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    to court Daisy‚ he ends up alone at the end of the novel without friends. Through the exhaustive use of a main rhetorical strategy throughout the novel‚ FitzGerald proves himself a “good writer” by having a lasting impression on the audience and showing he can intricate details to increase the reader’s understanding of the message he is trying to convey. FitzGerald’s prominent rhetorical strategy is symbolism throughout The Great Gatsby‚ making him a good writer as symbolism gives depth and adds

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    The Declaration of Independence Rhetorical Analysis Christian Johnson / P6   PART I The Declaration of Independence is considered by many to be the finest piece of political prose ever written.  It can be seen as a document in five parts:  the introduction‚ the preamble‚ the denunciation of George III‚ the denunciation of the British people‚ and the conclusion.  We are going to closely examine the first three as a way to understand how Jefferson’s rhetorical strategies serves the political

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    of going to the Senate because she fears that Caesar’s life is in jeopardy. Decius‚ in this case Calpurnia’s adversary‚ wants to persuade Caesar that he should in fact go to the Senate where his doomed fate awaits him. Shakespeare uses many rhetorical devices in Calpurnia’s conversation and Decius’ conversation with Caesar‚ each attempting to convince Caesar to take their side. The first to try and persuade Caesar is Calphurnia‚ his wife; she begins her argument to keep Caesar home by attempting

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    March uses many devices in her essay to connect with her audience; she uses pathos to pull at the heart-strings of her readers. Considering her target audience is women she tries to connect with them by recounting all the steps that she and the women in her family took to try to get Hillary elected. She also tells many stories of the struggle for women’s rights. March writes‚ “My grandmother was born three years after white women win suffrage and died just days after casting her absentee ballot for

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    “They don’t even know it’s Christmas” sung and performed by the members of band aid in 1984’s is about third world countries suffering from famine and continually dying‚ and the people in those counties not even knowing or caring that it is Christmas and that the greatest gift to them is life. During the song the singers used and sung lyrics such as “And there won’t be any snow in Africa‚ the greatest gift they’ll get this year is life” and “Where nothing ever grows‚ no rain or river flows”. These

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    food‚ to the language‚ to the types of clothes people wore. He wrote this section to inform the people back home about how different Europe was from New York and‚ possibly‚ to gloat about his world travels. In the first paragraph Bryson uses the rhetorical technique of hyperbole while describing his backpack. He says‚ “I half expected to be asked‚ "Anything to declare? Cigarettes? Alcohol? Dead horse?" Bryson is implying that his backpack is so massive that he could fit a dead horse in it. This‚ of

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    A Tale of Two Cities Set in England and France during the start of the French Revolution‚ A Tale of Two Cities provides a glimpse into the lives of both the aristocrats and the revolutionaries of the time. In this classic novel‚ Dickens makes use of many sophisticated literary devices. These devices help tell the real story and convey the author’s true intentions for the novel’s outcome‚ as well as adding depth and richness to an already interesting story. “It was the best of times‚ it was the

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    Shakespeare’s drama‚ The Tragedy of Julius Caesar‚ is saturated with rhetorical strategies. Brutus‚ Cassius‚ and Antony use their words throughout different parts of the play to sway other people’s opinions. Cassius’s persuasion is so powerful it leads to the death of Julius Caesar. Brutus is left with the repercussions of the assassination and has to speak to the Romans. Brutus and Antony go back-to-back speaking to the Romans using rhetorical strategies to explain their diverse views on the event. These

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    Rhetorical Analysis of “Gaara’s Speech” In chapter 516 of Naruto Shippuden‚ it was time for the Third Great Ninja War to begin. All five kages rallied their villages to the great confrontation center. This is where Lord Gaara delivered his speech to all shinobi. He spoke about the hatred that every village has displayed upon one another the past centuries‚ as well as why they must cooperate to defeat the Akatsuki‚ the common enemy that started it all. In his first statement he said “Three times

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    Address after reading and analyzing the speech. Though Abraham was not the official and featured orator in that ceremony‚ the 273-word is remembered as one of the most famous speeches in the American History. The speech contained some stylistic devices such as Asyndeton and repetition. The elimination of conjunction made the speech look more effective and dramatic by speeding up its pace and rhythm. The Asyndeton was also used in the speech to emphasize the dram or the gravity of his topic. Lincoln

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