paragraphs twelve through twenty-one of his speech‚ he speaks about his hope for improved he appeals to pathos by using anaphora and diction‚ appeals to ethos with his position as the leader of America‚ and appeals to logos by describing how the USSR will react to his plans. Throughout this section of his speech‚ Kennedy mainly uses two techniques to appeal to pathos: diction and
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are episodic‚ climactic‚ and cyclical‚ what makes it so. A. What is the point of attack? 2. Character. We are considering stock‚ archetypal or complex characters 3. Thought. Please identify the value system that infuses the play. 4. Diction. Is the language high-flown or mundane? What is the result? 5. Music. Please consider the rise and fall of action in the timing of inciting incident‚ complication‚ crisis‚ climax and resolution (or denouement) 6. Spectacle. Here is the
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Paired together‚ William Blake’s poem The Lamb and The Tyger uses biblical symbolism and diction to illustrate the perspective of religion both good and bad. The titles of the poems have strong symbolism one is found to be godlike‚ while the other has a negative feel to it. Both poems use diction the contradict each other‚ in The Lamb the diction used is considered more like celestial words. The Tyger has dark diction‚ that shows a little of the evil that there is in life. In the first poem from the
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records his trip in extreme detail‚ focusing on both his environment and the events that unfold around him. Krakauer uses several rhetorical devices to express his romanticized yet harsh attitude towards Mt Everest. The author uses both captivating diction and imagery to highlight his fascination with Everest while retaining an underlying ominous mood. Like many‚ the alluring quality of the mountain entices Krakauer and he becomes obsessed with the idea of conquering it. On the way to camp four‚ the
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her use of diction‚ imagery and figurative language throughout the stanza. “I am silver and exact. I have no preconceptions” (1). This opening line has three very strong diction choices that reflect how truthful the mirror is. Silver is pure and so is the mirror. You can see just as it is through the mirror. It has “no preconceptions” (1) shows the reader that the mirror itself makes no assumptions or formulates opinions. The mirror reflects the truth surrounding it. Another diction choice‚ “four-cornered
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called back from. When we are sleeping‚ our souls become part of a peaceful and pure realm. In contrast the waking world is full of stress and undesirable challenges‚ a world in which the soul has no desire of being part of. Using highly refined diction and structure‚ Wilbur portrays the contrast between the two worlds and our soul’s reason for accepting the return to reality. The structure of the poem can be separated in to two parts. The first half describes the soul’s perception of the surrounding
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flapper was a symbol of the change that occurred during this era. The 20s were a time of change and enthusiasm for the future. In this passage‚ Stevenson uses the rhetorical devices of diction‚ metaphors‚ and asyndeton to describe to her younger audience this interesting and entertaining new age. Stevenson uses diction to thoroughly describe the changes that were brought
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becomes all that they were created capable of being”. Your culture helps you become the person you truly were meant to be and everyone has their own special culture. In the poem “Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou the poet uses motif‚ imagery‚ rhyme‚ and diction/syntax to create the idea that in your own culture you stay determined and you never give up when someone tries to bring you down. Your culture is your own and no one can ever change that from you. To begin with‚ Maya Angelou starts out by what seems
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was actually said. In this poem‚ Lee explores the silence that surrounds a father and son’s interaction‚ and the implications of this on the present and future. Lee uses literacy devices like the father’s over analytical point of view‚ emotional diction‚ and shifting tenses to convey the complex relationship between the father and son‚ create significance in the silence that separates them‚
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decades that I’ve begun to notice its greatest damage to us- the death of personal imagination." In "The Great Imagination Heist"‚ Reynolds Price applies both positive and negative diction and details to express that too much television is desructive to the young and growing imagination. Price uses negative diction and details to prove that watching too much television destroys open minds and active imaginations. The author attempts to convince the reader that watching an excessive amount
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