Frederick Douglass‚ an American Slave” Douglass utilizes a variety of rhetorical techniques and devices‚ among which are ethos‚ pathos‚ and comical irony. Douglass takes his experience as a child to persuade people of the horrors of slavery. His rhetoric not only captures the attention of his intended Northern audience‚ but also enraptures later generations of American people. Ethos is a rhetorical device Douglass uses with a deft hand. With his eloquent speech and elevated words‚ people were hard
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Literary Devices – Poetry Allusion: An event or fact from an external context assumed to be known by the reader (e.g. historical‚ biblical‚ etc.). An allusion can increase one’s understanding of the poem in question by drawing parallels with other subjects. Anthropomorphism: The showing or treating of animals‚ gods and objects as if they are human in appearance‚ character or behaviour. Apostrophe: Something that addresses an object‚ abstract idea‚ or person who is dead as though it could
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Name _________________________________ Date_________________ ELA 8 Poetry Terms Musical Devices - Couplet - Satire - Allegory - Dialect - Rhyme Scheme - Allusion - Symbol - Personification - Diction - Voice - Mood - Tone - Ambiguity - Theme - ___________ a typical character‚ an action‚ or a situation that seems to represent universal patterns of human nature. Also known as “universal symbol” may be a character‚ a theme‚ a symbol‚ or even a setting. __________
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Jack Ma once said‚ “Never give up. Today is hard‚ tomorrow will be worse‚ but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine.” Life is guaranteed to have some degree of difficult. Everyone comes across obstacles in their life that make them want to just give up and stop moving forward. The poem “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes shows a mother describing how life‚ “ain’t been no crystal stair‚” (line 2). As the poem continues the mother describes how her life has been difficult as she says‚ “It’s had tacks
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Ralph Waldo Emerson‚ believed that the human mind was the most important force in the universe. In his essay‚ “Self-Reliance”‚ hr suggests that following the laws and not standing up for what we believe in‚ takes away from our individuality and makes us feel as though we cannot fully express ourselves because we are afraid of judgment from society. Emerson states‚ “The power which resides in him is new in nature‚ and none but he can do‚ nor does he know until he has tried” (369). In other words
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Adi Davis 12/10/12 AP Lit Mr. Campbell “I Can’t Believe I Read this in Middle English: The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. Perhaps the first dark comedy?” Throughout The Canterbury Tales‚ Chaucer seems to question the popularity of courtly love in his own culture‚ and to highlight the contradictions between courtly love and Christianity‚ and social casts and convention. Courtly love is the notion that true love only exists outside of
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based on a person’s emotions. In this perspective‚ it’s Khalid’s emotion and how it affected him. He relates his emotions as a Coaster‚ always going all over the place and wanting it to stop. In the song “Coasters” by Khalid‚ he utilizes the literary devices of Imagery‚ symbolism‚ and diction to prove that having to get over someone is difficult situation that some people deal with‚ but it’s for the better for themselves. Imagery is visually descriptive or figurative language. In the song Coaster he
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Foreshadowing “When he was nearly thirteen‚ my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow.”(3) Parallelism Simile “…his head was like a skull lookin’ at her.”(13) “By the time Mrs. Cat called the drugstore for an order of chocolate malted mice the class was wriggling like a bucketful of Catawba worms.” (18) "...Popped me like a cork onto pavement." (50) Metaphor “I wanted you to see what real courage is‚ instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand”. (149)
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REFLECTION JOURNAL Name: Tenea Felton 7/12/12 Modules 1 & 2 Module 1: Driving is Your Responsibility: Please answer the following questions in complete sentences using proper spelling and grammar: Complete the K-W-L information below. K- What you Know List two things you know about driving. 1. You must always drive safely‚ because not only your life is at state. 2. Driving is a privilege that you have to earn. W—What you Want to know List two things you want to know
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In Dick Gregory’s Not Poor‚ Just Broke the use of rhetorical strategies are established to further entice the reader. Within the short excerpt‚ Gregory gives sensory details and real life experiences that convey emotion and express feelings which in turn interest the reader. Gregory’s use of rhetorical strategies makes it easy to place one’s self in his childhood shoes‚ and therefore connects to the sentiments of the audience. When analyzing this piece it is evident that through tone‚ authorial bias
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