3.+Speaker+and+Audience

Speaker and Audience

__ How did the audience receive the speech? __



** 1. Literal meaning- Elizabeth Cady Stanton **      **2. Deeper meaning- Voice of all American Women**
 * __ SPEAKER: __ One could interpret the speaker of the "Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions" in two different ways. The literal meaning of speaker could be the person who read the declaration out loud, in which case the __ speaker would be Elizabeth Cady Stanton. __ One could also see the "Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions" as a __ collective voice for the American women __ of the time. Whichever way one chooses to take it, the speaker was speaking out for women's rights.   **
 * **TWO SPEAKERS:**

**  Elizabeth Cady Stanton: ** Stanton was born on November 12, 1815 in Johnstown, New York. She was one of the first leaders of the Americans woman's rights movement. An excellent writer and speaker, Stanton and Susan B Anthony formed the National Woman Suffrage Association. She believed in equality for men and women along with more women's rights.

**__ Audience: __** Audience, along with speaker can be taken translated in more than one way. Elizabeth Cady Stanton read the "Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions" during the Seneca Falls Convention, the __ delegates at the convention and others present could be one audience __. The less literal definition of intended audience could be all __ men and women living in the United States __ that were affected by the inequality. At this time, women had unequal rights to men, the declaration was meant to point out problems and give resolutions as to change the law and better the lives of American women. In which case they would need the country to be willing to conform, not only those peoples attending the convention. The audience was not immediately affected by the delivery of the "Declaration of Sentiments". Although, later it contributed to the spark of the women's rights movement. **  2. Deeper meaning- Men and women of United States that had to conform to idea of women with rights **
 * **TWO AUDIENCES:**
 * 1. Literal meaning- Delegates and those present at Seneca Falls Convention **

** __ CONTRIBUTING LITERARY DEVICES: __ ** ** Diction: ** The author of the "Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions", E.C Stanton, used many sophisticated words such as, "precept" and "instrumentalities" to demonstrate the fact that she was intelligent. She also used words and phrases like, "ignorance" and "intellectual superiority" to bring out emotion in women in order to persuade them to see her point.

** LANGUAGE: ** The language used in the document was very formal and persuasive. Most notably, Stanton quoted the entire first paragraph of the Declaration of Independence has her first paragraph. Such use of this paragraph evoked a similar feeling to the patriotic feeling Americans had felt when they read this passage after earning their independence of Britain. This was an intelligent use of history on Stanton's part because of it's lasting impact on those listening to the reading of it.

** Syntax: ** Syntax contributed to the understanding as well as to the delivery of the "Declaration of Sentiments". The way the document was written was in chunks, separated by specific problem, rather than in the usual paragraph structure. The use of the different syntax drew the attention to each specific problem, making them easy point to give in Stanton's speech because they were listed. "  He has never permitted her to exercise her inalienable right to the elective franchise.    He has compelled her to submit to laws, in the formation of which she had no voice.     He has withheld from her rights which are given to the most ignorant and degraded men—both natives and foreigners." (p.2) **MAIN IDEAS:**
 * **Diction was used to evoke certain emotions out of those listening and Americans that read it late**
 * **Language was formal and use of quote from "Declaration of Independence" helped persuade the delegates at convention as well as women and men down the road. (Women's rights movement)**
 * **Syntax used to draw attention to each problem that Stanton wished to resolve**