examine how well these speeches adhere to the conventions. Where do they converge/diverge?

Requirements: 4+ pages. Times New Roman, 12 pt. font. MLA format (1 margins, double-
spaced, header with last name & page number on top right from top, standard order of name
& info on top left side of first page).
For this essay, choose a set of the speeches/transcripts we have studied in this section. You may
choose Kennedy/Biden, Baldwin/Garza, or Gore/Thunberg.
Introduce the topic you have chosen, along with the speakers and their respective speeches.
Choose the first and give a summary of the speech. What are the circumstances for speech?
What is speech about? Next, assess all speech traits found on the List of Speech Conventions:
address aspects for the Speaker, the Audience, and the Speech. Thoroughly discuss and analyze
those speech conventions. Use specific examples from video/transcript to discuss and analyze.
Then consider how the power of language effects/affects you through the different mediums
watching and listening to video vs. reading transcript. Which is more powerful? Why? Use
specific examples from video/transcript to argue your points. Remember that these are your
opinions and experiencesown them! Use I, me, my.
When done with first speech/transcript, transition into the second and repeat process.
Finally examine how well these speeches adhere to the conventions. Where do they
converge/diverge? How does that impact the message? Compose a discussion about these
speeches holistically. How do they stack up to each other?
Provide textual and visual/aural (describe what you saw and/or heard) evidence to back up your
arguments.
No Works Cited necessary; instead, explain from which medium you are referring to.

James Baldwin: ‘I picked the cotton and I carried it to market and I built the railroads under someone elses whip’, debate v William F Buckley – 1965 Speakola

https://speakola.com/ideas/james-baldwin-v-william-f-buckley-1965

Alicia Garza – black lives matter

http://opentranscripts.org/transcript/why-black-lives-matter/

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