William Deane - Occassion

Question 1

Ideas: How does its maintain its enduring value?

Answer 1

as benchmark for national solace and international diplomacy

Question 2

Ideas: it paid homage to and mourned internationally diverse victims of?

Answer 2

canyoning accident in Switzerland

Question 3

Ideas: how did present Australia despite being a eulogistic speech?

Answer 3

as valuable member of the international community despite its geographical isolation through the Kairos of the speech

Question 4

Techniques/Quotes: what does opening sentence use?

Answer 4

“We are gathered in great sadness to mourn the deaths…” uses inclusive, emotive language

Question 5

Techniques/Quotes: what effect does “we are gathered in great sadness to mourn the deaths…” have?

Answer 5

establish the audience as being united as mourners for those who have tragically lost their loved ones

Question 6

Techniques/Quotes: what does the sense of decorum show?

Answer 6

the respect that Deane is conveying

Question 7

Techniques/Quotes: what does sense of decorum illustrate?

Answer 7

the use of Kairos to provide the audience with a message of unity and support that continues to sustain the notion that social adversity enriches the national identity of a nation

Question 8

Techniques/Quotes: what hyperbolic language is used and what did emphasise/suggest?

Answer 8

“On every night since the accident… in all our newspapers” emphasises the effect of the disaster, suggesting the high exigence of the speech

Question 9

Significance: what does his speech present?

Answer 9

a vision of a unified, healed society like Keating, Pearson, Sadat, and Lessing in their speeches.

Question 10

significance: what does speech provide hope and optimism for?

Answer 10

any disasters that may occur in the future, contributing to the enduring nature.