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[royaaran]

i have an english essessement on friday and i have to pick 2 speeches and pretty much wirte about how time doesnt change the context of those speeches and how they still hold meaning. Problem is...as usual...techniques:S My teacher just keeps giving us background info and no techniques. If anyone can start me off or give me a site, it would really help!


thanks

 

[Mountain.Dew]

i have an english essessement on friday and i have to pick 2 speeches and pretty much wirte about how time doesnt change the context of those speeches and how they still hold meaning. Problem is...as usual...techniques:S My teacher just keeps giving us background info and no techniques. If anyone can start me off or give me a site, it would really help!

thanks

here are my suggestions:
1) go to your teacher and/or other english teachers and ask them YOURSELF, and/or
2) have a look at these sites:

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/rhetoricaldevicesinsound.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetoric - gotta love wikipedia!
http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/silva.htm
http://www.uky.edu/AS/Classics/rhetoric.html

and/or

3) PM me.