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اللغة الإنجليزية — Reading: Famous Speeches in English (Analysis) — 3 ثانوي — شعبة آداب — بكالوريا — المنهاج الجزائري
Famous speeches in English inspire, persuade, and move audiences. Analyzing them helps improve reading comprehension and rhetorical skills.
I. Martin Luther King Jr. – “I Have a Dream” (1963)
Context: Civil Rights March on Washington.
Rhetorical devices: Anaphora (“I have a dream”), metaphor, allusion to the Bible and US Constitution.
Message: Racial equality and justice.
II. Winston Churchill – “We Shall Fight on the Beaches” (1940)
Context: World War II, after the evacuation of Dunkirk.
Rhetorical devices: Repetition, parallelism, strong imagery.
Message: Defiance and determination against Nazi Germany.
III. John F. Kennedy – “Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For You” (1961)
Context: Inaugural address.
Rhetorical devices: Chiasmus, antithesis, imperative mood.
Message: Civic duty and national service.
IV. Nelson Mandela – “Long Walk to Freedom” (1994)
Context: Inaugural address as first black president of South Africa.
Themes: Reconciliation, freedom, hope, unity.
V. Exercise
Choose one of these speeches, read it carefully, and identify the rhetorical devices used. Write a short paragraph explaining its impact.
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