Online Task 4 - Answered!

1. Think of at least 3 benefits of using speeches by famous figures, in the classroom.
                               
a. Students learn to use language creatively.
b. Students learn to become a better speaker.
c. Students can improve their competence in the language.

2. Go to www.youtube.com and find the audio-visual on the speech. In not less than 50 words, state would the audio-visual be of any use in helping understand the speech better? State your reasons.

 Speech using audio visual helps one to understand the subject matter better.The video above is a good example of speech using audio and visual aids to explain Dybetes in the Body. The explanations given along with the animation made the speech easier to be understood. Audio and visual aids (animation in this case) can be an essential part of giving speeches, and when used correctly it can enhance persuasive speaking.Visual aids can range from postcards to posters and even computer presentations like Power Point slides and animations. Many people are familiar with the overhead projector, an important device that helps presenters demonstrate a particular subject through enlarged text and pictures. Film clips can also be used as visual aids to stimulate thinking.Using such aids also benefit the audience and helps them retain more information.Futhermore we can't deny the fact that speech using audio visual aids would also be more comprehendible and entertaining.



3. Who is Martin Luther King?

Martin Luther King  was an American activist, and prominent leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement.


4. Based on the questions below, analyse the features of the given written speech:


a. What is the purpose of the speech?
To express that all men are equal and should be treated equal. The speech also relates how black citizens have been mistreated over the years and  still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination.


b. What is the tone of the speech?


A very persuassive tone.

 c. What interesting major feature(s) can you see from the speech? (i.e.Repetition of phrases, emphasis on certain things said etc)
The anaphora, emphasizing phrases by repeating at the beginning of the sentences. Interesting allusions and contrasting metaphors like

 
"joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity”

“the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity”


 d. Any interesting facts that you can gather based on the background of the speech?

The 1950s, 1960s and 1970s were tremendously difficult times for African-Americans. They were not treated like white Americans simply because of their skin color. And the laws protected the bad treatment they got! Laws requiring "separate" hotels, restaurants, schools, and even drinking fountains were common in many states. The speech was given in the shadow of the Lincoln Memorial, the monument honoring President Abraham Lincoln, who issued the Emancipation Proclamation that freed slaves in the Southern states. By giving his speech there, it had called attention to how things were so terrible a century before  which was during the Civil War and how some things hadn't changed so very much in 100 years.

5. Suggest a while-reading activity that can be derived from this particular speech.

Analysing the speech for any one literary device would be a great activity as the speech is rich with literary devices.

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