Just words (heading) par MB
INTRODUCTION
A/ FAMOUS SPEAKERS AND SPEECHES
Who said these words?
Who? When? In which context?
🏡HOMEwork
Research the five “influential speakers” and complete your sheet with the information you find.
B/ NORMAN ROCKWELL’S FREEDOMS
C/ COMPRÉHENSION ORALE
1- “JUST WORDS” by B. Obama (audio)
How does Barack Obama defend the idea that words have the power to inspire change?
PART 1 – JUST A SPEECH?
How do great speakers use language to inspire and move people to action?
1- “REBELLION!” (text)
How does Old Major use words to convince the animals to rebel?
EXPRESSION
The animals ask questions to Old Major.
- What is your plan to rebel? / Do you have a plan to rebel against Mr. Jones?
- How long do you think we need to become free? How long will it take?
- Why should we trust you? / Why should we believe you? How can we be sure that you will not betray us?
- How can we be sure that we will not be killed by humans?
- When do you want to take action?
- What will happen after the rebellion?
- How can you know so much about humans?
- We have food and shelter, why should we rebel?
- How can we overthrow someone who has weapons?
- Why are our lives so miserable?
- How can we be sure that animals will not become like humans?
- Should we continue working after the revolt? For whom?
- Are all humans our enemies or only some of them?
- If we get rid of man, who will be the leader?
- After the rebellion, who will lead the farm?
- Can you guarantee that we will not be exploited again?
- How can we make sure that freedom will last after the rebellion?
2- GREAT DEBATERS” (video)
How does eloquence become a source of power for the speaker?
g Question 2
a) She uses repetitions, anaphors, and rhetorical questions and metaphors to emphasise her point and make her words memorable.
The metaphor “The Negro people are not just a colour in the American fabric, they are the thread that holds it together”: it adds emotion and grasps the audience’s attention.
b) “wrong” → pathos (emotions + morals)
“absurd” → logos (facts + sensibility)
-PATHOS / When she mentions injustice / (in)equality → she appeals to her audience’s moral conscience and tries to stir emotions like compassion or anger at injustice.
-ETHOS: as a young black woman, a victim of discrimination herself, she is not speaking abstractEDly, she is speaking from experience.
-LOGOS: “legal and historical record” + naming notorious black people and dates) : this appeals to reason because they are evidence*-based arguments = FACTS.
*preuve
3/ a/ The music = the music intensifies as the girl gains confidence.
The camera shots emphasise the shift of power: the camera starts on her feet, then up to her face : it shows that the girl’s confidence is increasing.
b/ AT THE BEGINNING, she wasn’t confident at all (she hesitated, she spoke in a low quivering voice, and she stammered : she struggled to find the right words. She felt very nervous. The audience was getting annoyed.
Then she started to speak louder and used her hands. She became more composed and then, passionate: she stamped her feet and spoke louder, she even shouted.
c/ To conclude, the shift of power is visible through the evolution of the girl’s body language and tone of voice. She isn’t nervous anymore, she has become sure of herself.
PART 2 – JUST A LINE?
Can we be just as effective with just a few words?
VOCABULARY
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