Paper 1 - Text Type - Speech

Question 1

What are the elements for speech?

Answer 1

IAPAEAPPAL

Imagery, Anecdote, Pathos, Anaphora, Ethos, Antithesis, Problem/solution, Parallelism, Allusion, Logos.

Question 2

What is “imagery?”

Answer 2

Appeal to audiences’ senses of sight and sound and sniff.

E.g. “He grew up herding goats, went to school in a tin-roof shack.”

Question 3

What’s anecdote?

Answer 3

Small stories that explain a bigger idea (fit with the message your speech wants to convey).

Question 4

What’s pathos?

Answer 4

Appeal to emotion.

E.g. “Obamas’s parents look down on him with great pride.”

Question 5

What’s anaphora?

Answer 5

Repetition that helps audience remember key sentences.
“If there’s a child”
“If there’s a senior citizen”
“If there’s an Arab-American”

Question 6

What’s Ethos?

Answer 6

Appeal to a sense of ethics.

E.g. “It’s that fundamental belief - I am my brother’s keeper - that makes this country work.

Question 7

What’s antithesis

Answer 7

Showing a contrast between two things/sides helps the speaker to make a point.

Question 8

What’s problem/solution in speech?

Answer 8

Problems that the speaker can address or is about to address.
E.g. “Now even as we speak, there are those who are preparing to divide us.”

Question 9

What’s parallelism?

Answer 9

Sentence structures that have parallel forms.

E.g. “There are patriots who opposed the war in Iraq, and there are patriots who supported the war in Iraq.””

Question 10

What’s Allusion?

Answer 10

Allusion is a subtle reference to something that people know and value.

Question 11

What’s logos?

Answer 11

Appeal to logic - Use “if,” “then,” and “because.”