ANALYTICAL RESPONSE - The Australian Year 12 Analytical Response: Great Public Speakers.

Throughout history there have been many great public speakers and speeches. I have chosen to analyse Martin Luther King Junior's "I have a dream" speech, Mark Anthony's eulogy for Julius Caesar from the play "Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare and Sir Winston Churchill's "On the beaches" speech, given in the House of Commons on June 4, 1940. I will be analysing the techniques employed by these three men to convey their messages in these three speeches. Martin …

…to paint a more vivid image for the audience. If the appropriate techniques are used an audience can be persuaded and moved by what has been said. It is vital to be able to relate to your audience and make them feel that you belong with them or really know them. The choice of language and techniques used in a speech must be carefully chosen to suit the particular occasion or purpose of the speech.