HOMEWORK: Contemporary speech analysis

Choose one of the following:
Obama after Arizona shooting
video

Mubarak's speech about political change in Egypt
(I can't find a video, but if anyone does, please post)

Obama's state of the union 2011
video

Brown's state of the state address 2011
video

Jan Brewer on Arizona's AB1070 
(I can't find a video, but if anyone does, please post)


Bachman's response to State of the Union
video

When possible, I've given you both the text and video.  It's worth looking at both, since how one holds their body can do a lot to instill confidence in the viewer.

Read the speech and write an evaluation of the speech:
a) Start with an introduction in which you identify the speaker, the reason for the speech, the intended audience, any necessary context of background information, and the main idea of the speech, along with your opinion on the quality of the speech.
b) Then write several paragraphs, in which you support your overall opinion of the speech's quality, with claims about its ethos, pathos, and logos.  Paragraphs must include evidence. (Excellent paragraphs have 3 CDs, good ones have 2, mediocre ones have 1.... I mention this because in other homework assignments some people are getting a little lax on the evidence.)
c) Don't worry about a conclusion, just tie back to your overall opinion of the speech at the end of your final paragraph.

Notes:

• If there's another speech that you want to do, which was given within the last few months, just let me know.
• As you're evaluating the speech, it's likely that you will consider the issues of the speech, which we will discuss next class, however, for the write up, please focus on ethos, pathos, and logos.

I can't wait to talk about all of this next class!

And for those of you who asked, here is the complete text of Martin Luther King Jr's Letter From Birmingham Jail.