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FREDERICK DOUGLASS’S
“WHAT TO THE SLAVE IS THE 4TH OF JULY”
DESIREE’ MILTONCOMM. 165
POWERPOINT PROJECT
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FREDERICK DOUGLASS
» CELEBRATED SPEAKER » FORMER SLAVE WHO ESCAPED
AND FLED TO ENGLAND» ADVISOR TO PRESIDENT LINCOLN» ACTIVE FIGURE DURNING TE
WOMEN’S RIGHTS MOVEMENT
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THESIS OF HIS SPEECH
» THERE IS NO REASON TO CELEBRATE THE 4TH OF JULY; IT WOULD BE HYPOCRITICAL OF HIM BECAUSE THE DOCUMENT IS NOT REPRESENTING ALL THEY ARE CELEBRATING
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THE ORGAINZATION OF THE SPEECH
» PAST- REVOLUTION FROM ENGLAND
» PRESENT- SLAVERY IS STILL BEING PRACTICED
» FUTURE- SLAVERY WILL END BUT IF NOT COULD CRUMBLE AMERICA
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LANGUAGE
» HE TALKS ABOUT WHAT SLAVERY WAS TO HIM
» HE TALKS ABOUT THE SLAVE TRADE
» HE USES METAPHORS AND REFERS TO SLAVERY AS A SNAKE ON AMERICA’S BOOSOM.
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RHETORICAL QUESTIONS
» “WOULD YOU HAVE ME ARGUE THAT MAN IS ENTITLED TO LIBERTY?” (48)
» “MUST I DECLARE THE WRONGFULNESS OF SLAVERY?” (48)
» “IS THAT A QUESTION FOR REPUBLICANS?” (48)
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WHY THESE LANGUAGE CHOICES?
» PERIODIC SENTENCES» HE TRIES TO OVERLOAD HIS AUDIENCE
(49)» HE PLAYS INTO THEIR IDEAS OF WHO
AFRICAN AMERICANS ARE (EX: UNEDUCATED, DEPENDENT ON WHITES)
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WHY THESE LANGUAGE CHOICES?
» A FORTIORI ARGUMENT- HE ARGUES IN HIS SPEECH THAT EVEN BRUT BEASTS RECOGNIZE THAT AFRICAN AMERICANS ARE HUMAN BEINGS (48)
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WHY THESE LANGUAGE CHOICES?
» REVERSAL- HE ARGUES THAT THE UNITED STATES IS A COUNTRY FULL OF SAVAGES (53)
» HE MAKES THEM SEE THAT THEY ARE DOING TO THE BLACKS AS THE ENGLISH DID TO THEM.
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RHEOTRICAL FUNCTION
» COGNITIVE DISSONANCE WAS CREATED BY DOUGLASS BECAUSE OF INCONSISTENCIES HE CREATS IN HIS SPEECH.
» AUDIENCE DEALS WITH DISSONCANCE BY DISCREDITING THE SOURCE, FIND NEW INFO, OR CHANGES BELIEF, ATTITUDE OR BEHAVIOR.
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RHETORICAL ENACTMANT
» DOUGLASS = POWERFUL SPEAKER.» HE SPEECH WAS WELL THOUGHT
OUT.» IN HIS SPEECH HE REFUTED ALL
ARGUMENTS HIS AUDIENCE HAD AGAINST HIM; THEY WERE FORCED TO LISTEN.