Extract
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVlRompc1yE
Structure
- Greta Thunberg's speech is mainly sophist, as is most prominently appeals to pathos and to an extent ethos.
Authorial Choices
Repetition
- Repetition, such as repetition of the phrase "How dare you..." is used to emphasize the purpose of the message of her speech.
- Repetition brings back the audience's attention to the main point of her speech.
Direct Address
- Direct address is used to establish a strong, direct connection with the audience.
- Thunberg uses this often, such as "
Juxtaposition
- Juxtaposition is used between and "you" and "our".
- "You" in this case refers to the audience, which is predominantly adults and officials.
- "Our", and "us" refers to the new generations, whose future is being muddied by the arrogance of the generations prior.
- This create s a dichotomy between the politicians and the youth.
- The line "You have stolen our dreams" for example is where this juxtaposition is most evident.
Irony
- Thunberg uses contextually ironic vocabulary.
- For example the economic diction "stolen" is used to characterize the politicians as greedy for their mismanagement of the environment for the sake of economic growth and prosperity.