In the November 2008 United States election cycle, the state of California had Proposition 8 on the ballot. This was in response to the state legalizing gay marriage through the judicial system. After the legalization of the practice, opponents of gay marriage were able to put Proposition 8 on the ballot in an attempt to overturn the court ruling. Ultimately they were successful, but not without millions of dollars in campaign advertising. This paper will examine the main advertisement named, 'Gathering Storm '. This ad was shown throughout the state, and in retrospect seems to have turned the tide of the Proposition 8 battle, helping enormously to swing voters in favor of banning marriage between two members of the same sex.…
Can be combined with understatement for emphasis. Allows the reader to say what isn't true without committing as strongly to what is true…
At the present time, politicians employ classical rhetoric in their speeches for the sake of persuading their audiences. According to Professor Noam Chomsky, an American philosopher, linguist and political commentator, politicians not only use rhetorical devices in their speeches, but they abuse, misuse and deform language to impose their ideological purposes. He claims that in the second half of the twentieth century and in order to conceal facts, Americans changed many terminologies several times. Terms like the national interest and the free world and so on are half-truths expressions. He argues that such expressions are constructed very carefully and intentionally, to mislead and block audience’s understanding and thought.…
• Rhetorical device: + Symbol: -The wings represent freedom to do something as well as dreams and hopes. -The scissors might be understood as barriers or obstacles which prevent somebody from doing what he/she wants. + Metaphor: - That these parents are using the scissors to cut his son’s wings means they are preventing him from following his own dream or living his life the way he wants . - This refers to the fact that many parents are making their children live the way they expect. They set a standard for children and prevent them from being creative, being different and being themselves.…
Paine and Jefferson's literacy works both inform the reader of the separation of Britain. They utilized very different rhetorical stratagies to express the significance of each of their piece. The pamphlet Common Sense, written by Thomas Paine, inspired colonists to strive for independence. Soon after the publication of Common Sense, Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence. It is said that Paine's pamphlet greatly influenced the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration of Independence established an informative tone that appealed to logos, while Common Sense appealed to pathos by expressing emotion.…
Rhetorical devices and literary techniques are closely related to tone and style. In fact, an author’s style partly consists of selecting and using certain devices; an author’s tone is partially determined by the type of techniques an author uses.…
While attending my course on “War and Literature”, and listening to the conversation, I found myself struck by an intellectual question presented by another student. This student asked, “When does paradox become hypocrisy?” Immediately afterwards I wrote the response, “A good war is a war that teaches it’s mistakes without one having to live with them.” At first I didn’t know if I had truly responded to the question. I analyzed both the question and response carefully through the literary devices and found myself satisfied with the responses standing.…
Alliteration is a literary device in which two or more consecutive words, or words that are nearby in the same sentence, start with the same letter. It is often used in poetry, literature, slogans, and other propaganda because it is usually impressive and memorable.…
- A story or visual image with a second distinct meaning partially hidden behind its literal or visible meaning.…
Style is part of classical rhetoric and a number of rhetorical devices are worth considering in any analysis of style. For the analysis of literature a knowledge of rhetorical devices is indispensable, since there is often a considerable density of rhetorical figures and tropes which are important generators and qualifiers of meaning and effect. This is particularly the case in poetry. Especially the analysis of the use of imagery is important for any kind of literary text. (For further details see Analysing a Metaphor and Symbol).…
A form of extended metaphor, in which objects, persons, and actions in a narrative, are equated with the meanings that lie outside the narrative itself. The underlying meaning has moral, social, religious, or political significance and characters are often personifications of abstract ideas as charity, greed, or envy. Thus an allegory is a story with two meanings, a literal meaning and a symbolic meaning.…
4. Symbolism: The practice of representing things by means of symbols or of attributing symbolic meanings or significance to objects, events, or relationships.…
Aphoristic style- the use of sentances or phrases within a larger essay or speech (usually persuasive) that stand out as memorable statements (aphorisms) in themselves.…
An allusion is a figure of speech whereby the author refers to a subject matter as passing reference. Example: It’s no wonder everyone refers to Mary as another Mother Teresa in the making; she loves to help and care after people everywhere- from the streets to her own friends. Amplification…
Rhetorical devices can be categorized by the importance and the impact that each rhetorical device contribute to the article. However, in this case, this is an interview. Therefore, the rhetorical devices can be categorized by the two different people using them. However, innuendos, euphemisms, downplayers and weaselers can be in the same category because these rhetorical devices enhance or decrease the main intentions of the words and phrases. Hyperboles and horse laugh can be in the same category because their functions contain some…