Rhetorical Devices
"Young people... Young people... Young people..."
What is anaphora?
The name of the march (also the location where the march began).
The speaker delivering the speech.
Who is Barak Obama?
"doors of opportunity"
The date the march started.
The occasion of the speech.
What is the Selma March?
Which leads us to ask, just how might we repay this debt?
First and foremost, we have to recognize that one day’s commemoration, no matter how special, is not enough.
What is hypophora?
The number of people in the march.
What is 600?
The audience that the speech is directed to.
Who are the American People?
They saw that idea made real in Selma, Alabama. They saw it made real in America.
What is parrallelism?
The name of the bridge that the people in the Selma March crossed.
What is the Edmund Pettus Bridge?
The subject of the speech.
What is the commemoration of the Selma March and Bloody Sunday?
Young people behind the iron curtain ...
What is allusion?
The name of the Sunday in which the police violently attacked the people in the Selma march.
The tone of the speech. (Must use at least one word used directly in the presentation to receive credit."
Assertive, deliberate or thoughtful.