Political speeches: Language features

Parts of speech

Parallel sentence structure

Repetition

Nouns

Emotive language

Hyperbole

Allusion

Figurative imagery

Simile

Metaphor

Personifiation

Tone

Informal / conversational tone

Sound devices

Sibilance

Alliteration

Assonance

Adjectives

Verbd

Adverbs

1st person

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Other features: Audience; Purpose; Context

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Audience

Purpose:
To persuade To gain support
To inform

Context: Who Time - When Place - Where Historical Geographical Political
Social