Communication essay
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AllisonRogers-COMM3325-ResearchPaperConceptualDoc.1.docxProfessor Koenig
COMM 3325
October 20th, 2018
Research Paper Conceptual Document:
“The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro” by Frederick Douglas
1. What is the event or rhetorical moment I will be analyzing and why. Give a brief summary.
· I will be analyzing a speech by Fredrick Douglas that he gave on July 5th in 1852 called, “The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro”. I chose this speech because I first read this speech this past spring semester in my gender studies class and it was so well written and worded that it literally just brought me to tears with so much emotion behind it. I want to analyze how Douglas put this together and his rhetorical process that he used in order to touch so many people with his words.
2. What methods of evaluation will I be looking for?
· The methods of evaluation I will be looking for in this speech are the following:
(I) The speech objective
(II) The audience and context of the speech
(III) The speeches context and structure
(IV) The delivery skills and techniques he used
(V) Intangibles
3. 8 sources:
· https://www.artofmanliness.com/the-meaning-of-july-fourth-for-the-negro-by-frederick-douglas/
· http://masshumanities.org/files/programs/douglass/speech_abridged_med.pdf
· http://redandgreen.org/speech.htm
· https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h2927.html
· https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/coretexts/_files/resources/texts/c/1852%20Douglass%20July%204.pdf
· https://prezi.com/bfsjrpb7msus/literary-analysisrhetorical-devices/
· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7DSAQa_D0Y
· Campbell, K. K., Huxman, S. S., & Burkholder, T. R. (2015). The rhetorical act: Thinking, speaking, and writing critically. Australia: Cengage Learning.
