Letter from a Birmingham Jail‚ written by Martin Luther King Jr.‚ is a poignant reflection on how racial inequality was in the 1960s and the matters of handling it. Many aspects used in the letter to make it strongly written lead to the cause as to why it is so powerful for the reader. There are many considerations that are taken when reading a piece such as Letter from a Birmingham Jail in order to analyze the effectiveness of his argument. King is able to use rhetoric and other literary figures
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AIDS cares nothing about you. After establishing her sympathy for others with the HIV virus‚ Fisher continues on to say‚ “We have killed each other with our ignorance‚ our prejudice‚ and our silence.” There is both an anaphora and a caesura within this sentence. She included an anaphora‚ the repetition of “our‚” to get the audience’s attention and make them understand that they’re guilty of helping the disease along even if they haven’t contracted it themselves. Fisher incorporated caesuras in this
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English 14 October 2014 Rhetorical Devices: The Scarlet Letter 1. Anaphora: repetition of the same word or groups of words at the beginnings of successive clauses. “…with the hot‚ midday sun burning down upon her face‚ and lighting up its shame; with the scarlet token of infamy on her breast; with the sin-born infant in her arms; with a whole people‚ drawn forth as to a festival…” (Pgs. 54-55) This is an example of the device anaphora because Hawthorne begins four consecutive clauses with the same
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British. The British Empire was one of the most advanced and brutal empires. She had the largest navy and would force labour throughout her colonies. So her enemies were most often less advanced than she was. George Orwell uses a type of repetition‚ anaphora‚ to emphasize the role of the Burmese people. “Some of the people said that the elephant had gone in one direction‚ some said that he had gone in another‚ some professed not even to have heard of any elephant.” Here the word “some” is repeated to
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Novelist Virginia Woolf in 1931 delivered a talk on “Professions for Women” about women in the workforce. Woolf utilizes extended metaphors‚ anaphora‚ questions‚ and personal anecdotes‚ throughout her speech. In hopes of reaching out to women to find their inner ability to break society’s impression of what a women is‚ she uses a reflective and encouraging tone towards the Women’s Service League. During the 1930s which is when this talk was projected‚ about one fourth of women in America were in
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First‚ tone serves as a prima facie aspect of Rudy Giuliani’s speaking given that the sole purpose of his speech was to comfort the American public through the eyes of the United Nations. Essentially‚ Rudy Giuliani directs his speech towards the UN General Assembly as a symbol to adopt more counterterrorism measures in order to prevent attacks like 9/11 from occurring in the future. Despite him addressing the UN General Assembly‚ it seems as if he uses the United Nations to channel his message to
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The start of this anaphora was shown when she claims; “The people in the government who were voted into power are lying to us. And us kids seem to be the only ones who notice and our parents to call BS. Companies trying to make caricatures of the teenagers these days‚ saying
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“I Have a Dream” Rhetorical Analysis Five elements of rhetoric: * Speaker: Martin Luther King Jr.‚ a Baptist minister from Atlanta‚ Georgia‚ who was inspired by Christianity and Gandhi. * Audience: Primarily African-Americans were present at the speech‚ but it was heard by many white Americans across the country. * Subject: A call for an end to racism in the United States. * Context: The speech was given on August 28‚ 1963‚ at the Lincoln Memorial‚ in a time where it was very difficult
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‘myself’‚ and ‘I’ but instead ‘we’‚ ‘us’‚ and ‘together’ to establish ethos. He makes sure his audience feels at his level‚ and he at theirs. This way he connects to the audience‚ and in turn‚ aids his assertion of unity. Using various examples of anaphora‚ parallelism‚ and refrain‚ Obama brands the theme of equality and togetherness throughout the speech‚ vital to gain the respect of the listeners. Obama recalls the ‘enduring strength of the constitution’ by delving into the past alluding to America’s
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expression to strengthen its ability to persuade people to choose him as their next president. Another result of the way he delivers his messages is that people will remember his view. Besides anaphora in use with a repetitive line expression (page 1 line 17 and 21 ) that he "It’s a promise that says (...)" . The anaphora and structure makes this part of the speech easy and simple to understand. Therefore‚ the speech an educational quality. Barack Obama’s appeal to the American people’s trust by using the
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