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    uncomfortable with having someone subservient to her‚ and disallowed Douglass from acting with “crouching servility‚ usually so acceptable a quality in a slave.” (Douglass 32) Mrs. Auld

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    2. Rhetorical Devices and Literary Techniques Rhetorical devices and literary techniques are closely related to tone and style. In fact‚ an author’s style partly consists of selecting and using certain devices; an author’s tone is partially determined by the type of techniques an author uses. Many SAT books will list lots of Greek terms you don’t need to know‚ such as synecdoche and anaphora. But the Critical Reading section won’t require that you know the names of rhetorical devices or literary

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    Just Broke the use of rhetorical strategies are established to further entice the reader. Within the short excerpt‚ Gregory gives sensory details and real life experiences that convey emotion and express feelings which in turn interest the reader. Gregory’s use of rhetorical strategies makes it easy to place one’s self in his childhood shoes‚ and therefore connects to the sentiments of the audience. When analyzing this piece it is evident that through tone‚ authorial bias‚ and purpose Dick Gregory’s

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    RHETORICAL DEVICES & FIGURES OF SPEECH (Bringing Brightness and Buoyancy to Language: Prose & Poetry) 1. allegory: (Greek‚ ‘speaking otherwise’) It is a story‚ poem‚ or picture which can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning‚ typically a moral or political one. It has a double meaning: a primary or surface meaning; and a secondary or under-the-surface meaning. It is a story‚ therefore‚ that can be read‚ understood and interpreted at two or more levels. 1. Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress is

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    Rhetorical Devices that use figurative language Rhetorical devices are techniques that writers use to persuade‚ create a literary effect‚ or evoke an emotional response from the reader. Whenever you describe something by comparing it with something else‚ you are using figurative language‚ which is any language that goes beyond the literal meaning of words in order to furnish new effects or fresh insights into an idea or a subject (e.g. Whenever you call something “cool‚” you’re not talking

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    HAMLET On Claudius: “A little more than kin‚ a little less than kind” “Smiling‚ damned villain!” “Keeps wassail” “drains his draughts of Rhenish down” “remorseless‚ treacherous‚ lecherous‚ kindless villain!” “what‚ frighted with false fire!” On Polonius: “these tedious old fools” “i’ll lug the guts into the neighbour room” “you are a fishmonger” “thou wretched rash‚ intruding fool‚ farewell.” On Gertrude/Ophelia/Women: “i shall in my best obey you madam” “Like Niobe‚ all tears” “incestuous

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    Each character in Shakespeare’s play has distinct purpose on which they provide different environment using different rhetorical devices. In Hamlet‚ however‚ there are distinct characters who just gives one-dimensional‚ direct statements while couple gives multidimensional‚ deep statements to look more sophisticated. Claudius in particular uses all five rhetorical devices to not only make him look not only a nice man of heart‚ but also a strong leader in his speech. In the beginning of

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    In the literature given‚ there are multiple examples of rhetorical devices. Such devices are Ethos‚ Pathos‚ Logos‚ metaphors and more. The writer of the literature‚ Marian Evans Lewes‚ writes the passage for an American woman answering her question. Using the rhetorical devices enhances Lews’s point to answer the question. On lines 9-12‚ Lewe states: “What comes after‚ is rather the sense that the work has been produced within one‚ like offspring‚ developing and growing by some force of which one’s

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    Lincoln’s speech at Gettysburg not only memorialized the deaths of the fallen‚ but also‚ through the use of the rhetorical strategies of repetition‚ pathos‚ and syntax‚ served as a away to get the people to continue the war. His syntax was most effective in the way that his speech was only composed of two hundred and seventy-words and still serves as one of the greatest speeches ever made. Lincoln’s repetition was used very carefully concentrating on the words being repeated and finally his use of

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    use of descriptive language in the form of rhetorical devices to create meaning between people. Rhetoric can be described as: “...a technique of using language effectively and persuasively in spoken or written form” (“Rhetoric - Examples and Definition of Rhetoric”). In simpler terms‚ rhetoric allows for communicators to persuade or to relate to their audience. Rhetoric’s most important job is creating connections through writing by using rhetorical devices. Rhetoric’s creates emphasis on important

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