Edward Abdication Speech Flashcards
1
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Effect of beginning with ‘At long last’
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- shows that he has been waiting a while
- planned speech
2
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What does the moral verb ‘must ‘ suggest
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How his ideas have been influenced by the government
3
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What is ‘between me and them, and between me and parliament ‘ an example of
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Anaphora
4
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What does the use of non grammatically correct sentences show
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- reflects the way in which we naturally speak
- audience feel like he is having a conversation with him
- lowers register
5
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Significance of ‘Withhold ‘
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- his wife kept some secrets of her past from him and at the same time he was keeping secrets from the public
6
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Contextual information
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- fall in love with Wallis Simpson in 1930, but she was married. She divorced her husband and soon after Edward wanted to marry her
- his advisers opposed the marriage as he was head of the English church as king
7
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What is card stacking and how does Edward use it
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- card stacking is a propaganda technique that manipulates the way an audience sees an issue by emphasising one side and repressing another
- Edward uses this technique to emphasis the romantic aspect of his abdication to suggest that he resigned to be with Wallis Simpson.
- He uses this as he main reason for wanting to abdicate, but never mentions any political tensions
