Literary analysis – Fredrick Douglass

Literary analysis – Fredrick Douglass

“What to the Slave is the Fourth of July” (p479)
Choose a rhetorical strategy or strategies in Douglass’ speech – theme, point of view, motif, irony, appeals, tone, style, rhetorical questions, imagery, etc – and write an analysis paper.
Whatever rhetorical strategies you choose as your focuses of discussion, you will need to tie them to the theme of the speech. In other words, you need to analyze how the strategies contribute to the conveyance of the theme.
Your claim should be supported by evidence in the excerpts and your interpretation of the relevance and/or the effectiveness. Besides, you should strengthen your argument by citing some literary critics’ views too – at least three citations from at least two different kinds of sources. (Don’t use information from Google or Wikipedia.) Include a Works Cited page.
In order to fully appreciate the speech, it is a good idea to include relevant information of Douglass’ bio and the historical setting.
Your final essay should be 4 to 6 pages, double spaced. Your paper will be returned to you with no grade and no comments if you over-space your writing simply to meet the page requirement. Also, you lose the benefit of getting my comments for revision of the first draft: your submission will be one and final.

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Grading for this paper:
a clear thesis that indicates both the theme and the rhetorical strategies used in the literary work – 15%
clear topic sentences – 20%
relevant, sufficient supports – 35%
a proper conclusion – 10%
at least two academic library research sources
correct in-text citation and MLA works cited page: 10%
Paragraph 1 – Intro and thesis
Ø some relevant historical background about slavery
– Douglass’ bio, particularly regarding his abolition activities and his tours giving speeches in North America and Europe
– some background about this speech
– all the messages in the speech, with the ultimate one being abolition

Ø thesis:
the theme of the speech and the rhetorical strategies used
how various elements contribute to drive home the theme/message
at least three subtopics e.g. With such ingredients as a, b, and c, the chef’s new dish is irresistibly appealing to the restaurant’s patrons.

P2 (Body)
Ø Topic sentence – Sub topic 1 in the thesis – two parts: a strategy used and its effectiveness
Ø – citing cases from the speech that demonstrate the literary strategy (It is a good idea to sort out the cases into various groups and provide separate analysis. For example, you can sort out his rhetorical questions into such groups as those challenging the audience’s humanity, definition of liberty, religious faith, etc.)
– analysis of the effectiveness: the immediate impact on his audience, and then analyze how such impact can help Douglass to rally them into his cause – abolition.
cause-effect-cause-effect
o your interpretation of the quotes
o what do the quotes show about the speaker
o what impact do the cited lines of the speech have on the audience
o what contribution does the impact on the audience make to the speaker’s
purpose/theme
Ø Citing experts
P3
Sub topic 2 in the thesis
…
verbs for the thesis: expose, ridicule, condemn, attack, paint, portray, argue, contrast, call for, compel, engage,, inspire,
nouns for the thesis: brutality, injustice, irony, hypocrisy, abolition,

strategies used in the speech: ethical appeal (personal experience, unequivocal tone, positive tone), logical appeal (induction, deduction, parallelism), emotional appeal (imagery), rhetorical questions,
Last paragraph – conclusion
Ø Wrap up the points discussed above
– discussion of the contribution of this speech and all of his abolition speeches to abolition.
Use more evidence from the speech I sent you than the internet.

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