Keating speech notes
Annotation of techniques
Para 1: Inclusive language. Emphatic diction – “never”
Para 2: Repetition Emphatic diction
Para 3: Repetition Statistics
Para 4: Inclusive language. Metonymy
Para 5: Simile. Dramatic language
Para 6: Dramatic pause, using conjunction
Para 7: Emotive language. Contrast. Cliché
Para 8: Dramatic pause using conjunction. Paradox
Para 9: Juxtapositions of antithetical opposites (eg. war/peace, soldier/civilian). Universal language
Para 10: Juxtapositions of antithetical opposites.
Para 11: Paradox
Para 13-14: Religious connotations
Inclusive language- creates a link between the speaker, audience and unknown soldier
Success In unifying the e country and establishing the unknown soldier as the ‘true heart of the nation’‘he is one of us’-made the public realised that we share the qualities of ‘mateship’ ‘courage’ ‘resilience’
Repetition ‘We do not know’ repeated to emphasise the anonymity of unknown soldier to illustrate the many possibilities of who he left behind, where he was from and his marital status
Contrast of individuality and anonymity- emotive effect ct on the impact of war on individual and national level.
Audience takes time to realise the immense costs of war- communicates the idea that peace is one of the most valued human commodities and should be pursued more readily than war.
Keating develops unity and a national spirit through repetition of ‘Australia, Unknown Soldier’- draws a connection between the two.
Colloquial language- makes speech more accessible to the public and helps establish a firm connection between the speaker and his audience.
‘stick together’
‘have bonds of matehsip’
Contrasts images to appeal to the widest possible audience and allow them to empathise with the unknown soldier
Contrast of binary opposites between the ‘city or the bush’, ‘married or single’- establishes link between soldier and widest possible portion of population ‘his tomb Is a reminder of what we have
Para 1: Inclusive language. Emphatic diction – “never”
Para 2: Repetition Emphatic diction
Para 3: Repetition Statistics
Para 4: Inclusive language. Metonymy
Para 5: Simile. Dramatic language
Para 6: Dramatic pause, using conjunction
Para 7: Emotive language. Contrast. Cliché
Para 8: Dramatic pause using conjunction. Paradox
Para 9: Juxtapositions of antithetical opposites (eg. war/peace, soldier/civilian). Universal language
Para 10: Juxtapositions of antithetical opposites.
Para 11: Paradox
Para 13-14: Religious connotations
Inclusive language- creates a link between the speaker, audience and unknown soldier
Success In unifying the e country and establishing the unknown soldier as the ‘true heart of the nation’‘he is one of us’-made the public realised that we share the qualities of ‘mateship’ ‘courage’ ‘resilience’
Repetition ‘We do not know’ repeated to emphasise the anonymity of unknown soldier to illustrate the many possibilities of who he left behind, where he was from and his marital status
Contrast of individuality and anonymity- emotive effect ct on the impact of war on individual and national level.
Audience takes time to realise the immense costs of war- communicates the idea that peace is one of the most valued human commodities and should be pursued more readily than war.
Keating develops unity and a national spirit through repetition of ‘Australia, Unknown Soldier’- draws a connection between the two.
Colloquial language- makes speech more accessible to the public and helps establish a firm connection between the speaker and his audience.
‘stick together’
‘have bonds of matehsip’
Contrasts images to appeal to the widest possible audience and allow them to empathise with the unknown soldier
Contrast of binary opposites between the ‘city or the bush’, ‘married or single’- establishes link between soldier and widest possible portion of population ‘his tomb Is a reminder of what we have