IB English A Lang & Lit Topic How to Write About Speeches Revision Notes (SL/HL)

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Writing About Speeches: An Analytical Approach

Definition

Speech

A text composed for oral delivery to a live audience, structured around a central message and using rhetorical devices, repetition, and direct address to inform, persuade, or inspire.

Analysing a speech means engaging with it both as a text and as a performance designed for a specific audience in a specific place. Your analysis should always imagine the speech being delivered, not just being read.

Ground the Analysis in the Occasion

The occasion triangle (who is speaking, to whom, on what occasion, and for what purpose) must be established before identifying any devices. The occasion defines what counts as an appropriate device.
Context is not background, it is part of the analysis: anaphora in a political rally feels rousing; the same anaphora in a funeral eulogy would feel aggressive. The device does not change; the occasion does.

Name the Oral Devices

Use precise vocabulary specific to spoken rhetoric: anaphora, tricolon, ethos, pathos, logos, direct address, rhetorical question, parallelism, repetition. Using these terms signals that you understand the speech as a spoken form, not just a piece of prose.

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Writing About Speeches: An Analytical Approach

Definition

Speech

A text composed for oral delivery to a live audience, structured around a central message and using rhetorical devices, repetition, and direct address to inform, persuade, or inspire.

Analysing a speech means engaging with it both as a text and as a performance designed for a specific audience in a specific place. Your analysis should always imagine the speech being delivered, not just being read.

Ground the Analysis in the Occasion

The occasion triangle (who is speaking, to whom, on what occasion, and for what purpose) must be established before identifying any devices. The occasion defines what counts as an appropriate device.
Context is not background, it is part of the analysis: anaphora in a political rally feels rousing; the same anaphora in a funeral eulogy would feel aggressive. The device does not change; the occasion does.

Name the Oral Devices

Use precise vocabulary specific to spoken rhetoric: anaphora, tricolon, ethos, pathos, logos, direct address, rhetorical question, parallelism, repetition. Using these terms signals that you understand the speech as a spoken form, not just a piece of prose.

Definition

Paywall

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Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit

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IB English A Lang & Lit How to Write About Speeches Notes

Everything You Need to Know About Analysis6 subtopics

Paper 1 Lang & Lit4 subtopics

Paper 2 Lang & Lit4 subtopics

Individual Oral (IO)4 subtopics

Higher Level Essay3 subtopics

Text Types13 subtopics

Literary Forms4 subtopics

Writing About Speeches: An Analytical Approach

Ground the Analysis in the Occasion

Name the Oral Devices

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Writing About Speeches: An Analytical Approach

Ground the Analysis in the Occasion

Name the Oral Devices

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