In his letter from a Birmingham Jail‚ Martin Luther King Jr. employs many rhetorical techniques in order to persuade his audience to understand his ideologies. MLK uses diction and pathos‚ as well as allusions to solidify his arguments throughout the letter. Martin Luther King Jr. makes careful choices in his diction which strengthen his arguments. He makes an effort to not offend or criticize his readers. He begins the letter with‚ "My Dear Fellow Clergymen." (p261‚ ¶1) This not only establishes
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Without Martin Luther King Jr and his bravery and courage‚ the Civil Rights Movement would not have been as successful or have such a tremendous impact on America. In the 1950s and 1960s‚ African Americans were not treated equally and Dr. King led a movement into gaining their civil rights. King contributed to the civil rights movement by organizing nonviolent protests‚ marches‚ sit ins and other significant movements. An important movement was the Montgomery bus boycott‚ which resulted in his home
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Easter morning‚ the resurrection of Christ. The first line of the poem backs up the allusion of using religion‚ as we can see the word "Lord" and the reference to the creation of man. The middle line of each stanza is the same‚ "With thee." Once again‚ using allusions‚ we can see an inference to the Christian faith‚ and the idea that the Lord is always "With thee." Another example of the author using an allusion occurs in line seven‚ "Oh‚ let me rise." The story of Easter revolves around the "rise"
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advertisements. In the three commercials I have chosen‚ (1.https://youtu.be/jkuzdo0B-vQ‚2.https://youtu.be/uHzGXA_4FSw‚3. https://youtu.be/hvpKc6lJoZU) the M&M’s marketing team uses allusions‚ and personification to create the message of joy that the established brand‚ after 75 years‚ has conveyed to the world. The company’s allusions create a sense of familiarity that catches the viewer’s eye. In the first ad‚ M&M’s marketing team alludes to it’s old advertisements in order to show that the brand has been
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Phillis Wheatley was a black slave who was brought to America‚ particularly the Boston area‚ in 1761. Being a child prodigy‚ and under the recognition of her sympathetic masters‚ Wheatley was taught to read and write. Through her informal education‚ Wheatley began to read the Bible and other Latin authors and English poets. Christians of that time accepted as a strong‚ literate woman because they did not believe that slavery could coincide with the Christian life. This strong Christian influence
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author uses the literary device allusion‚ and also cause and effect and ethos. The use of allusion helps reveal the theme with indirect implications. Cause and effect helps the reader see how the way Mrs. Wright was being treated and how that caused her to allegedly kill her husband‚ and finally ethos emotionally connected the female characters‚ adding to evidence of the theme of oppression. The author uses allusion to help reveal the theme of the story. Allusion is first used in the title because
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strong beliefs will cause a paranoia in their entire village. The ministers of the church afraid of losing their power will do anything to keep it. Other individuals seek power for their own personal vendetta. With the use of direct characterization‚ allusion‚ and irony Miller shows his readers who has the power‚ who fears it‚ and who wants in The Crucible. The want for power can be a frightening thing. It can turn an innocent person into an evil one. In The Crucible Abigail Williams‚ a young teenager
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author implements to support his ideas emotionally is the use of biblical allusion. However‚ in comparison‚ King’s use is stronger in that the tone of his allusions is more appealing to the reader. King’s allusions cause the reader to want take action against injustice‚ whereas Thoreau’s are darker -- more likely to make the reader want to submit to and accept the injustices portrayed. For example‚ King‚ in his first biblical allusion‚ manages to draw glory into his struggle by comparing himself with the
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Throughout his poems‚ he uses the same poetic devices to express emotion and give an added depth to his poetry and act like a trademark in his works. One of the devices used throughout is his personification of nature. The second device he often uses is allusions to Greek mythology‚ Greek plays‚ and the Christian bible. Finally‚ the last device he often uses is imagery of death. Throughout the poems mentioned above this is especially apparent as it makes them all seem identifiable to his style. T. S. Eliot
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In the excerpt from the autobiographical narrative by Gary Soto‚ the author uses vivid imagery‚ allusions to religion‚ and change in tone to recreate his experiences from his six year old self. Soto begins by involving the reader into the excitement that he feels while glaring at the freshly baked pies‚ he then vividly represents how he transgresses his valued religious principle‚ and steals the pie. He concludes by illustrating the aftermath‚ and describing the remorse that he underwent after realizing
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