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Summary

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Learning the features of persuasion –and how persuasion and propaganda overlap– form a part of your lang and lit course. So if you happen to be given a persuasive speech in your final Paper 1 exam, you can count yourself lucky.

Persuasive speeches are organised around clear formal frameworks, such as appeals to logic and emotional appeals, and also provide a chance for individual speakers to express themselves stylistically.

Check the formal features of persuasive speeches opposite

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KEY FEATURES OF SPEECHES

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Ethos

Logos

Pathos

Persuasive

Direct address

Modality

Rhetorical devices

Logical Fallacies

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Ethos

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the speaker establishes his or hercredibilityand mayalludeto a moral, social or spiritual leader with whom the audience cannot disagree.

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Logos

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clear,reasonable arguments, facts and statisticsandquoting expertsin the field are all ways of establishing a logical appeal

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Pathos

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emotive languageandimageryare ways of helping the audience empathise with the feelings of other – often vulnerable – people.

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Persuasive

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the speaker attempts to make his or her listener think in a certain way, believe something ortake action.

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Direct address

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the speaker tries to draw closer to the listeners by addressing them as‘you’– look out for the use of‘we’or‘us’to include the speaker and listener on the same side – and be wary of attempts tocompliment the listener.

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Modality

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modal verbs are small but important words (such as‘must’, ‘need’, ‘should’,‘might,’and so on) that reveal the speaker’s degree of certainty and strength of feeling.

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Rhetorical devices

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all kinds of rhythmical, structural, auditory and linguistic tricks can be employed by a skilled speaker.

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Logical Fallacies

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also called ‘argumentation fallacies.’ Common fallacies in speeches areglittering generalisations,simplificationandslippery slope.

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