Keating backup

Question 1

similar to who for keating to engage the audience and unite them on a common front through rhetorical techniques?

Answer 1

much like Anwar Sadat does in his ‘Speech to the Israeli Knesset’.

Question 2

why does he use variety of rhetoric aimed at ‘white’ australians?

Answer 2

Australians to mark the need for empathetic recognition of the past and present plight of Indigenous Australians

Question 3

example of rhetorical question and anaphora?

Answer 3

“We failed to ask, ‘How would I feel is this was done to me?’”

“imagine…”

Question 4

what does the rhetorical q and anaphora contribute to?

Answer 4

to challenge the audience’s imagination

all contribute to notions of justice and need for reconciliation given emotional immediacy by appealing to the audience’s pathos and subjective reflection

Question 5

what is audience exposed to one engaged with occasion?

Answer 5

they are exposed the the inhumanity and the terrible wrongdoings that were subsequently perpetrated oppressing the indigenous population, most notably, the Stolen Generations

Question 6

what does inclusive language stress?

Answer 6

language stresses that a continued failure to reach out to Indigenous Australians demeans “our own deeply held values… our own identity – and our own humanity”, creating ethos, pathos and logos to move the will of his primary audience.

Question 7

what did the audience at Redfern acknowledge?

Answer 7

acknowledged the credibility of Keating in raising awareness of the past injustices and the need for reconciliation

Question 8

critical comment by tom clark?

Answer 8

he “Managed to capture in explicit terms some harsh truths about Australian history”