Question 1 Violence, fuelled only by various forms of itself, must cease to strengthen this country as a whole.

Question 2 Kennedy seems to be very annoyed because Americans are using violence to solve their problems but this only makes things worse. They seem to tolerate using violence more and more. “we seem to tolerate a level of violence…”. It reminds the audience that they tolerate violence and that this is becoming an epidemic.

Question 3 Kennedy uses example/anecdote in paragraph 6. He is giving us real life examples of how we tolerate violence (e.g in newspapers, films, etc). This method of development is effective because we believe what he is saying is true, due to personal experiences or experiences of others that we have witnessed. Paragraph 6 talks about how there is so much violence in media, and we all accept it. Using the anecdote allows the reader to relate to themselves and all the killings they’ve seen in movies, or newspaper reports of civilians being slaughtered. This method of development supports Kennedy’s argument, as it proves that violence is everywhere, and is expected as being “the norm”. He uses the anecdote to hit the reader on a personal level.

Question 4A Kennedy uses allusion in paragraph 5 to Abraham Lincoln. An allusion is a direct or indirect reference to something the author assumes the reader to know or be familiar with. In the context of this speech, an allusion to Lincoln is very appropriate and supports his argument well. The audience is reminded of the former president and his contributions of freeing the slaves, which significantly improved the status of African Americans. They are also reminded of the tragic assassination of Lincoln because certain parties disagreed with him. However, this incident did not change the course of history to achieve equality. The allusion presented evidence to support Kennedy’s idea that violence is not the solution to problems.

Question 4B “Terrible truths “ in paragraph twelve is an alliteration which is when author use repetition of the same consonants sounds |t|. Using the phrase “terrible truths” used to emphasize senselessness of the violence sweeping the nation. It focuses on the negative aspects of the violence and makes it harder for those planning to retaliate over MLK’s death to justify their actions. The t sound is very harsh and has more of a negative connotation than a word such as “mistake”.

Question 4C An analogy is when two similar things are compared and explained. An example of an analogy is shown when Kennedy says “For there is another kind of violence, slower but just as deadly destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night. This is the violence of institutions; indifference and inaction and slow decay” (Kennedy, para. 9). In this case, the author compares violence with indifference. He is trying to say that staying silent against violent is as much of an offence as being part of it. He encourages individuals to take a stand by making them feel guilty that they are not.

Question 4D “what has violence ever accomplished?” This retorichal question makes the audience reflect on the violence that occurs in their country by being told, in the form of a question, that it will not solve anything. Violence hasn’t been a solution to any problems throughout history. By knowing this, the audience will hopeufully begin to understand that their actions and the actions of those around them will not solve and of the problems that their country is experiencing. This device is placed for emphasis to back up the authors point of how the violence that occurred and continues to occur will not solve anything. It could also be there for rhythm since it’s between two other questions so the opening of the paragraph flows well.

Question 4E In paragraph 10 he uses parallel structure. “When you teach a man.., when you teach”. Parallel structure is the repetition of a grammatical structure in a sentence. He repeats “when you teach” in the same grammatical structure. This is important because he emphasizes the fact that we teach people to hate other human beings and that we teach the reasons we use violence. The use of parallel structure and particularly the word “you” to emphasize that facts that we are all to blame and that we are the only ones who can solve our problems.

Question 4F “ We must admit the vanity of our false distinction…We must admit”. Anaphora is the repetition of a group of words or the same word in the beginning of the sentence. This is an anaphora because he repeats “we must admit” throughout the paragraph. The significance of this is to emphasize the fact that society must first admit that there's a problem that needs to be solved. Also, the society must also admit that a country cannot be run with violence amongst countrymen. This relates to MLK jr, who inspired this speech, and also used anaphora in his most famous speech, “I Have Dream”.

Question 5 Kennedy expresses to his audience how he has saved this time, in his busy schedule to talk to them. He says “I have saved this one opportunity, my only event of today, to speak briefly to you about the mindless.. Etc” He uses the word ‘you’ straight away to incorporate them into the speech. Later on in the first paragraph he states that he, along with every American citizen, are going through the same thing. He also has made time by stating this is the most important thing (One opportunity) he has to do today. An example of this is when he said “mindless menace of violence in America which again stains our land and everyone of OUR lives”. Paragraph 2 goes along with stating everyone as an equal even himself. Kennedy makes his audience feel special by making them all equal.

Question 6 He outlines several problems that pervade out society. For example, children going hungry, that we tolerate violence, poverty and a lack of education, and that we don’t admit to our own faults.

Question 7 Kennedy is allowing the audience a chance to feel smart. Its obvious what this speech is about and what he might say next. By allowing the audience to think on their own pulls them further into Kennedy’s speech. He allows the audience to agree with him on their own merit.