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The document outlines a discourse analysis assignment focused on Malcolm X's 'The Bullet or the Ballot' speech and its relevance to contemporary society. It requires using four specific discourse analysis concepts to critically assess language usage and its persuasive impact while comparing it to two other discourse samples on the same topic. The analysis should explore how these texts reflect and influence ideologies related to power, control, and social change.
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This is for discourse analysis of Malcolm Xs The Bullet or the Ba.docx
- 1. This is for discourse analysis of Malcolm X's The Bullet or the Ballot speech, and how it relates to today's society Analyze your chosen discourse using four concepts or theories of discourse analysis outlined in your course textbook and other required resources (i.e. use of lexical grammar, Grice’s maxims, intertextuality, etc.). Assess how language is used persuasively, offensively, effectively, or ineffectively to convey a particular social message or agenda. Locate two other discourse samples about the same topic. These can be excerpts in the same genre, or you may draw from other genres (such as blogs, social media posts, Tweets, video clips, multi-media excerpts, etc.). Compare the arguments and language used in the additional excerpts to your chosen text, drawing upon concepts and theories of discourse analysis outlined in the course. Assess how the three discourse samples shape and are shaped by ideologies of power, control, injustice, inequality, social change, and emancipation.