Tawakkol Karman Nobel Lecture
Speech Analysis Essay Structure – Excerpted from Read, Write & Think
I. INTRODUCTION
A. “Mankind’s feeling of responsibility to create a decent life and make it worth living with dignity has always been stronger than the will to kill life.”
B. This was not only a personal triumph of winning a prize, but also the recognize of Yemen’s sacrifices while still living in perilous territory.
C. In Tawakkol Karman’s Nobel Lecture, she conditions Arabs to reconcile with one another to benefit themselves and the world around them even though war and tranny prevails.
II. PURPOSE AND AUDIENCE- Cite 1-2 outside sources for this historical information. (past tense)
A. Tawakkol Karman is the speaker.
B. She delivered this message in Oslo, Norway.
C. The speech given in December of 2011.
D. She delivered this message dignitaries, and Nobel Prize Committee. This was also a call to action communication to the Arab youth and revolutionaries.
E. Her main goal is to call others to action in obtaining peace and freedom from ongoing warring conflicts, and tranny Arabic leaders.
III. CONTENT AND TONE – Cite examples from the speech. (present tense)
A. Arab women, and women worldwide aspiring to freedom and dignity. We still have a great deal of work to accomplish to realize Alfred Nobel’s dream where peaces conquers, and war disappears. We must call for a new world in where we value acceptance, freedom, and justice to the upmost importance. Fear and oppression should be cast out in this new world.
B. Tawakkol is Appreciative and triumphant, but still urges that there is a journey to get to world peace.
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D. She presents her as someone worth listening and respecting by using Rhetoric devices such as Ethos, drawing examples from history and citing Martin Luther King Jr.’s Speech. She reminds us of him talking on peace when he stated, “The Art of Living in Harmony.” She circumstances instances from the Torah, Bible, and Koran where the all prophesized on the Arabic region being peaceful.
IV. STRUCTURE- Cite examples from the speech. (present tense)
A. This speech starts off with Gratitude, then Context and backstory to her work, then give her Goals for the future and her Call to Action.
B. There is a great number of lists and examples, so she uses several complex sentences.
C. I seen a several examples of imagery while reading. This also gives emotional appeal. “Not tens, but hundreds of these women have fallen as martyrs or been wounded for the sake of the victory of the revolution.”
D. The vocabulary draws you in. It gives you the sense of hope and positivity for change. It also paints a picture of why this is a need for us all, but moreover Arabic youth.
E. She gives a very attentive, urgent, persistent message. She keeps stating “Ladies and Gentlemen,” to Grab their attention and give a call to action.
V. CRITICAL REVIEWS- Cite 1-2 outside sources. (past tense)
A. Comment have been great of the speech itself most comment come from track record with the Muslim Brotherhood, and her dealings with Saudi Arabia.
B. No negative criticism.
VI. CONCLUSION
A. Reword thesis statement
B. Summarize key points
C. Discuss the legacy of this speech