Winston Churchill Literary Devices

It usually depends on the character and the credibility of the author. It goes without saying that this speech’s speaker, Churchill, himself is a trustworthy guy with a high reputation for his job. As the Prime Minister of the Great Britain, he clearly realizes the importance of the speech, so every word of this speech is pretty cautious. What is more, the speech is created in a time when Britain is suffering an unprecedented disaster, it may be written into history. It greatly improves the reliability of Churchill’s speech. Also, Churchill quotes an idiom, “There are a good many people who say, 'Never mind. Win or lose, sink or swim, better die than submit to tyranny -- and such a tyranny.'”, which is accepted by many people to corroborate that perseverance is better than to succumb. Expect for idiom, some famous lines, “He nothing common did or mean, Upon that memorable scene.”, appears in his speech, reaffirming the justice of the following guard war and the significance of every citizen. Ethos that adopted in this speech successfully persuades audience to believe what Churchill says through his credibility, by using idioms and famous

The world is cruel and harsh; what does it take to prove that you and your experiences are capable of persuasion. In this world, you’d want as many allies as possible, and building emotional bridges with others is a definite way of proving that you matter to others. It’s a matter of philosophy; human nature emphasizes on individual existence; therefore rhetoric is effective to measure one’s importance. Elie Wiesel, a man of age, is a jewish holocaust survivor who has a story to tell and a story to be heard. Does the man have what it takes to prove himself worthy of a rhetoric leader? Elie Wiesel’s speech, The Perils of Indifference, Mr. Wiesel takes advantage of rhetorical questions and the appeals of pathos and logos to persuade and inform the audience about their inner indifference towards the havoc happening around the world.

In Winston Churchill’s speech “blood, toil, tears, and sweat”, and in Franklin D. Roosevelt's "The Great Arsenal of Democracy", there are many different rhetorical devices and they use them to build an effective argument. Both speeches were written and spoken at different times and different events were going on when the speeches were made, but both speeches are similar in the way that they are constructed and by the devices used in both. In their speeches both Churchill and Roosevelt tried to bring hope to the people during the hard times that the country was going through.

Even before the climactic World War II, Churchill’s mental war starts with the Indian Independence movement. Churchill was brusque about his opinion on the movement, knowingly showing his opposition to the public. “To Churchill, all Indians were the pedestal for a throne. He would have died to keep England free, but was against those who wanted India free.(Tondon, n.d.)” With this ornery still in the mind of the public and government officials, Churchill’s 1940 election was met with opposition. In Churchill and Orwell, “Peter Eckersley, a Tory MP, predicted that “Winston won’t last five months.”(Ricks, pg. 91)” The general public were critical of such a disposition leading the United Kingdom during a time struggle. Even with the public’s pessimistic prospect of him, Churchill’s resilience will become a favorable trait to exhibit in this psychological war.

Aristotle, a Greek philosopher, created rhetoric in the fifth century. Rhetoric included three categories. They were ethos, pathos, and logos. Churchill used many different types of rhetoric in his speech which was effective in enhancing the SOAPSTone of his speech. There were many rule of threes in his speech, but one significant one is “We must arm. Britain must arm. America must arm” (Churchill, par. 10). The rule of three supports the purpose and subject of the speeches. The specification of America encourages the United States to join them to fight. Additionally, the use of the pronoun “we”, and specification of Britain and America supports the subject of unity between Britain and the United States. Similarly, the use of a rhetorical question, “We are left in no doubt where America conviction and sympathies lie; but will you wait until British freedom and independence have succumbed, and then take up the cause when it is three quarters ruined, yourselves alone?” (Churchill, par. 8) enhanced the purpose and subject even more. The use of alone and inclusion of consequences that could happen if they don’t unite to fight the Nazis made the purpose and subject very clear. It also creates an urgent tone with the use of wait, succumbed, and ruined. In the same way, the alliteration, “But how much harder our toil for every day’s delay” (Churchill, par. 13) make the tone of urgency very clear through

During the 400-1400 CE, there were barbarians and Vikings that killed many people, plagues that were fatal, and cruelty that was all around. Yet that wasn’t the only things that happened. A dark age is a time of cultural decline. In spite of the cruelty, there were many good things like a judicial system, schools and education, and architectural advancements in gothic cathedrals.

Sir Winston Churchill’s speech, ‘We Shall Fight on the Beaches’ was a wonderful piece of moving rhetoric. The diction that Churchill uses to deliver his message is not so advanced that one cannot understand him easily, but still manages to portray a sense of Churchill’s deeply intellectual status

The time period between 400 CE to 1400 CE in Europe could be objectively proven to be a ‘Dark Age’ for the first six centuries, but starting in the 11th century, advances in technology and education started to create upwards growth in culture and quality of life; therefore, this millennium was more of a ‘transition period’ than a ‘Dark Age’. Document A, an excerpt from the textbook “The Record of Mankind”, stated that from around 476 CE to 1100 CE, most of Europe became overrun with “turmoil and confusion, . . . ignorance and lawlessness”. The textbook explained the cause of this barbarism to be from an absence of government, which could have maintained peace and order (Document A). Crime increased exponentially; this contributed to a decline

Winton Churchill uses rhetorical devices in order to communicate his message to his listeners. Unlike facts and evidence, rhetorical devices are often based in emotion and perception, and they can be both manipulative and inspirational. Some devices he uses are repetition, parallelism, and analogy. Parallelism is an identical sentence or phrase patterns used to express ideas that are closely related. In this example, Churchill uses parallelism within the structure of the sentence. Repetition is a rhetorical strategy that emphasizes ideas for clarity or emotional effect. In this example, Churchill repeats the words we shall fight to emphasize the idea that the British will never give up or surrender. An analogy is a comparison of two things.

Queen Elizabeth wrote an inspiring speech to the Troops who fought for the Armada about their honor and power over this astonishing war. Alongside, Winston Churchill delivered a majestical yet powerful speech about the issue dealing with battle of Britain and the unifications needing to be healed. Queen Elizabeth and Winston Churchill both delivered exhilarating speeches to their troops and counties with the battle of Britain. The Queen delivers her speech to the courageous group of men and women who fought this rigid, enduring war. While Winston delivers his speech to the House of Commons. While analyzing and juxtaposing these two speeches and their contrastive audiences; it is very mere to see the compelling diction, dynamic emotion used in their speeches.

was a professional writer and he was good presenting his speech. Winston Churchill spent hours

Winston Churchill’s headstrong resiliency in the face of danger defined his career as a war leader. Former Prime Minister David Cameron states,” He was an incredible leader for our country, and indeed for the whole free world, at an impossibly difficult time.” (1). Five months before his inauguration, Churchill gave his speech “House of Many Mansions” wherein he urged the then Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and other world

Winston Churchill symbolized Britain during World War II. His image, and that of the British people as a whole, was one of defiance in the face of overwhelming adversity. His galvanizing and courageous leadership as Prime Minister of Britain during World War II was the catalyst for the stubborn resistance of the British and the ultimate victory of the Allied forces over Hitler. His speeches stirred the masses and mobilized the British. When everything continued to go wrong, when things could seemingly get no worse, he was there to encourage and give support to the Allied armies. With his inspiring speeches, he motivated the nation of Great

Winston Churchill’s speech “The Few” is one worthy as any of admiration. In this speech Churchill addresses the contrast between the brutality of World War One and World War Two. He speaks of how despite the lessening of bloodshed, much of Europe has lost more than they had in “The Great War”. However, he follows this disheartening reality, with another hope inspiring reality. Churchill reminds all of the audience of England’s upper hand of the sea, her allie America, and her inevitable victory. He then guarantees people’s hopes by reminding them of the vicious air battles which they have not only been fighting, but winning. The admiration for the fighter pilots is one felt by the whole of the country, this is so evident that Churchill himself states, “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” A remarkable quote, holding more meaning than that of the words alone.

Churchill begins “We Shall Never Surrender” by providing vivid descriptions of the life and environment of war to describe the hardships, then follows up with showing that the strength that the troops had together helped them overcome specific events. He continues to use repetition to emphasize the importance of staying together and not losing hope in order to provide small victories, one at a time. Churchill’s courage to speak up during such a disturbing time helped assist the nations morality by providing hope and encouragement in the bloodshed time of war. When a nation felt defeated Winston Churchill used his powerful voice in “We Shall Never Surrender” to lift the nation’s spirits