Analyzing an ADVOCACY SPEECH

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▸Advocacy is a public support for a

particular cause (i.e. environmental
abuse, illiteracy, gender inequality,
injustice, poverty, etc.)
 When is the last time you advocated
for a certain perspective?
When have you attempted to identify a
cause you find worthy to speak about?
Hillary Andales (2019, April 14). IAEA Scientific
Forum @ UN Vienna. [Video]. Youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=kmKwv7Ch1Jw
SPEECH ANALYSIS (Find a partner to work on this questions. Write your
answers on a one whole sheet of yellow paper. Submit on Friday Nov 10, 2023)

1. Who is the intended audience of the

speech?
2. What is the advocacy topic and purpose?
3. What active verbs were used?
Example: Improve the lives of our children.
4. What personal pronouns were used to implore the
audience?
Example: I urge you to go out.
5. Describe the features her speech by answering the
following:
a. What rhetorical questions or questions that are
provocative were used?
Example: What can we do? Are we going to just turn
our backs on the problem?
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b. Did it use statistics or quantitative figures to prove an

assertion? Cite an example?
c. Did it use hypothetical illustration or a narration of
imaginary incident or a made-up situation as an
example or to explain a point?Cite an example.
d. Did it use testimony from a person? Cite a specific
evidence from the speech.
e. Did it make of factual narrative or a condensed form of
a real story or incident? Cite your evidence.