Pearson occasion

Question 1

what quotes are in occasion?

Answer 1

• “an opening of our hearts”
• cumulative lists - “you have taken from us not just our land and not just all of the icons of Indigenous Australia…”
• repetition - “you”
• anaphora - “our nation”
• emotive language and juxtaposition of negative diction - “a legacy on unutterable shame” with more positive terms - “celebration”
  “spirit of compromise”

Question 2

Effect of quotes:

Answer 2

cumulative list of what has been taken from the Aboriginal people creates a divide between indigenous and European Australian throughout the repetition, highlighting the gap in the relationship between the two nationalities.

Anaphora further underlines the responsibility for all Australians to collectively accept the past and responsibility, thus appealing to listeners on a humanitarian level.

demonstrates the need for reconciliation

Question 3

Theorist?

Answer 3

“strategic use of communication, oral or written, to achieve specifiable goals” - A. King

Question 4

ending sentene?

Answer 4

As A. King describes what rhetoric is, a “strategic use of communication, oral or written, to achieve specifiable goals”, Pearson takes advantage of his position in society to raise awareness and criticise the lack of moral leadership demonstrated by John Howard in dealing with Indigenous issues.

Question 5

context of speech?

Answer 5

• similar to keating, discusses the injustice of Australian history involving indigenous Australians
• catalysed major step forward in reconciliation debate, as discussions surrounding this issue had been largely politically motivated before, which only succeeded in furthering divisions within Aus populace
• confronts historical and social issues of abo dispossession and land rights by exploring relationships between widely accepted colonial narrative of aus’s settlements and social and political tumult of 1990s
• speech calls for acceptance of accurate and inclusive Australian history as the Australians, after John Howard’s criticism of the disparaging view of the ‘black armband history’, became resentful of the guilt being laid upon the non-aboriginal population for what had happened in the past.

Question 6

exigence of speech?

Answer 6

Pearson uses this opportunity of widespread debate to stress the need to acknowledge the injustices and bear some responsibility for this, calling for “an opening of our hearts”, as promoted by Keating, to build a future based on justice and equality.

Question 7

topic sentence?

Answer 7

The exigence and kairos plays a significant role in the enduring nature of the speech, and a good speaker knows how to address to the immediate occasion.