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    Throughout the tragic novel Into the Wild‚ author Jon Krakauer provides an in depth analysis of the life and lonely death of Christopher McCandless. McCandless was a young man straight out of college‚ looking to find himself while hitchhiking alone in the bush of Alaska. Unfortunately for Chris his well anticipated venture turned fatal after a hundred some days alone in the wilderness. Jon Krakauer uses rhetorical methods for the duration of the book‚ which allows him to speak of Chris’s life with

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    Another rhetorical strategy Sundberg uses is a parable. Her entire essay is a self-told story of her experience during her relationship‚ giving warnings and advice to her readers. Sundberg recalls‚ “When I met him he charmed me. My best friend said‚ ‘You’ll love Caleb…. My love for him was real and I did not want to be a single mother” (209). Again‚ the author uses her strategies to prove how our reality is not necessarily clear cut. In the beginning‚ she truly loved him and because of her pregnancy

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    A Rhetorical Analysis of “This is Water” If one were to try to imagine a world without air‚ then it would certainly be very different than the world as humans know it. Since air is essential to the livelihood of most life on Earth‚ it could be considered an “important reality.” In David Foster Wallace’s commencement speech‚ “This is Water” to the 2005 graduating class of Kenyon College‚ Wallace states that “the most obvious‚ ubiquitous‚ important realities are often the ones that are the hardest

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    Fitzgerald uses many rhetorical strategies throughout the course of the novel The Great Gatsby. A book filled with characters each trying to pursue their own versions of the American Dream. His strategic use of devices such as diction and imagery which help to contribute to themes that can be seen throughout the book such as the past‚ class struggles‚ the use of specific color choice‚ and most importantly‚ the American Dream. In the last passage of the novel‚ Fitzgerald continues with his strong

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    Rhetorical Analysis of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream”
 The “I Have a Dream” speech has very simple diction and context. The author of the “I Have A Dream” speech is Dr. Martin Luther King‚ Jr. King and is known for his work in Civil Rights during the late 1950s and mid1960s. The purpose of this speech is to inspire change in both white and black citizens of the United States during the Civil Rights era. The main idea of the speech is to convince both sides of the discussion that they must

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    President John F. Kennedy’s speech on April 10‚ 1962 regarding an increase in steel prices uses several rhetorical strategies such as repletion and imperative tone to persuade his audience that during this economic crisis‚ steel companies are raising steel prices which is irresponsible‚ unjustified and selfish on their part. President Kennedy also informs the middle class of America and steel industry executives who is his audience that the rising steel prices will create a further negative impact

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    uses the rhetorical mode division and classification to explain how “Ag-gag” law has ruined a journalist’s right. He breaks divided into three parts: “They criminalize news gathering”‚ “Ag-gag laws create harsher penalties for critics”‚ “Ag-gag turns sources into criminals”. The author split it so he can point out and give evidence to each point. Therefore the audience will easily that why journalists’ works are messed up because of “Ag-gag” law. In addition‚ the author uses the rhetorical mode of

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    Letter From Birmingham Jail In King’s essay‚ "Letter From Birmingham Jail"‚ King brilliantly employs the use of several rhetorical strategies that are pivotal in successfully influencing critics of his philosophical views on civil disobedience. King’s eloquent appeal to the logical‚ emotional‚ and most notably‚ moral and spiritual side of his audience‚ serves to make "Letter From Birmingham Jail" one of the most moving and persuasive literary pieces of the 20th century. In Birmingham

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    an Angry God”‚ Jonathan Edwards’ purpose was to convert and make born again the congregation of Puritan sinners. He was able to achieve this with his eye opening sermons to the congregation. In “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”‚ Edwards uses rhetorical devices such as diction‚ imagery‚ and tone to contribute to the effectiveness of his sermon. Edwards paints a horrifying picture of eternal damnation for unsaved souls. His use of graphic words describing the horrors and torment awaiting sinners

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    Letter to the Church at Laodicea Unlike in the letter to the church at Ephesus‚ in this letter Christ gives no praise to the church. To understand why one must understand the history of Laodicea. The Seleucid King Antiochus 2 found Laodicea‚ during the third century BC. The city was the richest in the region and connected Ephesus to the western region of the Asia Minor. The city was well known for its industry‚ banking and textile‚ which contributed to its wealth. Unlike in Ephesus there was a large

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