What stylistic devices can a speaker use to create cadence? Give an example of each
What will be an ideal response?
Speakers can use repetition, parallelism, antithesis, and alliteration to create cadence. An example of repetition is Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speechwhere he repeats the key phrase "I have a dream." An example of parallelism is the following excerpt from one of Barack Obama's speeches, "We are enriched by faith. We are governed not simply by men and women, but by laws. We are fueled by entrepreneurship and innovation. And we are defined by a democratic discourse." An example of antithesis is the following excerpt from Franklin Roosevelt's inaugural address, "Our true destiny is not to be ministered unto but to minister to ourselves and to our fellow men." An example of an alliterative phrase which was used in one of Winston Churchill's speeches is "virility, valour, and civic virtue."
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