Henry V 'once more unto the breach'

1. 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?

They must be modest, still and have humility

• What should men be like in war?

They must be tough, mean, fearless and strong.

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

That the English where great warriors.

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

Try to be as the enemy is. He is also saying that they are superior

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

You need to be loyal to England and stronger, or smarter, than your opponents.

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, on, you 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 swearThat 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.

Put money in thy purse. It is negative towards woman as it says that they are objects, that they are like money you can put in your wallet

• How does the metaphor related to Rodrigo becoming more proactive in his pursuit of Desdemona?

It's telling him to go get the girl, not just sit there and sulk but try hard to get what he wants

• How does Othello characterise Othello ('the moor')?

Weak minded, as if if you whisper something in his ear he will easily change his mind and that he could be bought off.

• How does Iago describe Rodrigo being passive? What will he do to himself if he doesn't act?

He won't fight for his love, he just folds over and this makes him passive. He will kill himself if he doesn't act.

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? How important and powerful is it?
She describes mercy as rain from heaven, blessed, mighty, the sceptre above all and is an attribute of god himself.
What can one achieve through mercy?
Through mercy one can achieve salvation.How is religion part of this speech? (You need to do some thinking on this one.)
Religion is part of this speech because besides being about mercy it is also about god. It is saying that god is mercy and if you do as god has done (be merciful) you shall achieve salvation.

PORTIA

The quality of mercy is not strain'd,
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest;
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes:
'Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes
The throned monarch better than his crown;
His sceptre shows the force of temporal power,
The attribute to awe and majesty,
Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings;
But mercy is above this sceptred sway;
It is enthroned in the hearts of kings,
It is an attribute to God himself;
And earthly power doth then show likest God's
When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew,
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;
Which if thou follow, this strict court of Venice
Must needs give sentence 'gainst the merchant there.

Speaking Assessment task draft

                    Fellow classmates. I believe that equality is no more than a myth, and I'm here to prove this to you.

                    People always say that the world is equal, but this is not so. Go for a ten minute walk in the city and it is likely that you shall see someone who is without a home. Where is the equality in that? What separates them from the rest of us? If equality truly exists, then why are there so many without jobs, without homes, and without families.

                    Also consider the ranks. In a company, some people control the company, and others are made to do the work. Also, in the army there are captains, lieutenants and recruits. Why are there these differences in the workplace and armies? They should not exist! How can we be equal when there are such differences in our society.

                    In conclusion, although equality is great, it is merely a dream that we have not reached at the present time.

Speaking Assessment task

Nature of Task:

Persuasive texts are designed to position a point of view.

Texts that successfully persuade are usually highly emotive (conveys an emotion) and effectively balance opinions with facts (research).

Persuasive texts can make sweeping generalisations (uninformed conclusions - be weary of these), rely on stereotypes and hyperbole and yet still seem credible (reliable information).

This is because a combination of objective (fact) and subjective (opinion) information is usually used to persuade.

Careful use of repetition and high modality words (pesuasion techniques) can emphatically convey the composer’s purpose (subjective) if it is counterbalanced with the use of statistics, expert evidence and product/idea endorsement from authoritative sources (objective - fact).

Moreover, effective incorporation of anecdotes (small persona story), analogies (comparing two examples) and inclusive language (techniques) can personalise the message and help connect the composer and their text with its audience.

Are zoos still relevant for animal preservation?

I believe that zoos are still relevant when it comes to the preservation of animals. people think that zoos are just there so we can watch animals, but they actually are their to try to put creatures in there natural habitats, while there original ones are being destroyed. So these are some of the reasons why zoos are still relevant.

Equality: Reality or Ideal?

I do not believe that their is true equality. If there is, then why are people living in the streets, why are there wars and how come people are still fighting to get rights. even now, after all these years of saying people are equal there are people in countries, all over the world, that are suffering from lack of food and medicine.

Primary School children should be banned from Chatrooms.

I believe that children should be banned from chat-rooms. Children wouldn't really know how to use it and would add anyone who asks. Although it can allow them to make new friends, they can become 'friends' with people that would do bad things to them and it would but them at risk. This is why I believe that children shouldn't be aloud on chat-rooms.

Martin Luther King Jr - 'I have a dream.'

Martin Luther King Jr - I have a dream

I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.

But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languished in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. And so we've come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.

In a sense we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the "unalienable Rights" of "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note, insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds."

But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. And so, we've come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice.

We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of Now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children.

It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning. And those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. And there will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.

But there is something that I must say to my people, who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice: In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again, we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.

The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny. And they have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom.

We cannot walk alone.

And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead.

We cannot turn back.

There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?" We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality. We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities. We cannot be satisfied as long as the negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one. We can never be satisfied as long as our children are stripped of their self-hood and robbed of their dignity by signs stating: "For Whites Only." We cannot be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote. No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until "justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream."¹

I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells. And some of you have come from areas where your quest -- quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive. Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed.

Let us not wallow in the valley of despair, I say to you today, my friends.

And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

I have a dream today!

I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of "interposition" and "nullification" -- one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.

I have a dream today!

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; "and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together."²

This is our hope, and this is the faith that I go back to the South with.

With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith, we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.

And this will be the day -- this will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with new meaning:

My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing.

Land where my fathers died, land of the Pilgrim's pride,

From every mountainside, let freedom ring!

And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true.

And so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.

Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York.

Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania.

Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado.

Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California.

But not only that:

Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia.

Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee.

Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi.

From every mountainside, let freedom ring.

And when this happens, when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual:

                Free at last! Free at last!

                Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!³

1. Summarize the thesis of the speech in one sentence.
The thesis is to get the government to allow Negros to have equal rights to white people
2. Mode of Persuasion? (it is ok to have more than one) Give examples to support your answer/answers.
Starts off using Logos, then he uses Pathos, and he then uses Ethos and finally goes back to Pathos so he uses all 3.
3. Major techniques (highlight all examples)
He also uses repetition, metaphors, similes, inclusive language and pauses to give them time to respond
4. What is the historical context of this speech?
He uses quotes from Abraham Lincoln.
5. Do you feel that this is an effective speech? (answer in a paragraph)
I think that this is an effective speech because he says it's the beginning of two races joining together,instead of the end and it's mainly about non-violence and he also gets the people involved.

New York fashion week and christchurch

1. Sydney will have a fashion week coming up in May. Do you think that festivals like these still have a place considering all of the devastation in the region (Queensland + NZ)? Answer in an a persuasive speech that should take about 2 min to deliver - finish for HW
I do not believe that having a fashion festival is appropriate with all the devastation that has been caused by the Christchurch earthquake, in New Zealand, and Cyclone Yasi, in Queensland. Honestly, what is the point of having it now? Is it to raise spirits? If so then forget it! People have lost their loved ones and much more, I doubt something like a fashion show will do anything to help them. If this is not the reason, then what other motivation could there possibly be? I say that they should postpone fashion week, until the people of Christchurch and Queensland have recovered from their devastating loses. There is only one reason they should continue, and it is possible they won't even do this, is if they send all the money to christchurch and queensland to repair the damage. So for these reasons I believe that should not continue with this event.