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Watch this video: WATCH: Amanda Gorman reads inauguration poem, ‘The Hill We Climb’

Purpose: Why did she feel the need to address her audience?

  1. To inform
  2. To motivate
  3. To entertain
  4. To persuade
  5. To argue

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Audience: Who is she speaking to?

The viewers

The whole world world watching

The President, and film crew

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Form:  What is the name of how she is delivering her thoughts?

Letter

Speech

Article

Leaflet

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Which 4 devices is Gorman using above?

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Metaphor calling something by another name, or describing it as something it literally is not

Repetition repeating single words

Alliteration Repeating the beginning sound or letter in a word

Inclusive language Using pronouns collectively

Rhyme The last syllables of a word sound similar

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