Tony Blair London Bombing Speech KEY

Tony Blair – London Bombing Speech KEY

Use the following chart to determine the correct Literary Term being used in the assigned speech.

Terms:

Anaphora Alliteration Assonance

Asyndeton Antithesis Logos

Metaphor Parallelism Repetition

Rhetorical Question Tricolon

Staccato Sent.

1 / Anaphora & Tricolon
2 / Anaphora & Tricolon
3 / Anaphora & Tricolon
4 / Tricolon
5 / Antithesis
6 / Anaphora
7 / Antithesis & Tricolon
8 / Logos
9 / Anaphora
10 / Assonance
11 / Staccato Sent.
12 / Alliteration
13 / Tricolon
14 / Parallelism
15 / Metaphor
16 / Anaphora
17 / Asyndeton
18 / Anaphora
19 / Antithesis
20 / Anaphora & Parallelism
21 / Alliteration
22 / Anaphora & Parallelism
23 / Rhetorical Questions
24 / Metaphor
25 / Repetition
26 / Antithesis
27 / Anaphora, Tricolon & Parallelism
28 / Alliteration
29 / Antithesis

______/20 pts. PART 1: Explain in great detail the Function & Effect of each device listed below from the speech.

Item # / Literary Device / Function & Effect
#1 / ANAPHORA & TRICOLON / Blair is emphasizing that the attacks were not just something that happened or were random, but instead were thought out. He uses the structure of “It was not” 3 times to make the British people understand the danger and fear even he is feeling after the attack.
#7 / ANTITHESIS & TRICOLON / As in #1 Blair is using a set of 3 opposites to show how cruel and barbaric the terrorists are. He wants the citizens to understand how it is a battle not just of methods, acts, and actions but a battle of views, ideas, and thoughts that are much harder to change and fight because they cannot be seen.
#8 / LOGOS / The facts of this line include 12 years and 26 countries attacked. Blair wants the citizens to understand that they are not being singled out, they are not the only ones to face terrorism. Citizens need to see that the attacks did not just start recently, but have been going on for many years in response to the differences in views, ideas, and thoughts.
#13 / TRICOLON / Blair wants the citizens to understand how women are treated in the countries instigating the acts of terror. He uses the 3 examples of girls not being allowed to go to school, women denied basic rights and living in poverty and oppression. But the terrorist says this is justified due to religious teachings. And with networks in almost every country, their ideas could radically change that country’s system of belief.
#15 / METAPHOR / The roots Blair references are the ideologies and teachings that the Islamic & Muslim extremist’s believe. And these roots are growing in other countries and disrupting the balance of peace, teaching hatred of the Western ways of life. Blair could be stating that the “roots” of these weeds must be pulled out before they contaminate the entire garden.
#22 / ANAPHORA & PARALLELISM / Blair is using the rule of 3 examples yet again to prove the validity of his argument. He is trying to show how the citizens may be rationalizing why such acts of terror keep happening, yet the opposite seems to happen each time. This further proves that rationalization will not work in this situation.
#23 / RHETORICAL QUESTION / Blair asks each of these questions in paragraphs 15-17 not for an answer, but to guide the English people to see that rationalizing terrorist actions with blame is pointless. The terrorists turn on that which seems to motivate them, drive them, and cause indifference. How can these actions be justified? How can they be explained?
#24 / METAPHOR / The same metaphor is used and expanded here as was used in #15. The examples and questions Blair uses helps further show that these ideologies and views are weeds, choking out the need for tolerance, peace, and freedom in the “garden”.
#25 / REPETITION / Blair emphasizes “we” in this paragraph to show how it is now time for Britain to stand up and be the ones who will lead and help the world “pull the weeds” that keep leading to just gruesome attacks. They are the people who must stand up and say what they have been trying isn’t working through the UN or NATO and eliminate the propaganda the terrorists promote.
#29 / ANTITHESIS / Here Blair reemphasizes the need to work together as a “we”. If someone is moderate is usually means they will not act against a threat, but this weakness must turn to strength.

______/ 26 points PART 2: Please answer the following questions in terms of the attached speech. You must also provide textual evidence for your answers.

Questions / Textual Evidence & Explanation
1. What is the Occasion of this speech? / July 7, 2005 – after a London bombing that killed 50 citizens in the Underground trains
2. Who is the Audience for this speech? / The citizens of England – those watching/listening/ or reading Blair’s speech
3. What is the Purpose of the speech? / Inform the citizens of why such attacks keep happening. Persuade them to work as a team to combat terrorism
4. What is the Subject of the speech? / To rally the citizens to stand as a united front against terrorism and understand the ideology of why such attacks occur and not to blame a religion, but an extremist sect that uses propaganda techniques to promote their warped message of Western hatred.
5. What is the Tone of the speech? / Frustrated, Fed-up, Determined, Angry
6. Find and discuss an example of Pathos. / “…demand the elimination of Israel…” “…denied rudimentary rights…” “…almost devilish logic…” “…manipulation…”
7. Find and discuss an example of Ethos. / Believe Blair b/c he is the Prime Minister of England. Morally there is an obligation to protect and fight for the people who are oppressed by the extremists.
8. Find and discuss Blair’s Thesis. / Paragraph 2 – “What we are confronting here is an evil ideology.”
9. Find and discuss an example of Refutation. / Paragraph 9 – “Those who kill in it’s name believe genuinely that in doing it, they do God’s work; they go to paradise…”
10. Find and discuss an example of the Call To Action. / Paragraphs 18, 19 – “We must…we must…we should…”
11. Identify a place where Blair uses the Pattern of Definition of why the incident happened and discuss why he uses it here. / Paragraph 2, 13 – Blair is defining the “evil ideology” that England and the rest of the world is facing with such acts of terrorism.
12. Identify a place where Blair uses the Pattern of Exemplification and discuss why he uses it here. / Paragraphs 4, 5, 6, 7, 10 – Blair gives solid examples as to why their views, actions, and ideas are flawed.
13. Identify a p lace where Blair uses the Pattern of Compare & Contrast and discuss why he uses it here.
/ Paragraphs 15, 16, 17 – to compare what the terrorists say they believe but go against what they said. Their actions counter their ideology.