(37)…a desert state sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. (Par. 11)

(38)…where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. (Par. 12)

(39) With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. (Par. 17)

(40) With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood.

4. Conclusion

As we have analyzed above, stylistic devices are frequently used in the discourse of literary works especially in speech, to achieve certain specific purposes. Thus making the style of a speech somewhat particular to the others.

Generally speaking, a speech may have the following stylistic characteristics:

To begin with, it must be very persuasive. Thus the sentence patterns are very well-organized, with repetitions, parallelism and contrasts frequently used.

Secondly, it should be emotional so as to be convincing, because the speaker should face the audience directly and his words should not only be orderly and informative but also be expressive and inspiring. Therefore, the stylistic devices such as similes and metaphors are often involved.

Finally, in many cases, written-conversational style is usually used with not very formal diction and not very complicated sentence structure.

Bibliography:

[1]. Martin Luther King, Jr., I Have a Dream, August 28, 1963

[2]. Wang Shouyuan, Essentials of English Stylistics, Shandong University Press, July, 2000

[3]. Pan Shaozhang, English Rhetoric and Writing, Shanghai Transportation University Press, December, 1998

[4]. Widdowson, H. G. Stylistics and the Teaching of Literature, Longman, 1975

[5]. Leech, G. N. “ ‘This bread I break’ Language and interpretation”. In D.C. Freeman. (ed.). Linguistics and Literature Style. New York:Holt, Rinhart & Winston.

Acknowledgements:

It was really a laborious task to accomplish a B.A thesis. Many people gave me support and help in the process of writing the paper. I’d like first to give my grate to my dear teacher, vice professor Mr. Liu Fagong, who generously gave me his kindly help and instructions during the whole process of my paper-writing. Then I’d like to give my many thanks to my classmates who helped me a lot with my information collecting and paper-polishing. Most important of all, I want to give my thanks to my mother university and all the teachers in the English College, who educated and cultivated me to be a qualified teacher in the future.

A Brief Introduction to the Author:

Su Zhanghai, a student in Class One 1988 Grade, majoring in English Education, and a well-to-be teacher in Shandong Agricultural University, who whole-heartedly gives his best wishes to all the teachers in Qufu Normal University.

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