winston churchill- language of oratory

The Language of Oratory- Essay

For this topic I have researched the speeches of Winston Churchill. I found these speeches on the website www.winstonchurchill.org .

The introductory information to the speeches are as follows.
· ‘Never Give In, Never, Never, Never’- 29 October 1941- Harrow School
· ‘The End of The War in Europe’- 8 May 1945- Broadcast London and House of Commons
· ‘Be Ye Men of Valour’- May 1940- BBC
· ‘To VE Day Crowds’- 8 May 1945- London

I have chosen to deal with each speech in turn, outlining the oratorical devices used in each; I will then conclude with a general comparison on these speeches.

‘Never Give In, Never, Never, Never’: Winston Churchill chose to open this speech with a rhetorical question, this is often done to gain the audiences attention, get them thinking, or to gain interest. In the following extract Churchill used many oratorical devices. “…We were quite alone, desperately alone, and we ...