PQP 3 Green Speech 
Schemel 1
Alyssa Schemel!
Miss Reid !
English 11 AP!
20 February 2016!
PQP#3: Rhetorical Analysis- Green Speech Final Draft!
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When the Civil War was first starting, African Americans were not allowed to join
the Union army. Many African Americans also did not feel like they needed to join the fight. Alfred M. Green in April 1861, gave a speech stating that not only should African
Americans be invited to fight in the war, but that African Americans should be persistent and want to fight. Throughout Green’s speech he uses several rhetorical devices to help influence his audience to his point of view. !
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Green begins his speech by using pathos. Green wants to evoke emotions within
his audience, by making them realize how much they wish to serve their country. He does this by saying things like, “‘My county right or wrong, I love thee still’”(ll. 7,8).
Green wants all the African Americans in the crowd to want to join the war, but many of them did not care whether or not they fight because of their poor treatment. Even though the country treats African Americans poorly they still need to protect their home.
Green wants the audience to feel the need to protect their country, the country that they love. This way the listeners will join Green’s side and try and fight in the war. !
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Green then starts to incorporate historical references into his speech. “…the
immortal Washington of the Revolution of 1776, and by Jackson and others in the War of 1812…”(ll. 10-12). Green starts by stating heroic historical figures form Americas
Schemel 2 history. Washington and Jackson are both looked highly upon from Americans all over the country. People often feel patriotic by just hearing these names. Green says these names because he wants the audience to visualize themselves as war heroes like
Washington. “ It is true that our injuries in many respects are great; fugitive-slave laws,
Dred Scott decisions…”(ll. 16). Green then starts talking about the Dred Scott, who was
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Alyssa Schemel!
Miss Reid !
English 11 AP!
20 February 2016!
PQP#3: Rhetorical Analysis- Green Speech Final Draft!
!
When the Civil War was first starting, African Americans were not allowed to join
the Union army. Many African Americans also did not feel like they needed to join the fight. Alfred M. Green in April 1861, gave a speech stating that not only should African
Americans be invited to fight in the war, but that African Americans should be persistent and want to fight. Throughout Green’s speech he uses several rhetorical devices to help influence his audience to his point of view. !
!
Green begins his speech by using pathos. Green wants to evoke emotions within
his audience, by making them realize how much they wish to serve their country. He does this by saying things like, “‘My county right or wrong, I love thee still’”(ll. 7,8).
Green wants all the African Americans in the crowd to want to join the war, but many of them did not care whether or not they fight because of their poor treatment. Even though the country treats African Americans poorly they still need to protect their home.
Green wants the audience to feel the need to protect their country, the country that they love. This way the listeners will join Green’s side and try and fight in the war. !
!
Green then starts to incorporate historical references into his speech. “…the
immortal Washington of the Revolution of 1776, and by Jackson and others in the War of 1812…”(ll. 10-12). Green starts by stating heroic historical figures form Americas
Schemel 2 history. Washington and Jackson are both looked highly upon from Americans all over the country. People often feel patriotic by just hearing these names. Green says these names because he wants the audience to visualize themselves as war heroes like
Washington. “ It is true that our injuries in many respects are great; fugitive-slave laws,
Dred Scott decisions…”(ll. 16). Green then starts talking about the Dred Scott, who was
a