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    incomparable and like no other. Obama is known to use three main manipulative devices in his speeches. His effective use of Anaphora‚ Anecdotes‚ mixed in with his own personal style. The effective use of these devices captivated his audience and could possibly make him one of the best public speakers in political history. Barack is best known for his use of anecdotes‚ he always finds a way to connect the point

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    praise to all the people who are struggling in maintaining a healthy relationship through the use of rhetorical questions‚ anecdotes‚ metaphors‚ and repetition in order to combat rising levels discontent in the family and home that she witnesses daily as a marriage counselor and life coach. Trice takes the audience through her thought process through the use of multiple anecdotes in her talk in order to convey how she came about her answer on why

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    Recalling a personal anecdote Next‚ ……………..…further advances his argument by recounting a personal anecdote ………………….…………….the recalling of a personal anecdote by the author demonstrates the author’s personal connection to the issue‚ therefore directly helps build the argument by enabling readers to make a vicarious connection to the author’s central claim…………….. Moreover‚ the author’s personal anecdote functions as a synecdoche capable of revealing insights unobtainable

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    interesting because of how well was able to engage his audience. His choice of language‚ anecdotes‚ and humor played an important role in delivering his message successfully. These elements have been combined to create a compelling and persuasive message that the audience can relate to. Wallace started off with a tone that was approachable and shied away from the typical speech introductions. He starts off with an anecdote about two young fish swimming together and then how an older fish approached them

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    In her letter to her father-in-law‚ Eliza Stacey expresses her need and very subtly persuades him into helping her financially‚ as he had done before. In her time of need‚ Eliza uses ethos‚ pathos‚ and anecdotes to acquire the sympathy of her father-in-law. Eliza’s relationship to Edward Stacey and his son is used to establish a sort of credibility in just the first line. Addressing him by “My dear Father-in-law” rather than by name is a clever and subtle use of ethos on Eliza’s part because establishing

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    Wildlife Refuge: Seasons of Life and Land‚ A Photographic Journey"‚ Jimmy Carter tries to sway his audience to leave the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in its "pure‚ untrammeled state" for its beauty and history. Carter uses sensory imagery‚ a personal anecdote‚ and appeals to emotion to dissuade the audience from developing the Refuge for industry. In the first paragraph‚ Carter sets the scene of the Refuge. He uses sensory diction like vast‚ wild‚ windswept‚ and towering to establish a picture

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    Many have dubbed this generation of young adults as the “me” generation‚ a self-centered and egotistical group fixated only on their own successes and failures. I concede that this may be fitting; however‚ I also believe that this arrogance can be attributed to the popular belief that independence leads to success and‚ subsequently‚ that success leads to self fulfillment. This natural‚ almost automatic lifestyle‚ in which millennials disregard others and place themselves as the center of the universe

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    officer serving the British Empire. I found the writing interesting because of Orwell’s use of rhetorical strategies that slowly build up to the conclusion of the story‚ along with the peak of the action. The story ends in a detailed description of an anecdote Orwell thought of while shooting the elephant that was terrorizing the town he was positioned in. Throughout the writing‚ we can find different rhetorical strategies that indicate Orwell’s very careful choice of different images to get his message

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    “University Days” by his many stories of the classes he claims he didn’t like. Beller on the other hand‚ reveals himself by his sense of style and description of the different unimportant articles of clothing. Both Beller and Thurber however use anecdotes to draw the reader in so there is a possibility of a connection‚ thus altering the reader’s experience from what it would be like for them to just explain their point very dully. Right from the beginning of University Days‚ Thurber shares an amusing

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    Angelina Jolie uses about three rhetorical devices. Throughout her speech to the UN Security Council in 2009. She uses anaphora‚ imagery‚ and anecdote in her speech to prove to the council on why the need to shift their focus onto helping Syria. By using all of these devices throughout the speech‚ it creates a certain feel to have people want to go out and help. Make them want to volunteer their time and stand up for the people of Syria. By using imagery Jolie demands that the UN helps Sryia

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