Although past traditions have installed norms and standards regarding who may be considered as true ‘family‚’ Ellen Goodman effectively employs a variety of rhetorical strategies including figurative language‚ perspective‚ and Aristotelian appeals to highlight that in choosing to disregard these pre-established conditions and/or labels‚ individuals have the ability to progress with society in a manner that will encourage them to ultimately embrace the many intricacies of an extended family. To begin
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Shelby SmithSmith 1 English Composition 1010 July 2‚ 2012 Rhetorical Essay -Sample Paragraph The Legalization of Marijuana in America Should America legalize an illegal drug‚ as way out of the economical downfall we have found ourselves in? A popular article appeared in April of 2009 in Times magazine‚ catching millions of readers’ attention. The article was titled‚ “Why Legalizing Marijuana Makes Sense” and was written by Joe Klein. Cannabis‚ America’s drug of choice for the
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In an article ¨On immigration‚ Bernie Sanders is Correct¨ by Daniel Costa introduces us Bernie Sanders a U.S. senator running for president. Costa expresses sanders is choosing the right path to legalize all foreign families. Bernie recognizes there is something fundamentally wrong in our current society. Lately we have seen racism‚ wages‚ and immigration takes over our world. Immigration has been a center to all of our attention in our current economy‚ followed by racism‚ and the raise of the minimum
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Power‚ Justice‚ and a Bunch of Dudes Arguing Power and weakness‚ justice and injustice‚ good and bad. In a world where men seek power at any and all costs‚ it is important to stop and consider what truly makes one powerful. In Gorgias‚ translated by James H. Nichols Jr.‚ Gorgias and Polus are trapped in an argument with Socrates about the power that rhetors possess. However‚ through the use of allegories to justice and suffering‚ Socrates asserts that it is not power that these such men possess‚
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modernize and thrive‚ our relationship with nature has slowly diminished. In the excerpt from Last Child in the Woods‚ Richard Louv uses thoughtprovoking rhetorical questions‚ soothing nostalgia‚ and an anecdote in order to support his argument over the separation between people and nature. First‚ Richard Louv uses several examples of rhetorical questions in order to contribute to his argument. Louv asks‚ “Why do so many Americans say they want their children to watch less TV‚ yet continue to expand
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When someone advertised something and conveys messages to urge people to buy certain products or tell people that one product or services are better than another‚ it means that they try to persuade us. Persuasion is a form of social influence that can be defined as a process by which a person changes his or her behavior and attitudes because he or she had been influenced by the communications from other people. Persuasion is a truly influential and powerful force in our everyday life as people try
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During my time in GSW 1120 I have become a skilled academic writer and am able to incorporate things I have learned into my writing. I am now able to better engage in the electronic research and composing processes‚ demonstrate rhetorical knowledge‚ and demonstrate critical thinking‚ reading‚ and writing skills. I am now able to move from GSW 1120 and onto my next academic writing class. To begin‚ I have met the criteria of learning outcome one by being able to find multiple sources to back up my
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Love. It’s Makes a Subaru. Narratives and storytelling make sense to us because it tells us a story in a particular form by using values‚ ideologies‚ symbols‚ social and cultural patterns that we are familiar with. The true great storytellers have long embraced the fact that the most powerful stories happen in the mind of the audience‚ making each and every story unique and personal for the individual. Stories are important because they are inherent to the human experience (Hamm‚ 2013). Stories
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Populist language has been utilized by American politicians since the nineteenth century‚ and that trend certainly did not end during the 2016 presidential campaign. Michael Kazin defines populism as‚ “a language whose speakers conceive of ordinary people as a noble assemblage not bound narrowly by class‚ view their elite opponents as self-serving and undemocratic‚ and seek to mobilize the former against the latter.” The majority of Bernie Sanders speeches included this language‚ and this helped
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Hurston uses an abhorring tone when she describes Mrs. Turner’s hypocrisy. Mrs. Turner‚ despite being a black woman‚ believes that black people should not be subjected to the same level of respect as white people. Mrs. Turner believes that a person’s whiteness is equated with the amount of respect he or she deserves. Hurston uses phrases like “insensate cruelty”‚ as well as biblical imagery‚ to convey her tone. Hurston finds Mrs. Turner’s criteria for determining the worth of others to be illogical
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