by using Ethos,to establish credibility, and Logos, to appeal to logic, reasons and facts.In addition, she uses diction for word choice, tone, and anaphora to deliver inspiration and motivation to the English Army which would lead them to victory towards the Spanish Armada.

Queen Elizabeth skillfully used diction throughout her speech to motivate the troops. In the speech, Queen Elizabeth used the word “we” four times to underscore her feeling of unity between her and her country. She conveyed her care about the welfare of everyone in the country. This inspired the soldiers to remain patriotic and want to fight for their nation. In addition, the queen refered to the soldiers as “noble” and

During the Revolutionary War, writers and orators publicly revealed their thoughts on how to respond to Britain’s further subjugation of the American colonies. After a futile hope for reconciliation and failed petitions to the British government, several patriots, such as Thomas Paine and Patrick Henry, called for the colonists to take up arms against the British. Through Paine’s Common Sense and Henry’s “Speech in the Virginia Convention”, they displayed an adamant message for the colonies to fight immediately. Both used the rhetorical elements of ethos, pathos, and logos within their respective works, and their various applications to the three elements allowed for their arguments to reach all ears and influence the majority of the population towards the fight for independence.

She tried to make the people feel as if they were equal rather than the people being inferior to her, even though they were. Queen Elizabeth I seemed to be a humble leader by saying, “For it is not my desire to live nor reign longer than my life and reign shall be for your good. And though you have had, and may have, many princes more mighty and wise sitting in this seat, yet you never had nor shall have, any that will be more careful and loving” (Greenblatt 766). Queen Elizabeth’s reasoning for using sprezzatura may have been because she was the second female monarch of the Tudor dynasty and she wanted to win over the people trust and respect so they would not revolt against her wishes. She used her maternal love and feminine instinct to make the people believe she was all for them.

Elizabeth’s relationship with her people is built on faith and love, not fear or tyranny. In the beginning of her speech she addresses the soldiers as "My loving people." She refers to her troops as "faithful" and "loving," showing the appreciation and loyalty that she has for her soldiers. She feels she must acknowledge the important bond between herself and her soldiers by showing them that she is not just a distant queen. To assure her troops of her faith in them, she uses logos in her speech to encourage her soldiers to fight for the good of England. For example, she lets them know by saying "... I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and good will of my subjects." She uses repetition of the word “I” and “We” to show that she is not just a queen but a fellow Englishman. “…to live or die amongst you all; to lay down, for my God, and for my kingdom, and for my people, my honor and my blood, even the dust”, shows that she is a part of the people and will fight side by side with them to defend their country. This would be the first thing that her soldiers fight for, a people and ruler relationship that is bound by love and trust.

Queen Elizabeth uses the woman like senses in her to make her speech to be emotional yet uplifting. In regards she uses the phrase, “I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman”. She ultimately uses this parlance to employ her bodyful actions, to use this as a defense yet comfort to these valiant,assiduous soldiers. Elizabeth uses her gender to scheme her words to her spectators; women are known for their poignant side therefore she displays this to the audience with her declamations. Many women use their women instincts in their times of endearment, Jk Rowling gave a speech in 2008 and used the phrase,” We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already”. Jk

Queen Elizabeth I’s speech was called “Speech to the Troops at Tilbury”, written in 1588. She gave her speech in order to make her people fight against Spain, and to prevent them from invading the border of Britain. In her speech, she used pathos, words with strong connotation, and plain folk. She wanted to stop their enemies from invading her own country and if they would win, she would’ve offered rewards for the soldiers. She used pathos in the speech very well.

Paul Keating’s speech ‘funeral service of the unknown Australian soldier’ and Noel Pearson’s speech ‘an Australian history for us all’ have developed and expressed ideas using language appropriate to their audience, purpose and form. Despite the fact, it is fundamentally the speaker’s skills in the construction of the speech that determine its decisive success.

Lyndon Johnson was convinced that liberal nationalism and the power of the federal government could transform society. His faith grew out of his youthful experiences with poverty in Texas, his political apprenticeship during the New Deal, and his desire to surpass Roosevelt's legacy. When he took office in November 1963, after John F. Kennedy's death, Johnson inherited the early initiatives to address poverty that the Kennedy administration had under consideration. With characteristic enthusiasm and expansiveness, Johnson declared a war on poverty in 1964 and pushed legislation through Congress to establish the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO).In this speech, the purpose Lyndon B. Johnson outlines his vision and goals for "The Great

King Henry V began to inspire his army with speeches that gave them pride, courage and hope. Shakespeare’s St. Crispen’s Day Speech puts in perspective how Henry V led his army to fight the French.

The most notably speeches from Queen Elizabeth I for the later defeat of Spanish Armada which was “ Speech to the Troops at Tilbury “ to assure her fellow Navy troops to defeat the Spanish troops between the two countries tension from each other. Her speech allows to inspire the British Navy troops to defeat the Spanish troops from Philp the Spain who wanted to take the crown for himself which Elizabeth react strongly to it. Hence in her speech that she had used very lengthy, detail syntax, very archaic, formal tone, and very emotional and credibility appeals for her fellow troops. Moreover in her inspiring speech there is couple very lengthy but detail syntax structures to convey her Navy men for their battle.