Read the speech below and then, next to each
literary technique in the table, write down an example of it from the speech.
There’s a catch though: one of the
techniques has not been included in the speech. See if you can work out which
one, then write an example of your own.
This is due on Monday, 27th February.
Ladies and
gentlemen, I would like to start today by putting an image in your mind: an
image of a child who can’t yet walk, trying to run. This is what it is like
trying to understand the world without knowing about religion. Some people will
tell you that religion should be removed from the curriculum in British schools
as it is a private matter and should only be taught at home, but, since it is
impossible to understand the world without understanding religion, is it really
fair to shelter children from it? So I say to you, teach children about
religion, and you teach them about the world.
Christianity,
Islam, Judaism. Most of the world’s population falls into one of these
categories, and there are many other religions besides, so refusing to teach
children about them whilst expecting them to have an understanding of the world
is, in my view, simply unacceptable. In fact, around 70% of the people in the
world claim that they have an affiliation with a religious organisation of some
kind, so I say to you, teach children about religion, and you teach them about
the world.
From London to
Lahore, from New York to Nairobi, from Timor to Timbuktu, people are religious
and this affects how they behave. Wars have been waged over religion, people
have given their lives and had their lives taken from them in the name of it,
and yet, unbelievably, there are still those among us who would have it removed
from the British school curriculum altogether. Imagine that, and you are
imagining a Britain where people live in ignorance. It is an absolutely insane
idea! So I say to you, teach children about religion, and you teach them about
the world.
Ladies and
gentlemen, I would like to leave you today with the image of the child trying
to run before it can walk and say to you one last time: teach children about
religion, and you teach them about the world.
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