Throughout Winston Churchill's career as Prime Minister of Great Britain, he was known for his public speaking skills and ability to connect with his audience. Churchill used his writing and oratorical skills to get his point across in a very charismatic manner. Better known as rhetoric. Our first definition in class was anaphora, which Churchill used expertly in his writings. In his speech "Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat" he used anaphora twice. "We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind. We have before us many long months of toil and struggle. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills" (Winston S. Churchill). These quotes are very powerful, it shows Churchill's determination to defend his homeland and rally the citizens of Great Britain. Churchill gave this speech before the Nazi “blitz” over Great Britain that handed Hitler his first defeat
of the war.
In the midst of the heavy bombing over Great Britain, Churchill used anaphora at the beginning of every sentence in one of his greatest speeches ever "Never Surrender" to rally the citizens of Great Britain. "We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air. We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing-grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender! (Winston Churchill). These speeches are a clear example of how rhetorical writing is so influential to an audience.
In the speech "Never Give In" Churchill gave the following month, he used anaphora and diction very well. "This is the lesson: never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty (diction)—never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy"(Winston Churchill). Churchill was so influential to the British that they would literally fight to the last man for him. His expertise in speech giving has earned him the title of the greatest Prime Minister of Great Britain.
Churchill’s passion and patriotism permitted his rhetorical flourishes to sidestep demagoguery. In a historical perspective his speechmaking to the British Empire was worth perhaps 3-4 British Expeditionary Forces divisions or perhaps the deciding Royal Air Force squadron during the Battle of Britain. Many times rhetoric succeeds in only dividing but in this case it united a people and permitted a nation to not only survive but endure
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Monday, September 1, 2008
blog due 9/3
Question 1:
The article uses trick description well. “Place” by Lynn Staeheli literally uses every analysis o fhte word “place” in her article. She used a very effective graph on pg. 82 that shows five conceptualizations of place. The chart shows how “place” is used as a physical location. Staeheli uses this first because eit is the most common perception of the word. It is also used to describe how cultures or societies live together. For example Jerusalem is a “place” of worship both physically and metaphorically. Staeteli also continues to explain that “place” is used in context and process. The article goes on to say “it becomees inpossible to think of interactions between the geographical and physical characteristics of place (Staeheli, pg. 84).” This shows how people view the word and meaning of “place.” “The difference in definitions of place, then, reflects polotical strateges and goals (Staeheli, pg.85).” No matter what the topic is there will always be supporters and critics. So in the end, its up to you to decide what the correct defintion of “place” is for your context.
Question 2:
In the article by Ian McGuiness called “the Church Uptown” uses interesting tequiches to capture the readers attention. McGuiness starts the article by first criticizing the church, that then later becomes his place of refuge. “ Ablast from its battlements every hour surel does the trick (McGuiness, pg 40).” That quotet tells the reader that the church is not looked upon nicely by the auther. At the same time, one would see the article is extremely biased. McGuiness goes on to explain why he is biased. Hisexperience at Miami so far has not been good, which he goes on to take his frustration out on the first draft of his article. The writeer does a good job linking religion to his writing of the article. McGuiness talk s about how his friends all view the church differently. That is extremely effective because ehe asked about five or six people.His friend described the church as “non-modern (McGuiness, pg 42).” Well, not alll things are ment to be modern because age is a fact of life. The buildings that we have today will be looked at in fifty years as old anf ugly, but life will go on.
The article uses trick description well. “Place” by Lynn Staeheli literally uses every analysis o fhte word “place” in her article. She used a very effective graph on pg. 82 that shows five conceptualizations of place. The chart shows how “place” is used as a physical location. Staeheli uses this first because eit is the most common perception of the word. It is also used to describe how cultures or societies live together. For example Jerusalem is a “place” of worship both physically and metaphorically. Staeteli also continues to explain that “place” is used in context and process. The article goes on to say “it becomees inpossible to think of interactions between the geographical and physical characteristics of place (Staeheli, pg. 84).” This shows how people view the word and meaning of “place.” “The difference in definitions of place, then, reflects polotical strateges and goals (Staeheli, pg.85).” No matter what the topic is there will always be supporters and critics. So in the end, its up to you to decide what the correct defintion of “place” is for your context.
Question 2:
In the article by Ian McGuiness called “the Church Uptown” uses interesting tequiches to capture the readers attention. McGuiness starts the article by first criticizing the church, that then later becomes his place of refuge. “ Ablast from its battlements every hour surel does the trick (McGuiness, pg 40).” That quotet tells the reader that the church is not looked upon nicely by the auther. At the same time, one would see the article is extremely biased. McGuiness goes on to explain why he is biased. Hisexperience at Miami so far has not been good, which he goes on to take his frustration out on the first draft of his article. The writeer does a good job linking religion to his writing of the article. McGuiness talk s about how his friends all view the church differently. That is extremely effective because ehe asked about five or six people.His friend described the church as “non-modern (McGuiness, pg 42).” Well, not alll things are ment to be modern because age is a fact of life. The buildings that we have today will be looked at in fifty years as old anf ugly, but life will go on.
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