Larry McEnerney analyses the Gettysburg Address
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- Larry McEnerney, former director of the University of Chicago Writing Program, analyses the Gettysburg Address.
This session was part of the European Speechwriter Network conference at Brasenose College, Oxford, 23 March 2023.
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Superbly insightful. Larry is unparalleled. Hats off.
That was one of the best lectures I've ever seen. Who is this guy? He's absolutely incredible!
He’s incredible.
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9:01 Some speeches work best with The Main Point at the beginning, some at the end.
10:09 Big Ending? How about a Big Beginning?
10:38 “There are some occasions…”
12:33 Language shifts,
Happy, less happy, to stomach hurts and I don’t know why. To ending on a “what!?”
13:14 What if the headline had been BIG?
*Lincoln Gettysburg Address*
13:49
Coherence, relationship of ideas. Hierarchic layers of logic.
14:52 Coherence is an experience that the audience has.
15:27 The Way We Process Words creates that Coherence Sequence Experience for us.
*4 Score and 7 Years Ago*
15:45 _4 Score and 7 Years Ago. To Now, and the future._
• Past, Present, Future, what could be simpler?
*Our Fathers Brought Forth*
16:41
*Conceived in Liberty*
17:36
*Final Resting Place*
18:11
18:37 Birth, Death, Rebirth coherence.
*On This Continent*
19:13
• writing for the eye 👁️👁️(for the reader)
• writing for the ear 👂🏻 (for the reader)
• writing for the tongue (for the speaker 🗣️)
21:20 Here! Space. (Where!) 21:42 *This Ground. Here*
22:14 Hammering The Location. Here here here.
22:29 Out to in, in to Out.
Hourglass shape. ⏳
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23:15
*Bread and Butter coherence techniques* 🍞🧈
23:38
24:30 Dog chased cat. Cat was chased by the dog.
26:08 What you want to know about, what you care about, will determine how the sentence should be formed and structured.
28:31 Companies will be…
29:05 George Orwell ex.
29:37 Does Orwell use passive verbs?
30:25
Subject = Cognitive Focus.
Subjects in Gettysburg Address
• We
• Us
•
32:26
Repetitive Subject
• Easier for everyone.
• Same Subject, more coherent the experience will be.
33:23 Middle Chaining
• a little bit of chaining is great. 🔗 a little linking by Lincoln
34:42 Consistent Focus.
35:27 Referring back to same words.
36:14 *Dedicated*
37:58 list
Union
Together
Truly one
39:18 *this is not a matter of the definition of words, this is a matter of the actual audience.*
41:15
We (Subject coherence)
Dedicate (theme coherence)
Here: (Place coherence)
42:47 Repeating.
“Wow.”
44:33
Time
Myth/Renewal
Subjects
Space
Themes
45:03
45:35 “Nobel Prize” “discovery.”
46:20❤ Problem Solving.
48:30
War
Test
Can Endure
49:45 Nation, Democracy.
50:37 New Rebirth
52:12
53:10 This is the way brains work.
*Rare Powerful Move by Abraham Lincoln*
53:45
54:15 *Think about the audience here*
55:23 Cognitive and Emotional.
56:29 …but (an acknowledgement of a problem)
You have a problem.
Dedicate yourself.
58:31 That is powerful.
This fantastic - particularly the point about controlling the focus of the sentence.
18:52 lol
I liked how he threw that away, knowing his audience would be like, .."wait, what????"
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Key takeaways:
*1. Coherence in Speech-writing and Language Processing:*
- Coherence in language processing involves more than just concepts; it also relies on thematic, spatial, and subject coherence.
- Speechwriters aim to create coherence by using words that are familiar and relatable to the audience.
*2. Thematic Coherence:*
- Thematic coherence involves using words associated with a dominant theme to create a sense of connection and understanding for the audience.
- Different words can contribute to thematic coherence, not just synonyms.
*3. Spatial Coherence:*
- Spatial coherence relates to the arrangement of words and ideas in a physical space, guiding the audience's understanding.
*4. Subject Coherence:*
- Subject coherence involves connecting words and ideas based on shared subjects, helping the audience follow the message.
*5. Coherence and the Gettysburg Address:*
- The Gettysburg Address uses thematic coherence (dedicate), spatial coherence (here), and subject coherence (nation, democracy) to enhance its message.
*6. Creating Problems for Engagement:*
- Speechwriters should construct problems for the audience to engage them emotionally and cognitively.
- Solving these problems through the message enhances its value and impact.
*7. Converting World Problems to Reader Problems:*
- Turning problems in the world into problems that readers experience emotionally helps engage the audience.
- Using language that signals a problem and a solution creates coherence and emotional resonance.
*8. Ethical Considerations:*
- Converting audience emotions into a problem-solving technique can be powerful but may raise ethical concerns.
*9. Lincoln's Technique in the Gettysburg Address:*
- Lincoln converts the problem of mourning into a problem for the readers, engaging them emotionally.
- He challenges the audience's understanding and uses their grief to motivate dedication to the cause.
*10. Rhetorical Strategy and Speech-writing:*
- Effective speeches strategically use coherence, emotional engagement, and ethical considerations to connect with the audience and convey a powerful message.
Thank you.
I'm hoping 🤞to see a lot more talks from Larry McEnerney now that he's retired. If anyone is looking for similar material you might want to look into other teachers from "The Little Red Schoolhouse", like Joseph M. Williams, Gregory G. Colomb and George Gopen. Good stuff, but not nearly as entertaining as a McEnerney lecture.
I'll keep coming back to this speech for as long as live. Long live Larry.
Miss Larry so much. It's great to see him still so passionate. Brings me back to memories of Chicago and grad school...!
The fact that this instructor spent an hour explaining the brilliance of Lincoln's writing reinforces the splendor of Lincoln and his innate ability to resonate with Americans. I have serious doubts that Lincoln dissected his address the way this inductor did. He organically knew how to be persuasive and compassionate in his expressions. That's true LEADERSHIP.
Just one note to the good professor. Lincoln doesn't say the problem is that Democracy shall endure, but that "a government conceived in Liberty and dedicated to the proposition that All Men are created equal" shall endure.
I know it's easy to use Democracy as shorthand, but Democracy is not synonymous with Liberty or Equality before the law. It's not hard for a Democracy to be quite unfree.
This is easily and undoubtedly one of the best lectures I have ever watched in my entire life in any field of knowledge. I don't know whether that says more about me (because I'm young and I've probably haven't watched more lectures than a typical college student) or whether Mr. Larry McEnerney is really just that good, both as a writer and as a speaker. I know that praising him wouldn't really amount to anything more than a simple comment on a TH-cam video, but for the amount of things I've learned just by watching him speak, particularly this lecture as well as his other lectures about writing, I would simply say that Mr. McEnerney is one of the best educators in the world. Thank you for your invaluable service to us learners, and I hope you continue to live in peace together with your family and loved ones.
I'm a very old fella who's seen more lectures than is medically advisable. Your instinct is right on the money - you just watched a WORLD CLASS lecturer.
Please don't judge your professors by this standard though! Your coach wasn't LeBron James either, right?
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Larry is back! Not like he went anywhere but there hasn’t been any videos from him in a long time.
Write with a reader mindset and read with a writer mindset.
Great man great lecture
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Excellent and very valuable insight. I will add the skill of thematic coherence to my sales writing, message, process, and presentation.
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