LANGUAGE FEATURES OF A

SPEECH

EMOTIVE LANGUAGE• Emotive language is words that stimulate a

feeling in the audience. These are sometimes called ‘loaded’ words as they contain a message that is subtly telling the listener what to think or believe. An example is ‘the Negro is still languished in the corners of American Society and finds himself an exile in his own land.

• The effect of this is to create empathy and makes the audience feel the emotions

FIRST PERSON• First person gives more personal feeling to the

audience, speaks directly to you making you feel personally involved in what is happening in the issue. Such as I, me, my, we, us, our

• An example is ‘we stand today’, ‘we cannot walk alone’, ‘ I have a dream’.

REPETITION

• Repetition is when a word/phrase is repeated. For example ‘I have a dream, I have a dream…’

• The effect of this is to emphasise an idea and allows the audience to have a better understanding allowing the message not to be forgotten.

POETIC DEVICES

• Poetic devices such as simile and metaphor are used in speeches

• They are used to compare things with one to another letting the audience have a image on their mind.

• An example is ‘This momentous decree came as a great beacon of light’.