I. Text Structure
1. Reread the text and complete the outline
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Who was the audience?
to 1the families of the victims
to 2 Oklahoma people
to 3all American present
Introduction
Who does the speaker represent 4 the American people.
represent?
as 5 parents
as 6husband and wife
as 7your neighbors.
Join in grief=empathy
8mourn with you;
9 share your hope;
10 thank all those helpers;
Body
do all we can to help you heal the injured,
to rebuild this city, and to bring to
injustice those who did this evil.
Memorize the victims
innocent children of American family;
citizens;
Civil servants;
neighbors and friends.
Shift the focus from those must not allow yourself
who have sacrificed onto must not 18;
those who are alive
must not 19;
must 20;
must 21.
Spirit of Oklahoma people
kind-hearted and selfless
have capacity for love, care and courage.
Out duty
stand against the dark forces (fear,
hatred, and violence); honor life;
overcome evil with good.
In memory of the children of should all 29 plant a tree.
Conclusion
Oklahoma
Heal the wounds
Wounds take time to heal. But we must
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begin.
II. Rhetorical Analysis
1. Symploce is a figure of speech in which repetition of a word or phrase at the
beginning and another is used at the end of successive clauses.
E.g.: If anybody thinks that Americans are mostly mean and selfish, they ought to come to
Oklahoma. If anybody thinks Americans have lost the capacity for love and caring and courage,
they ought to come to Oklahoma."
2. Parallelism is a form of repetition in which similar grammatical patterns are
repeated to create rhythm and evoke emotions. With repetition of parallel words
and phrases, Clinton carries his message with engaging, memorable rhythm.
The repetition and parallelism can make the words and ideas linger in a
listener's memory
E.g.: You saw them at church or the PTA meetings, at the civic clubs, at the ball park. You know
them in ways that all the rest of America could not.
3.Allusion is a reference to a famous person, place, event, or literary work. A
literary allusion usually puts the alluded text in a new context under which it
assumes new meanings and denotations.
E.g.: Those who trouble their own house will inherit the wind.
Bible—he who troubles his own house will inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise
of heart.
4.Anology draws a point-to-point comparison between two things in order to
1.show a similarity in some respect. Often, writers use analogies 2.in nonfiction
to explain unfamiliar subjects or ideas in terms of familiar ones.
E.g.: My fellow Americans, a tree takes a long time to grow, and wounds take a long time to heal.
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