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    through your mind at the very moment you know it’s over? You probably ask yourself‚ “How did it come to this?” Your mind starts racing‚ thinking about all the choices you made and all the things you could have done differently. In A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes‚ Captain Jonsen was surely asking himself the same questions when his fate was sealed. Captain Jonsen’s failure to rid himself of the children‚ his bad reputation‚ and trusting Emily to tell his story ultimately lead to his demise

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    Spivak and Kincaid: An Analysis of the Reproductive Rights of Subaltern      Colonizers utilize unethical reproduction as a form of domination against women-- and in some cases of resistance‚ many women may refuse to bear children. Xuela‚ the protagonist of Jamaica Kincaid’s The Autobiography of My Mother is the representation of the colonized in the act of rebellion against their reproduction. Although she refuses to have children‚ even after pregnancy-- she permeates self-love for her own body

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    phrases with a similar structure - I went to the store‚ parked the car and bought a pizza. 6) Irony- what is expected and what actually occurs 7) Understatement - makes an idea less important that it really is - The hurricane disrupted traffic. 8) Rhetorical question- a statement that is formulated as a question but that is not supposed to be answered 9) Oxymoron - a two word paradox‚ a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction - near miss‚ seriously funny 10)

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    conveyance. V. Investment or other Application of Capital Trust Money 24. Capital money under Act; investment‚ etc.‚ by trustees or Court. 25. Regulations respecting investment‚ devolution and income of securities‚ etc. 26. Investment in land in Jamaica. 27. Settlement of land purchased‚ taken in exchange‚ etc. Dealings as between Tenant for Life and the.Estate 28. Dealings as between tenant for life and the estate. m inclusion of this

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    care‚ creating a sense of responsibility for her son as he prepares for the difficulties ahead. In her letter‚ Abigail Adams employs rhetorical strategies such as ethos and pathos‚ alongside historical allusions‚ to inspire her son to face adversity with resilience. By grounding her advice in both personal experience

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    Rhetorical Strategies Analysis of "Bill Clinton’s First Inaugural Address" Introduction William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He got authority at the end of the Cold War. During Cold War‚ in order to compete with the Soviet Union’s military power‚ the federal government spent a great deal of financial resources to establish a powerful military. The quality of life of common people decreased year after year. At that time‚ people

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    Contrast of Jamaica Kincaid’s “Girl” and John Updike’s “A&P” “A&P” and “Girl” both symbolized the protagonists’ oppression by an older‚ more experienced generation. However‚ Kincaid’s “Girl” was artistic with an undercurrent of selfless love and hope while Updike’s “A&P” was uninspiring with selfishness and lust. The protagonist of “Girl” discouraged her daughter’s dreams out of love. The protagonist of “A & P” encouraged the antagonists’ out of a selfish desire for self-promotion. The short story

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    Shauna Crawford Mr. Meadows ENG 102 20 January 2014 Soldier Do not speak unless spoken to; always begin and end your sentence with “Drill Sergeant;” stand up straight; lace up your boots tighter; blouse your pants like this; do not say sorry‚ try harder; curl those damn fingers; thirty inch steps precisely not baby ones; just look forward to chow time; lights out is at 2100 sharp; wake up is at 0400; quit making excuses; this is how you shine your shoes; this is how you make a bed; this is how

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    that public as well as the judge that Bigger’s violent nature is spawned from the oppressive society that keeps him and other African Americans in constant fear and poverty. He achieves success in articulating his points by employing various rhetorical strategies: similes‚ cause and effect‚ and comparison. The speech is punctuated with similes. He uses them to relate Bigger and society to other parts of life. "The complex forces of society have isolated here for us a symbol‚ a test symbol. The prejudices

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    Rhetorical pentagon Topic Reader Speaker Language – How is the topic presented; Vocabulary‚ Tone‚ Style. Circumstance Modes of persuasion/ Rhetorical appeals (Appelformer) 1. Ethos – The speakers ability to establish credibility /trust. 2. Pathos – Appeals to emotions‚ affects the subconscious‚ often use of adjectives. (Language) 3. Logos – Appeals to logic‚ via facts and statistics. Discourse- Choice of words/The way you choose to say something. Them/us‚ I/we President Obama’s

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