CUNY Lehman College Analysis of Rhetoric Devices in Two Speeches Essay
For Essay 3, write a well-developed, 4-5 page compare and/or contrast analysis essay, on the following prompt:
Choose two speeches to analyze from the following list:
Martin Luther King Jr.: “I Have a Dream”– Speech in pdf
John F. Kennedy, “Civil Rights Speech” –Speech in pdf
Emma Watson, “Gender is you Issue Too”–Speech in pdf
Meghan Markle, “UN Women’s Speech: 2015”–Speech in pdf
Tim Cook: “Be Fearless”–Duke University Speech (2018)–website
Shonda Rhimes: Dartmouth Commencement Speech (2014) (website)
Now…Compare and/or contrast your chosen speeches by analyzing three or four rhetorical devices that the two speakers both use in their respective speeches. How does each speaker use each rhetorical device similarly and/or differently? Which speaker uses each better and how so? Overall, which/whose speech is better or more effective based on your analysis
You are analyzing each speaker’s use of rhetorical devices, comparing and/or contrasting the devices used, then arguing which speaker uses the devices better.
