associated in particular with the work of Peter Strevens (Haliiday‚ Mcintosh and Strevens‚ 1964)‚ Jack Ewer (Ewer and Latorre‚ 1969) and John Swales (1971). Operating on the basic principle that the English of‚ say‚ Electrical Engineering constituted a specific register different from that of‚ say‚ Biology or of General English‚ the aim of the analysis was to identify the grammatical and lexical features of these registers Teaching materials
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Samuel Mendoza Period 2 March 9th 2012 RHETORICAL DEVICES ESSAY A speech is an oral presentation on an important issue. A speech consists of three important elements: its purpose‚ the reason for its presentation; its occasion‚ the event that inspires it; and it’s the audience‚ those who hear it at the time or who read or hear it later. Orators get their audiences attention and emotions into the topic by using rhetorical devices. Rhetorical devices are special patterns of language used to make
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On September 11‚ 2001‚ the citizens of the United States witnessed a horrific attack on two symbolic buildings in New York City. These tragic events have galvanized the creation and implementation of a myriad of prejudicial and unconstitutional policies designed to provide the illusion of national security while simultaneous creating more instability and animosity between the West and the Middle East. In the wake of 9/11‚ a multitude of Americans have been overtaken by hysteria and fear. These
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When our class visited Joan and Robert Rechnitz Hall I felt as if this would be a hard assignment because I felt as if none of the artwork would catch my attention‚ seeing as I’ve never had an interest in artwork while growing up. This visit was really eye opening because not only did I enjoy the time we spent there‚ surprisingly I was actually interested in some of the work that was being displayed at that time. Although all the art exhibits were simply amazing the one that stood out the most
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I Have a Dream Speech Theme: During Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech‚ there were many problems brought about concerning equality and freedom of the black population. What he wanted to get across to the people was that the United States was not abiding by its own laws and beliefs‚ so he wanted to get the theme of equality and racial justice across to his audience. This is considered his theme because this was the underlying message he wanted to get across to all those who heard
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The Japanese Empire bombarded Pearl Harbor on December 7‚ 1941 it was a surprise attack to the United States. This event caused the loss of many innocent people as well as material destruction to the country. Franklin D. Roosevelt was the president during that time‚ his duty was to address both‚ the nation and the Congress to inform them about what had happened he did this through his speech “Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation”. The speech was extremely important‚ not only because of how delicate
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importance of it. Analogy: A comparison of two things‚ based on the similarities between them; in this case‚ telling a story with a similar sort of message in order to make a related point clear. Rhetorical Questioning: Questions that the speaker might ask‚ but which do not actually require an answer. Rhetorical questions are used to make the audience think a little more about the point being made. Appealing to the Crowd: Can be a question or a statement that seeks support in some way from the audience
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Logical Fallacies Handlist and it states that fallacies are statements that might sound reasonable or superficially true but are actually flawed or dishonest. It is important to avoid logical fallacies as they undermine your argument. There are several types of logical fallacies and to keep track of all of them you can separate them into different categories. There are four different main categories that the certain types can go into; they are fallacies of relevance‚ component fallacies‚ fallacies of
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Exercise Identify the fallacies in the following passages. A. The appeal to ignorance B. The appeal to inappropriate authority C. Argument against the person D. The appeal to emotion E. Irrelevant conclusion F. Complex Question G. False Cause H. Begging the question I. Accident J. Converse Accident 1. Brad Pitt is so cool because so many girls think he is. D‚ E‚ H 2. Einstein’s theories must be wrong because he was a very weird person. C‚ G 3. We should have imprisoned all the German and
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Media bias is a tendency to twist balanced‚ objective‚ neutral and impartial facts found in the society. On the other hand‚ political bias is the reflection of the preferences and beliefs of news networks or reporters with regards to a certain story or a frame that may lead to presenting more of one political party than both sides equally. Media bias was known before as an intentional act of twisting fact. Now‚ the meaning of bias has changed to an “unconscious slant” (Hachten 104-105). The adoption
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