Queen Elizabeth I's Speech to the Troops at Tilbury, 1588

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1. Queen Elizabeth I is sending her men to fight the Spanish Armada, What do
you know about the audience based on the information in the speech? How
does she take the audience into account?

2. How does Queen Elizabeth I use the audience's faith and belief in God as a
way to convince them to believe and agree with her? Why is it a good idea
for her to remind them of her divine right as a ruler before sending them
into battle?

3. Identify the tone(s) of the passage. How does she set the tone(s)?

4. At one point she says that she is going to fight beside them, and then she
says she will not. Explain what she means and what she is doing here. How is
she manipulating her audience?

5. Identify an appeal to pathos. How is it effective?

6. One appeal to logos she makes is when she reminds them that she will be
paying them money to fight. To which audience is she specifically speaking
when she mentions this?

7. One effective rhetorical device in this speech is her manipulation of diction.
Provide one example of effective word choice and discuss its contribution to
the quality of the argument.