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    right to the Suffrage speech by Susan B. Anthony was most compelling because she used good evidence and good diction. The Constitution states it is legal for women to vote and should be allowed to vote; she communicates this idea through diction and allusion. It is illegal for the state to tell them otherwise. “For any state to make sex a qualification that must result in the disfranchisement of one entire half of the people is to pass a bill of attainder or an ex post facto law and is therefore a violation

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    sarcastic allusions‚ hyperboles‚ and antanagoges inside of parallel paragraphs. Different from Metz’s snarky antecedent‚ Koebler used a sarcastic allusion to introduce his article that added humor to a serious topic. When introducing the general hatred for lawyers‚ Koebler alluded to “Shakespeare’s Henry VI” where they state‚ “Let’s kill all the lawyers‚” then adds his own sarcasm by remarking‚ “Thankfully no one’s out there systematically murdering lawyers” (Koebler). Koebler’s allusion gives credibility

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    Analysis Essay: Through the authors’ use of pathos‚ allusion‚ and antithesis they show how the Declaration of Independence has held true for over 200 years. Throughout the Declaration of Independence there were many uses of rhetorical devises. This is why it has held true for over 200 years. The rhetorical devise that was found and that will be used is pathos. Pathos is an emotional connection from the author to the audience. “Dangers of invasion from without‚ and convulsions within”‚ this

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    men then now not reck his rod?’” (4). The rod is a biblical allusion to the rod of correction. He is warning people of the consequences they will soon face for their actions. William Wordsworth states‚ “‘Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea/ Have sight of Triton blow his wreathed horn”’ (13-14). This is a mythological allusion to Greek heroes who were both related to the sea. Ironically‚ Proteus could also see the future. Allusions make the reader understand what the purpose of it in the poem

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    mighty stream.” This allusion is a tribute to the allusion in the Bible of Amos 5:24. It specifically states : “But let justice roll on like a river‚ righteousness like a never-failing stream!”Another example of one‚ is to Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address when King states “Five score years ago” at the start of his speech‚ which King is directly lamenting to the phrase “Four score and seven years ago” that started in the beginning of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.The biblical allusion that King refers to

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    tragic hero of the play when he kills Caesar‚ right after joining Cassius’s conspiracy. Shakespeare’s use of allusion and dialogue help the reader

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    similes‚ and allusions. In “The Bloody Chamber” Carter effectively uses blood imagery to convey how bloodthirst and passion intertwine. In the passage‚ the narrator discusses the French Revolution: After the Terror‚ in the early days of the Directory‚ the aristos who’d escaped the guillotine had an ironic fad of tying a red ribbon round their necks at just the point where the blade would have sliced it through‚ a red ribbon like the memory of a wound. (11) The author uses the allusion of the French

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    particular female villains in fiction. Atwood establishes this purpose immediately in the beginning by the way she introduces her title and subtitle in a very straightforward approach. Atwood shows off her literary expertise by using tropes and literary allusions‚ merged with a conversational tone during the speech. These help to express Atwood’s message on a personal level that helps her connect with her audience‚ which in turn generates a high level of textual integrity. Atwood refers to

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    force‚ a working class‚ just as any working society. Through allusions‚ Orwell shows the events of communism that take place in Russia. The pigs represent the Soviet ruling class because they are greedy‚ lazy‚ and

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    University High School’s graduating class of 1951‚ William Faulkner establishes that the only thing standing against man in the battle of good and evil is fear. He persuades these young people that they have the power to fight against fear by using allusions to past and present events‚ and by appealing to the students’ sense of hope and confidence. In the speech‚ Faulkner references the Cold War‚ the major global conflict at that time and for many years to come. He proves that the only power the atomic

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