By: Sir James Jeans
Sir James Jeans delivered a very impressive, informative speech at the Cambridge University Press on the question why is the sky blue? This speech was solely presented to inform the students at the university on the sequence of events that occurs between the earth and the sun that gives the sky its color. The speaker conveyed this message with his speech based around the concept that the sky is made blue by the light waves. Through his speech he employed an array of organizational strategies; three of them are Cause and effect, compare and contrast and examples. There were also language techniques such as simple vocabulary, long and short sentences and literary devices.
The speaker appealed to the listeners real life experience of the movement that occurs on the pier, regarding the actions between the columns and the waves in the first paragraph and compared it to the actions between the sunlight rays and the earth’s atmosphere. This technique was effectively employed as it depicted a clear picture of the processes that is occurring therefore they gain a comprehensive grasp of what is said.
In order to portray a sequence of logical reasoning to the listeners, the speaker uses cause and effect to gain a level of credibility from the listeners and eliminate any lingering sense of uncertainty. This strategy is employed in line 28 – 29, which serves it purpose as the listener thereby is able to follow through on his entire concept without flaws.
To convey the information in the intended manner the writer interchanged the length of his sentences. In line 14 the speaker used a short sentence to retain the listeners’ attention when they beginning to feel bored of the convoluted sentences. Subsequently in line 15-17 the speaker used another long sentence to thoroughly inform the students and give a vivid description of the listeners.
Literary devices were employed variously throughout the passage. It was