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Similarities Between Tim Collins And Martin Luther King

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Persuasive speeches are used to convince the audience about a speaker’ point on view of a particular subject. Persuasive speeches contain evidence and facts to keep the speech formal. Two persuasive speeches are Tom Collins’, “Eve of Battle,” and Martin Luther King’s anti-war speech, “Beyond Vietnam.” Each of these speeches are about war, one speech, Tim Collins’ urges troops into war, while the other by Martin Luther King is an anti-war speech. Tim Collins war speech is targeted towards Western soldiers fighting in the Iraq conflict. Martin Luther Kings’ speech is focused towards people that are not in the army and who are against war. Tim Collins’ war speech is more successful than Kings’, as it addresses the correct audience …show more content…

Ollie’s’ speech is also more successful due to its structure and his use of body language, tone and rhetorical questions.

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Both Tim Collins and Martin Luther King use ethos in form of exclusive and inclusive pronouns, to persuade the target audiences. Although Tim Collins uses a wider variety of devices. Tim Collins uses inclusive pronouns to make sure his soldiers all feel as though they are part of the conversation, which helps them understand their orders to help solve the war in Iraq. For example, Tim Collins opens his speech by directly addressing his soldiers, “We go to liberate, not to conquer.” Constantly repeating ‘we’ engages the audience and his direct address ensures his soldiers feel they all have a part to play in the war. Tim Collins uses direct address to “liberate Iraq” and explains that they are freeing the people of Iraq under the control of dictators. Therefore, the men, women and children …show more content…

An emotional appeal is a method of persuasion that's designed to create an emotional response. Martin Luther King uses a different emotional settings and devices. Martin Luther King uses emotional appeal to make the audience feel connected and to make them feel as if they can change society. For example, Martin Luther King opens his speech by directly addressing to the society, “It’s time for America to tell the truth.” As of the hidden truths of America. Soldiers in the 20th century were sent into war zones without knowing much of their operation. By repeating ‘truth’ it engages the audience into wanting to know the secrets of America and building up in emotion. Martin Luther King creates emotional setting through evidence and examples of the suffering that both soldiers, women and children are put through and the devastation caused in the aftermath. Therefore, men and women should be able to make decisions of their own instead of the government applying pressure on people into fighting in wars. In contrast to Martin Luther King, Tim Collins uses emotional appeal immediately at the start of his speech and involves his audience. Tim Collins expressed emotional appeal in more of a serious matter as of he and his soldiers are heading into war and he does not use emotional appeal that well, he mainly speaks in a dry voice sounding dramatic. Therefore, Martin Luther Kings speech

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