How does Obama use rhetorical devices in his speech effectively to engage his audience? Throughout Obama’s speech he uses many different examples of rhetorical devices such as alliteration‚ personification‚ triad‚ allusion and an inclusive pronoun. Alliteration is used effectively in Obama’s speech. An example would be “depths of despair to the greatest heights of hope”. The fact that he goes from the worst to the best corrects the listener’s minds and provides an insight into just how good things
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Concert Report #2 My second concert I attended was located at the Fowler Center Thursday‚ November 4‚ 2010. The Arkansas State University Wind Ensemble played several works‚ which gave to the title “Folksongs and War Songs”. Timothy Oliver was the main conductor and there was a guest conductor also‚ Dan Patterson. A classmate and I arrived to the Fowler Center on time and got settled‚ but neither one of knew what to expect really since we didn’t have a very sturdy musical background. Everyone
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Tractor – Ted Hughes This is a poem in which Hughes dramatises man’s struggle with an often hostile environment. Here‚ the poet is trying to rescue a tractor form its ’hell of ice’. Hughes uses personification. The tractor is personified in order to make the incident as dramatic as possible. Throughout the poem it is compared to animal‚ and its final release from the trap of the weather is like the birth of a baby animal. As well as the wonderful descriptions of the tractor and the weather in
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Case 2 – Edward Marshall Boehm‚ Inc. 1. Analyze the firms goals and objectives Goal: Make the world aware of Mr. Boehm’s artistic talent‚ to help world wildlife causes by creating appreciation and protection for threatened species‚ and to build a continuing business that could make them comfortably wealthy‚ perhaps millionaires. No one goal has grater precedence over the others. Strategic objective: The case does not tell a lot about strategic objectives that are specific and cover a well-defined
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Literary Techniques: Poetry Analysis 1 Diction and Imagery Literary Techniques • The meaning of a poem (i.e its focus‚ mood and the speaker’s attitude) is enhanced by four main types of literary techniques: • Diction • Imagery • Sound devices • Rhythm‚ Rhyme and Repetition Diction • Diction is the choice of words a poet uses to bring meaning across. In working through a poem‚ it is useful to question why a certain word is used‚ and what kind of effect is achieved with the choice and placement
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Writing in the Discipline: Relationship to the Ways of Knowing and Doing Writing in the discipline is founded on a relationship between knowing‚ doing‚ and writing. It is important that we understand the two categories creating disciplines: domains of knowledge and the ways of knowing. The domains of knowledge suggest declarative or conceptual knowledge and the knowing infers procedural or process knowledge. Michael Carter addresses this relationship in his article Ways of Doing‚ Knowing‚ and
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I went to the MDC Jazz Band & Jubilation Dance Ensemble. The conductor was Matt Bonelli and the dance coordinator was Michelle Grant Murray. The concert was held in the McCarthy Auditorium Room 6120 on Tuesday‚ October 28 2008. The concert started at 7:30 pm and ended at 8:40 pm. There were five jazz performances‚ and four dance performances happening mostly simultaneously. The first piece "Wind Blues" had a very harsh sound and was hard to listen to‚ partly because it was very loud. The piece
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October 30‚ 2011 On Sunday‚ October 30‚ 2011‚ I attended an orchestral music concert presented by WLU at Maureen Forrester Recital Hall. This concert features the WLU Symphony Orchestra‚ Paul Pulford as the conductor‚ Samantha Lee as the guest pianist‚ and a special guest‚ soprano Jane Archibald. A total of 6 pieces were played during the concert‚ with one being a Concerto and the rest being Operas. Out of all the pieces played‚ I liked the third piece Carmen:
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Aiden Hall Music Appreciation MWF 9-9:53 German Masters – Gulf Coast Symphony November 2‚ 2013 The concert attended was “German Masters” on November second‚ at the Saenger Theatre in Biloxi. The Gulf Coast Symphony performed it beautifully. This theatre was an appropriate choice for the show. The environment was very comfortable. The temperature in the building was perfect‚ and the people surrounding me were very attentive and did not create any distractions. I sat in
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surrounded by music ever since I was a young child‚ and sing is one of my passions. I have been in choirs‚ and took a few years of piano lessons. But‚ I have never taken band. I usually only see bands perform at their concerts. So‚ I believe it was a privilege to be able and observe Concert Band on Monday‚ November 14. Dr. Brad Miedem was very welcoming to allow me to observe his class‚ and I enjoyed hearing a different side of the music field. When I first walked into the band room‚ the noise in
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