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    Families” to have his audience believe it’s wrong to have the upper class and leaders of America make decisions on war and not be a part of it. Frank uses anecdotes and rhetorical questions in the form of ethos‚ so that people understand what it’s is like to be a working class citizen and have to worry about their family members in war. Frank uses anecdote as a rhetorical technique to put imagery into the audience’s mind and have them imagine what Frank’s son went through during the war. For example in

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    that has values in it by depicting her personal experiences and strong appeal to pathos. She makes her readers to have sympathetic emotions for her mother and hostile emotion for people who was rude to her by presenting vividly depicted personal anecdote. Also‚ she does not end her essay with her personal stories but broadens the topic to a social level. Amy Tan is a well known Chinese American writer who is famous for her major work‚ The Joy luck club. She usually writes about the mother

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    on that ship‚ he used interviews‚ reports‚ and anecdotes. Accordingly‚ he went to other people who had lived through almost the same experience of what happened on the Andrea Gail and collected intell from them. He uses an anecdote about a man who was dragged through sea while having a hook stuck in his hand. The purpose for using an anecdote like that is so it helps the reader get a better sense of the intensity out at sea. He uses another anecdote about a captain and two crew members on a yacht

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    side to side] to make sure the street was clear” (Sakuma). Sakuma focuses on emphasizing the persistent fear and potential danger present in immigrants’ lives. Hoping to evoke feelings of pity or sympathy‚ Sakuma places anecdotes periodically throughout the article. These raw anecdotes demonstrate the struggles illegal immigrants face when not provided with a sanctuary community or space for refuge. By incorporating emotional stories of the hardships endured by immigrants everyday‚ Sakuma accentuates

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    their view of the world. Through the rhetorical strategies of anecdotes‚ figurative language‚ and specific description of details such as the bleak view of her routine life. Anecdotes a word your average [person would no know the meaning of. An anecdote—a short story or narrative usually used to a humorous effect—is used to a different effect in this –prestigious and insightful—paper of Woolf’s. All through the paper she utilizes anecdotes; such as “[s]he had only to move that pen left to right—from

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    on their website‚ social media and web presence‚ and various media formats. For example‚ the following words are repeated frequently in different variances throughout their website and web presence: transform‚ change‚ and improve. Representative Anecdotes play a major role in the “ideological maintenance” of Worldreader through reaffirming the organization’s values (Blakesley 97). The stories from people who have directly and indirectly benefited from Worldreader uphold the identity that Worldreader

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    homeless people”. While maintaining a critical tone‚ Ascher utilizes an anecdote‚ a personal experience‚ and appeals to her audience’s ethical values as strategies to fulfill her purpose. Ascher effectively achieves her purpose to convince her audience‚ people inhabiting cities‚ there is a lack of compassion when concerning the homeless. Ascher initiates her article by taking the readers on a journey through her use of an anecdote. Starting with a description of a homeless man‚ “His button less shirt

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    Einstein’s long time friend attempts to depict Einstein as a humble and compassionate man‚ contrary to the mythological figure that people thought he was. He accomplishes this by using simple diction‚ to portray the human side of Einstein‚ and anecdotes‚ to show that Einstein is just an ordinary man. Throughout his essay‚ Hoffmann uses simplified diction to concentrate

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    to monitor their internet use. He states that anything less than spying “borders on negligence.” Coben uses anecdotes to support his claims. His evidence is weak and his anecdotes are unbelievable at best. He poses several arguments and proceeds to refute them in his same idealistic manner. Coben’s idea of parenting and his claim are both idealistic and paranoid. Coben uses an anecdote in which a father uses spyware to monitor his daughter’s internet activity. He makes a startling revelation

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    In “Black Men and Public Space” Brent Staples utilizes anecdotes or stories as a literary technique to convey by prejudice affected him in his career and as a person in his everyday life. Early on in his anecdote‚ he sets the scene and utilizes descriptive language to evokes a feeling or nervousness and uncertainty from the reader. However‚ he also creates a situation where the reader feels compassion for him. It is evident that women and men pre-judged him based on his race. Although not everyone

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