compare contrast
Munirat Kaffo
Cralle EN 102
Oct. 31, 2013
Rhetorical Paper
Compare and Contrast: King vs. Truth A speech, or formal address delivered to an audience, has many purposes. It can be used to inform people and increase awareness on topics or to teach and demonstrate things. Speeches can also persuade people to make a change and can be entertaining. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech and Sojourner Truth’s”Ain’t I a Woman” speech both appeal to their audience through the art of persuasion through the use of various compositional features. Both M.L.K’s “I Have A Dream” speech and Truth’s ”Ain’t I a Woman” speech capture and motivate their respective audiences for change but both authors are similar and also differ in their compositional techniques to reach their audiences. Sojourner Truth’s sarcastic yet bluntly honest speech makes quick and active use of repetition, ethos, and personal anecdotes to reach her listeners. King’s speech, on the other hand, passionately and eloquently implements the use of repetition, logos, and personal and historical references. In comparison, Martin Luther King and Sojourner Truth make striking and memorable use of the compositional technique of repetition. Both authors’ speech titles are reoccurring themes present in their speech which drives their point across further. In Truth’s “Ain’t I a Woman” speech, her repetitive use of the title in her address to the Woman’s Convention in Akron, Ohio pronounced her point of view. The repetitive use of the title in her speech also the audience ready for her to get directly to the point. She didn’t waste time trying to make the audience members guess what her argument was or what her position on the issue of equality for women as human beings not objects and also for African American women as equals to Caucasian women. Despite her lack of good education, she managed to convey to people the struggle of an African American woman in the midst of the Caucasian woman’s fight for rights and
Cralle EN 102
Oct. 31, 2013
Rhetorical Paper
Compare and Contrast: King vs. Truth A speech, or formal address delivered to an audience, has many purposes. It can be used to inform people and increase awareness on topics or to teach and demonstrate things. Speeches can also persuade people to make a change and can be entertaining. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech and Sojourner Truth’s”Ain’t I a Woman” speech both appeal to their audience through the art of persuasion through the use of various compositional features. Both M.L.K’s “I Have A Dream” speech and Truth’s ”Ain’t I a Woman” speech capture and motivate their respective audiences for change but both authors are similar and also differ in their compositional techniques to reach their audiences. Sojourner Truth’s sarcastic yet bluntly honest speech makes quick and active use of repetition, ethos, and personal anecdotes to reach her listeners. King’s speech, on the other hand, passionately and eloquently implements the use of repetition, logos, and personal and historical references. In comparison, Martin Luther King and Sojourner Truth make striking and memorable use of the compositional technique of repetition. Both authors’ speech titles are reoccurring themes present in their speech which drives their point across further. In Truth’s “Ain’t I a Woman” speech, her repetitive use of the title in her address to the Woman’s Convention in Akron, Ohio pronounced her point of view. The repetitive use of the title in her speech also the audience ready for her to get directly to the point. She didn’t waste time trying to make the audience members guess what her argument was or what her position on the issue of equality for women as human beings not objects and also for African American women as equals to Caucasian women. Despite her lack of good education, she managed to convey to people the struggle of an African American woman in the midst of the Caucasian woman’s fight for rights and