Revising General Conference Analysis

I'd like my students to return to the rhetorical analysis that each did of a General Conference speaker in order to formalize these analyses slightly: adding brief biographical background, standardizing format, and making some rhetorical adjustments.

Add Biographical Background

• Find and read biographical information about the speaker. Add to your analysis something from the speaker's general background or from his/her recent history that sheds light on the speaker's topics or rhetorical approach. You can find biographies of general authorities on LDS.org.  You might also, however, look up recent history of the speaker using their social media or via the LDS Church News archive. Don't make this a long addition to your analysis. Consider these examples:
  --"It's no surprise that Elder Packer would emphasize the scriptures, since he has been involved in developing the LDS editions of the scriptures and served for years in the church educational system teaching youth to study the scriptures..."
  --"Elder Oaks' sensitivity to other cultures may in part come from the fact that from 2002-04 he served as Area President in the Philippines."
  --"Because Elder Nelson remarried in 2006, it comes as no surprise that in 2008 he would speak so enthusiastically about marriage in General Conference."