I like speeches over the letters. I find them a little more entertaining plus they involve dynamic thinking and almost immediate formation of opinion.

Academic writing is useful for academia. In my opinion the essays use a specific structure applicable for general essays and for a scientific research paper. I used More of Douglass’ speech and I allowed myself a little bit of a rhetorical dialogue with my audience. Mr. Douglass used a wit and interesting sentence structure garnished with words that may look exotic for a contemporary reader. Unfortunately, the modern lexicon in use has narrowed the effective language to 3000 words. I do not know what exactly was the number a few centuries ago. Despite the rapid change of the language aside, I am afraid that speech will become even more exotic in the following decades,

The most struggling part was the middle as it reminds me of a news report or an article. I think this type of information delivery is dry and does not allow much emotions.

Because I adore sophisticated words like “unequivocally”, “lackadaisical”, and remember them for once in a lifetime occasion, it was hard to find more laconic (read: persuasive) phrasing because complexity is not helping, and at the same time without dragging on the shallow waters with the words like “so, very, like”.

If I had 24 more hours, I would not definitely change the first and the last blocks. The middle, most non-fictional part with paraphrases I would have updated slightly or moderately. I do not think I’d be capable of significant changes as it needs a fresh sight, which from my experience, opens up way after the 24 hours period.