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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The use of anaphora demonstrates the significance of Elroy’s actions as he enables O’Brien to reflect on his options without judgment. Elroy’s profound understanding of O’Brien’s situation and selfless friendship provided him with the composure to make a life-altering
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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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How does Simon Armitage’s writing make the Violence so disturbing in Gooseberry Season? “Gooseberry Season” is a poem that can be interpreted as blunt and edgeless. This impression is set by the poem’s lack of imagination and visualization. Gooseberry season entails the victim’s last few weeks as he outstays his “vacation” at the narrator’s house. The victim took the narrator’s good nature as an advantage and this led up to his death as he was drowned to his death. The narrator opens the poem with
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MLK/Obama Comparative Essay On September 18‚ 1963‚ in Birmingham‚ Alabama‚ tragedy struck Sixteenth Street Baptist Church when a bomb planted in the basement detonated and killed four young teenage girls‚ who were changing into choir robes. Nearly 50 years later‚ a similar tragedy occurred in Newtown‚ Connecticut. Twenty-six were shot multiple times at Sandy Hook Elementary school‚ 20 of those killed victims being kindergarteners. After the bombing‚ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave a public eulogy
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consuming us.” (page 59) The stars weren’t really a consuming fire. They were still just stars‚ but they did not provide comfort as they usually do for most people. This contradicts them and compares them to something opposite of what they are. Anaphoras add style and emphasis to a certain
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