to the contrary of what the reader might have been expecting‚ the plot thickens‚ adding a twist or creating a higher level understanding of the story. Irony can also expose a character’s true self and the situation he or she has brought about. For example‚ if a character’s actions cause an event to occur that is the exact opposite of what he or she would have wanted to happen‚ then the reader clearly sees the
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Over the past years‚ Facebook users have been demanding other buttons rather than the "Like" button. So Facebook decided‚ instead of making a dislike button‚ they decided to put different kinds of emoji buttons‚ to help express our feelings better. The new buttons options are sad‚ angry‚ happy‚ love‚ haha‚ and wow. The product Manager of Facebook‚ Sammi Krug has told us‚ "We’ve been listening to people and know that there should be more ways to easily and quickly express how something you see in
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but overall stayed to his tone. He made Chris McCandless bold and brave‚ he would not show a side of him that was weak and useless‚ and determine his well beings by fate. Krakauer foreshows many of Chris’s actions through other people’s quotes. For example‚ a character in the book‚ Gail Borah explains‚ “I
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“Orthorexia: When eating healthy becomes an unhealthy obsession‚” really made me think of how this is actually a real problem that is happening today amongst many people who believe when eating only healthy diets nothing can go wrong. Lindsey Getz explains how orthorexia isn’t a term yet recognized as a disorder‚ but how she is trying to widespread her audience to explain the consequences of how only eating healthy foods becomes more of an obsession (Getz). The author did have some great points on
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Speech Variation In Restaurants There are three different dialects in Pennsylvania that will give away where you reside. Why is there so much contrast in speech among the residents of the city and country? The culture where I am from has molded my speech‚ attitude‚ and actions; it also has created who I am today. The “city life” is exceptionally different from the “country life‚” I know this because of my expedition to the middle of nowhere‚ Lock Haven‚ PA. Somewhere on the four-hour car ride
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it causes manipulation‚ cruelty‚ and death. The lottery is a form of manipulation because it controls the villagers. The villagers are being manipulated because of the lottery tradition to kill the person who chooses the paper with the spot. For example‚ in the story‚ the lottery is influencing the villagers to kill Tessie with stones because it is a tradition. The tradition has been played since the first people settled to make a village. However‚ the villagers made up their own way to play the
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Christopher Schwenk Mrs. Medlin APLAC-3 12 October 2012 Rhetorical Analysis In "Nancy’s Bedroom" from Cold Blood by Truman Capote‚ Capote tries to reveal the femininity and innocence of Nancy Clutter. He uses this as an example to reveal the greater truth that conclusions can be drawn about one’s character from a small piece of information about one’s personal space and activities. One device that Capote uses toward the beginning of the selection in the first paragraph is a simple polysendeton
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RHETORIC Throughout the Crucible‚ Arthur Miller uses many forms of rhetoric to progress and shape the plot. Miller exercises three significant forms of rhetoric to shape the play; symbolism‚ irony‚ and suspense. Although only a few instances of deep symbolism occur during the story‚ there are many important symbols. The title itself has two different meanings; a crucible is a melting metal to be forged into something new and different‚ which parallels the story to how it is a new
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Rhetorical Devices As Edwin Starr’s famous anti-war song goes‚ “War! What is it good for? Absolutely nothin’!” and if Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five had a theme song‚ this would be the perfect song. Slaughterhouse Five is one of the greatest anti-war books of all time- it even says so on the back cover. In order to convey his anti-war attitude to the readers‚ Vonnegut uses many different rhetorical devices in Slaughterhouse Five‚ including analogy‚ irony‚ and satire. The first important
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Rhetorical Analysis on Ronald Reagan’s “Challenger” Speech While in the Oval Office of the White house‚ on January 28‚ 1986‚ President Ronald Reagan delivered his speech about The Challenger Disaster. The speech was made just hours after space shuttle “Challenger” exploded during take-off‚ killing all seven crew members on board. Thousands witnessed this horrifying event live in person and on television. A big factor about this launch‚ making the explosion an even worse disaster was the fact
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