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    4/08/2013 Everything has right and wrong Everyone has an opinion of whether something is right or wrong. While one might think that something is wrong the other might think that it’s right. Lenn E. Goodman argued that certain things like slavery‚ polygamy‚ incest and rape are just plain wrong. “What I want to do here is single out a few areas where I think human deserts are irrefragable-not because these deserts are never questioned or breached in practice‚ but because they never should

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    Rhetorical Terms and Techniques of Persuasion Fill in at least 1example for each from Kennedy’s Inaugural Address Alliteration: repetition of the same sound beginning several words in a sequence: Little Larry likes lemons. Examples: faithful friends. whom we welcome.  same high standards of strength and sacrifice Anaphora: repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases‚clauses or lines: I have a dream…I have a dream…I have a dream Examples: Let both sides... Let

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    The purpose of the rhetorical questions in paragraph 7 is to explain the fact that fighting and violence are sometimes men’s instinct‚ therefore‚ if we want to stop the wars‚ we must encourage men to get rid of such instinct in the first place. The use of rhetorical questions builds a stronger tone that leave a clear impression to the audience‚ and it indirectly lead the audience to the final conclusion the author attempts to convey. By using rhetorical questions‚ Woolf naturally catches

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    rebellion would not do anything good‚ since adults were much bigger and stronger than me; but I found out quickly that oral arguments did give me some chances to win. When I earned my first battle from my parents in middle school—through an argument about the latest bedtime—I‚ for the first time‚ felt the strength of words as weapons and got excited for it. So when I started to read Richard Wright’s memoir Black Boy and reached the part where he describes his experience of being baptized‚ I was excited

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    Brent Staples uses vivid language and rhetorical devices to express and convey the elements of fear‚ anger‚ and violence. We all make many decisions based on past experiences. That’s how we learn to avoid touching a hot stove burner for example. It’s also about how we learn to do things that bring us pleasure. So we all develop discriminating behavior‚ but when that discrimination is based purely on the color on that person’s skin‚ or his ethnicity‚ without knowing anything else about that person

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    In my opinion this song ``What is Love`` by the Black eyed peas‚ refers to people at war whether it is the World War 1‚ or a war on a smaller scale‚ in metaphor with themselves or the other issues that are current in the world. This song refers to the fight against racism‚ it talks about how kids are getting involved and caught up in issues that should be avoided. The song talks a little bit about how we are worrying about problems that are occurring in other countries rather than fixing the situation

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    for Teenagers” shows how many members of Generation Me interact with technology. This image utilizes the Aristotelian appeal to pathos and shows how obsessed with technology Gen Me’ers are‚ as pointed out by Dr. Jean Twenge in her book Generation Me. In the image‚ there are four teenagers; two boys and two girls‚ probably around age 16 to 18. They are standing against a brown‚ brick wall outside all staring at their cell phones‚ which look like smartphones. One of the boys is smiling‚ the other

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    Black and Pink is a pro LGBT organization whose primary objective is to end the prison industrial complex. In sum‚ this group directs its focus to the damaging effects of mass incarceration on LGBTQ persons‚ presenting a “radical‚…anti capital[ist]‚…feminist‚…[and] anti racist” approach to queer liberation. Black and Pink was founded by Rev. Jason Lydon‚ and began in 2005 as a personal pen pal project in Boston‚ Massachusetts after he experienced the distinctive sexual abuse of an LGBT segregated

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    should be granted the same freedom with no violence. This speech was presented in front of 250‚000 people‚ mainly those who were for King’s cause. While listening to this speech the main rhetorical device‚ metaphor‚ is presented. He used metaphor when he referred to drinking to together as white and black‚ he said “ “Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred”‚ King meant that we can’t let the fact that the world is so deep in hate control

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    description about the senses is highlighted in the essay. The writer should describe what the chocolate dipped pretzels taste like‚ smell‚ and feel like. Describe Alice’s appearance‚ and describe what she sounds like. The irrelevant details is highlighted in the essay. The writer should describe Alice’s way of reading‚ and how she treated people like adults. During our lessons‚ she made me feel special and always listened intently to my rambling.

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