Rhetorical Devices In Winston Churchill's Speech 'Never Give Up'

Many rhetorical devices are used frequently to enhance speeches, the speeches “Never Give Up,” by Winston Churchill and Old Major’s speech use many of the same and different rhetorical devices. Winston Churchill’s speech, “Never Give Up” was given to his old school where he had nearly failed as a student, while Old Major's speech was directed to the animals of the farm to motivate them into overthrowing the humans. In the two speeches, one given by Old Major in Animal Farm by George Orwell and the other given by Winston Churchill, “Never Give Up,” many different techniques are used that are similar or the same. In these two speeches the rhetorical devices used also differ.

Both speeches dabble with word choice in order to make them sound more agreeable. For example, both speakers use rhetorical devices such as alliteration, anaphora, assonance and parallelism. Some of the alliteration in “Never Give Up” by Winston Churchill includes, “throwing our minds

For example, in order to make his speech sound more inspiring to the animals he was attempting to lead into rebellion, Old Major uses many hypothorias. An example of this rhetorical device in Old Major’s speech is when Old Major asks what happens to the fouls that Clover gave birth too. He then responds that they were sold. He does this to emphasize how bad the humans are. Churchill addresses the world outside and how things are getting better, not how they will get better like Old Major’s speech. Churchill uses a praeteritio. He passes on darker days by saying that they shouldn’t talk about them. “Do not let us speak of darker days: let us speak rather of sterner days.” Churchill then goes on from saying this to talking about how these are great days. He does this for empathis about how things are getting