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    King uses a series of rhetorical devices and speech conventions to give meaning and impact towards the audience. Some of these conventions and devices extended metaphor‚ alliteration and anaphora. In King’s speech‚ extended metaphors were used many times to create imagery of racial injustice. He compares the unkept promises of freedom made in the Declaration of Independence and Emancipation Proclamation through metaphors. King uses elements of light and dark to contrast the white Americans as freedom

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    are a rare genre. Admittedly‚ it can be a tasking genre to develop a show around‚ but Vince Gilligan has managed to create‚ quite possibly one of the greatest shows ever‚ Breaking Bad. In the pilot episode‚ the audience was introduced to Walter White‚ a middle-aged high school Chemistry teacher. He sounds like an average‚ typical man‚ but he was introduced in the most peculiar way. Gilligan opened this award-winning show with Walter‚ underwear-clad‚ holding a pistol‚ next to a crashed R.V. in

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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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    Having had murdered his best friend and countries leader‚ Brutus attempts to justify his crimes‚ as well as the crimes of the conspirators‚ during a speech to the Roman people. Brutus uses pathos-filled diction‚ calling the audience “Romans” to incite patriotism‚ “countrymen” to unite himself and his audience‚ and “lovers” as a term of endearment‚ further bringing him closer to the crowd. He starts his defense using parallelism‚ commanding to “Hear me… Believe me… [and] Censure me” and reversing

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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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    For many decades a so called “Devil Creature”‚ named The Jersey Devil‚ is thought to roam the heavily wooded pines of southern New Jersey feeding off of small animals such as dogs‚ chickens‚ and other small wild animals since the beginning of the early 18th century. This creature has pretty abnormal and diverse features. Many people that claim to have spotted The Jersey Devil say that it has a kangaroo like body with a horse like face and antlers sprouting out of the top of its head‚ not to mention

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    King used many rhetorical devices in his speech at the Lincoln memorial one of which was repetition most notably seen in the most famous part of the speech paragraphs 13-18 where he repeats "I had a dream" by repeating it in a way he empowers the phrase making it more meaningful another rhetorical device he used was allusion the way he used this is less direct‚ but just as meaningful by saying "But one hundred years later" in the context of Lincolns emancipation proclamation and how black people

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    Devil in a Blue Dress: Novel vs. Film The hardboiled mystery novel‚ Devil in a Blue Dress‚ by Walter Mosley was first published in 1990 and was acknowledged by former U.S. President‚ Bill Clinton‚ as one of his many favorite novelists (Easy Writer). Taking place in post-war Los Angeles‚ the story is narrated by an African American laborer‚ Easy Rawlins‚ who is transformed into an L.A. detective after being pulled in to the affairs of local townspeople. The successful novel continued onto screen

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    African-americans 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

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    In order to improve the situation of those incarcerated‚ she thinks it is imperative to concentrate on strengthening criminal justice remedies. The author makes use of analogies‚ ethos‚ and logos. These rhetorical devices support vivid ideas‚ logic‚ and trust. Logos is one of the rhetorical devices Davis employs. Logos makes logical arguments by appealing to the audience’s reason. According to Davis’ statement in the first chapter‚ "Many members of the Black‚ Latino‚ and Native American communities

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