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Jorja Burke
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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. 2.
What is a speech What are literary
devices?

3. 4.
Erwin’s Literary devices
Speech and explanation
 01 WHAT IS A SPEECH?

A speech is the expression of or the ability to express

thoughts and feelings by articulate sounds. A speech
can also be defined as a human vocal communication
using language.
 02 WHAT ARE LITERARY DEVICES?

Literary devices are narrative techniques that add

texture, energy, and excitement to the narrative;
grip the reader's imagination; and convey
information
E.g. Alliteration, Allusion, Metaphor, Simile, Personification, etc.
 03 ERWIN’S SPEECH
Everything that you thought had meaning: every hope, dream, or moment of happiness. None
of it matters as you lie bleeding out on the battlefield. None of it changes what a speeding
rock does to a body, we all die. But does that mean our lives are meaningless? Does that mean
that there was no point in our being born? Would you say that of our slain comrades? What
about their lives? Were they meaningless?... They were not! Their memory serves as an
example to us all! The courageous fallen! The anguished fallen! Their lives have meaning
because we the living refuse to forget them! And as we ride to certain death, we trust our
successors to do the same for us! Because my soldiers do not buckle or yield when faced with
the cruelty of this world! My soldiers push forward! My soldiers scream out! My soldiers
RAGE!
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 LITERARY DEVICES PRESENT

Rhetorical question Allusion

“We all die. But does that mean our lives are
“The courageous fallen! the anguished fallen!”
meaningless?”

This line is an example of an allusion because here

This line is an example of a rhetorical question
he is alluding to the soldiers that have give their life
present in the speech. It is a question that is asked
for the cause.
but an answer isn’t expected. He didn’t expect nor
want anyone to answer while he was giving his
speech
 Imagery Hyperbole

“Everything that you thought had meaning: every “Because my soldiers do not buckle or yield when
hope, dream, or moment of happiness. None of it faced with the cruelty of this world! My soldiers push
matters as you lie bleeding out on the battlefield.” forward! My soldiers scream out! My soldiers RAGE!”

This is an example of imagery because he is painting This is an example of hyperbole because he is putting
a picture in his listener’s head. He is making them emphasis on the behavior of his soldiers. He is also
imagine the scenario he is talking about exaggerating their behavior.
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