Henry V 'once more unto the breach'

Find and Highlight where these techniques are used:

• repetition
• inclusive language
• alliteration
• metaphor

2. Answer the following Questions (use quotes where applicable):

• What characteristics does King Henry say are best for men in times of PEACE?

Modesty, Stillness and humility

• What should men be like in war?

They should become a Tiger

• What does Henry say about the English and their ancestors?

That their blood is fet from fathers of war-proof

• What does he mean when he says 'Be copy now to men of grosser blood.'?

That the people they are fighting have gross blood compared to the English blood

• What is Henry saying you have to become in order to be successful in war?

follow their spirit upon this charge and they will become successful in war

KING HARRY:
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more,
Or close the wall up with our English dead.
In peace there's nothing so becomes a man
As modest stillness and humility,
But when the blast of war blows in our ears,
Then imitate the action of the tiger.
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood,
Disguise fair nature with hard-favoured rage.
Then lend the eye a terrible aspect,
Let pry through the portage of the head
Like the brass cannon, let the brow o'erwhelm it
As fearfully as doth a galled rock
O'erhang and jutty his confounded base,
Swilled with the wild and wasteful ocean.
Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide,
Hold hard the breath, and bend up every spirit
To his full height. On, your noblest English,
Whose blood is fet from fathers of war-proof,
Fathers that like so many Alexanders
Have in these parts from morn till even fought
And sheathed their swords for lack of argument.
Dishonour not your mothers; now attest
That those whom you called fathers did beget you.
Be copy now to men of grosser blood,
And teach them how to war. And you, good yeomen,
Whose limbs were made in England, show us here
The mettle of your pasture; let us swear
That you are worth your breeding- which I doubt not,
For there is none of you so mean and base
That hath not noble lustre in your eyes.
I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,
Straining upon the start. The game's afoot.
Follow your spirit, and upon this charge
Cry 'God for Harry, England, and Saint George!'
By William Shakespeare.

Othello (Act I sc iii) - Iago

Summary: In this section of the play, the villain Iago is motivating Rodrigo to act upon his feelings for Desdemona and even though she is committed to Othello ('the Moor'). Iago wants to take down Othello without actually doing it himself.

Highlight where the following persuasive techniques are used:

repetition

alliteration

extended metaphor

Answer the following questions using quotes where applicable:

• What extended metaphor is used in this speech? Is this metaphor positive or negative towards women? Explain. The extended metaphor is used in the speech is the repeated stating to be "drowned" or "put money in thy purse" have negative connotations suggesting 

• How does the metaphor related to Rodrigo becoming more proactive in his pursuit of Desdemona? As the speech goes on emphasis is placed on the other man Othello describing him as being "an erring barbarian" and how he is not suitable for Desdemona.

• How does Iago characterise Othello ('the moor')? Lago characterizes Othello as being "an erring barbarian" giving him negative connotations through the use of describing him as being a "barbarian"

• How does Iago describe Rodrigo being passive? What will he do to himself if he doesn't act? Lago describes Rodrigo as to be drowning himself and destroying himself and others if he does not act upon his feelings "drown thyself! Drown cats and blind puppies"..

IAGO

It is merely a lust of the blood and a permission of
the will. Come, be a man. Drown thyself! drown
cats and blind puppies. I have professed me thy
friend and I confess me knit to thy deserving with
cables of perdurable toughness; I could never
better stead thee than now. Put money in thy
purse; follow thou the wars; defeat thy favour with
an usurped beard; I say, put money in thy purse. It
cannot be that Desdemona should long continue her
love to the Moor,-- put money in thy purse,--nor he
his to her: it was a violent commencement, and thou
shalt see an answerable sequestration:--put but
money in thy purse. These Moors are changeable in
their wills: fill thy purse with money:--the food
that to him now is as luscious as locusts, shall be
to him shortly as bitter as coloquintida. She must
change for youth: when she is sated with his body,
she will find the error of her choice: she must
have change, she must: therefore put money in thy
purse. If thou wilt needs damn thyself, do it a
more delicate way than drowning. Make all the money
thou canst: if sanctimony and a frail vow betwixt
an erring barbarian and a supersubtle Venetian not
too hard for my wits and all the tribe of hell, thou
shalt enjoy her; therefore make money. A pox of
drowning thyself! it is clean out of the way: seek
thou rather to be hanged in compassing thy joy than
to be drowned and go without her.

The Merchant of Venice: Act IV sc i - Portia

Summary: In this scene Portia is pleading to Shylock for the life of Antonio. Antonio is responsible for the debt that Bassanio owes Shylock. Bassanio is Portia's partner and needed money to be with Portia. When Bassanio borrowed the money the punishment for failure to pay back the money on time was 'a pound of flesh' which would cause certain death. Bassanio didn't pay the debt back in time and now Shylock wants his 'pound of flesh' from Antonio. Portia is trying to get Shylock to change his mind and see the virtue of being merciful.


Find and highlight these techniques in the speech:
metaphor
alliteration
repetition

Answer the following questions using quotes where applicable:
How does Portia describe mercy? It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven

How important and powerful is it? it is the mightiest
What can one achieve through mercy? Mercy seasons justice
How is religion part of this speech? (You need to do some thinking on this one.) it talks about jews and how mercy seasons justice


PORTIA
VERSE VS PROSE
POETRY            CLASS (LOWER)

[The quality of mercy is not strain'd,]                     =EASY
[It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven]         (SIMILIE)
[Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest;]           MERCY = GOD
[It blesseth him that gives and him that takes:]    PARALLEL STRUCTURE 
'[Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes]          
[The throned monarch better than his crown;]
His sceptre shows the force of temporal power,          TEMPARY
The attribute to awe and majesty,
Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings;
But mercy is above this sceptred sway;                     LREPEATED 
It is enthroned in the hearts of kings,It is an attribute to God himself;              THEME
And earthly power doth then show likest God's
When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew,                        METAPHOR        SYBOLISM
Though justice be thy plea, consider this,
That, in the course of justice, none of us 
Should see salvation: we do pray for mercy;
And that same prayer doth teach us all to render
The deeds of mercy. I have spoke thus much
To mitigate the justice of thy plea;                                                        METAPHOR
Which if thou follow, this strict court of Venice
Must needs give sentence 'gainst the merchant there.

Fashion Week Speech

Good morning ladies and gentleman.

The fashion festival should not be taking place. All of you would have heard about the floods in Queensland and just recently the cyclone Yasi that hit north Queensland and let us not forget New Zealand who got shaken up by the earthquake in Christchurch not only once but twice in six months. 

The festival should not be taking place because of the devastating disasters in both Queensland and in New Zealand. these festivals are expensive in many ways for the venue, the stage, lighting, seats, clothes. instead of this money being wasted on all their unnecessary things at this time of harsh devastation it should be getting donated to Queensland and New Zealand in the areas that need it the most and it will help people to help rebuild there houses, offices and there cities. 

I release we have been helping out in many ways by donating money, calling loved ones, some people even going over to New Zealand to help and the army is helping as well. but this will help even more. So show that Aussie spirit and help out in any way you can and dont waste your time for the fashion week.

Draft 2

Donate Your Organs

Everyone knows that one day you will die but most people do not know when. Imagine if you did know you were going to die and all you need was a single kidney but you were put onto a waiting list with 105 000 other people around the world. There also over 2000 people already on the Australian organ donation waiting list as we speak. But all that could all change if just one person had donated organs that could save your life. So in this speech I am going to convince you that donating your organs is excellent thing to do.

Since 1965 over 30 000 people have been saved and are now living healthy lives because of organ donations and it has also dramatically improved survival rates of humans.

Don't you want to save lives? And it’s as simple as just signing a letter and you can save up to 8 people from death or help up to 70 live a more healthy and happy life from you donation.

18 people die per day while waiting for an organ that would suit their body, if everyone donated their organs there would be no waiting list and many thousands of lives would be saved every year.

Now I am going to tell you a story about a 2 and a half year old boy named tom who died in a car accident by a drunk driver in 2003. After the accident the mother was asked if she would allow her sons organs to be donated and she accepted, Because of her actions there are now two young boys’ alive and living healthy lives. Wouldn’t you be happy if you were tom, and you were in that car accident, knowing that you had saved two other boys life?

Another amazing example of how donation can help other people lives dramatically is in 2008 when 1096 people donated their corneas and as a result 1096 people later that year had restored vision

The reason why you should sign to donate your organs when you are young is because only one per cent of deaths occur under the circumstances that allow you to be a donor. The person is also considered to be a good donor if they have a good medical history and their age is also considered, because their organs may not have fully developed.

If you are on the waiting list it does not work like first come, first served, the organs are chosen by blood type, size and tissue match which can be a very long and nervous wait for patients who have a rare blood type. That’s why some people can be on the waiting list for up to 10 years.

Another reason why people do not donate their organs is because they think that it will cost too much, but in fact it doesn't cost anything at all to donate your organ’s which is why I also think that advertising organ donation is a necessary part of increasing organ donation numbers.

As a conclusion I think that it would be a very wise of you to think about what I have said today and to think about donating your organs to save other people’s lives.

Speech Reflection

The reason why I chose to do my speech on organ donation was because I think that not enough people are aware about the facts about on organ donation and how it can help other people’s lives dramatically. In my speech I wanted to make my audience aware about some of the facts about organ donation, how simple it is to do and how it can save the lives of other.  I think that I have done quite well on informing my audience about those three things in my speech and I hope that my audience is now more aware about organ donation.

Some examples of persuasive techniques that I used was using rhetorical question in the third paragraph e.g. “Don't you want to save lives? And it’s as simple as…” Another technique that I have used in this speech was using facts about organ donation “Since 1965 over 30 000 people have been saved”,  “save up to 8 people from death or help up to 70 live a more healthy and happy life from you donation. 18 people die per day while waiting for an organ that would suit their body”.

In my speech I am going to deliver my speech using a very loud voice to capture the attention of my classmates and I have also used a lot of high modality in my speech so hopefully that will also help me capture the attention of my audience as well. And in the intro I talk about some of the facts like “105 000 people on the organ donation waiting list around the world.” Hopefully that will also help me capture the attention of my audience and make people feel like they should also donate their organs to people in need when they pass away. Those are the ways I hope to capture the attention of my audience during my speech.

Reviewing Angus Engelen's speech

1) Angus Engelen
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• Yes the introduction got my attention because he made me think about life and how it is so short and can end at any time
• NO draft at school
• NO draft at school
• NO draft at school 

Draft for speech (cannot complete because of using one hand +CAS)

Everyone knows that one day you will die but most people do not know when. Imagine if you did know you were going to die and all you need was a single kidney but you were put onto a waiting list with 105 000 other people around the world. But that could all change if just one person had donated organs that could save you life. I believe that it should be made the law to donate your organs after you pass away.

Don't you want to save lives? and its as simple as just signing a letter and you can save up to 8 people from your donation

18 people die per day while waiting for an organ that would suit their body, if everyone donated their organs there would be no waiting list and many thousands of lives would be saved every year.