Selena Martinez Mrs. King AP English III-3 September 16‚ 2013 Rhetorical Analysis on the Scarlet Letter Hawthorne successfully portrays the use of extended metaphors‚ foreshadowing and language throughout the Scarlet Letter to easily grab hold or grasp the reader’s attentive minds. First of all the utilization of the extended metaphors-the lengthening of the average metaphor was developed in this passage to thoroughly describe Pearls reaction to Reverend Dimmesdale’s approach. “The child
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Rhetorical Appeals Assignment Ethos Appeal: “Five score years ago‚ a great American‚ in whose symbolic shadow we stand today‚ signed the Emancipation Proclamation” (King‚ 1963‚ p.1). King made his speech at the Lincoln Memorial and referenced Lincoln’s famous speech given during the American Civil War. He also referenced the Emancipation Proclamation. King’s Lincoln reference is an ethos appeal because it shows he took the time to not only research but also give credit to trailblazers who
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Table of contents Introduction Framing Letter……………………………………………………4 Content Rhetorical Analysis…………………………………………….8 Profile………………………………………………………………15 Annotated Bibliography…………………………………….25 Appendix Rhetorical analysis..………………..…………………………33 Framing Letter Dear whomever this may concern‚ Thank you for reading my final portfolio. To help you as the reader better understand me and who I am
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From t he Classroom Using Facebook to Teach Rhetorical Analysis Jane Mathison Fife The attraction of Facebook is a puzzle to many people over the age of thirtyfive‚ and that includes most college faculty. Yet students confess to spending significant amounts of time on Facebook‚ sometimes hours a day. If you teach in a computer classroom‚ you have probably observed students using Facebook when you walk in the room. Literacy practices that fall outside the realm of traditional academic writing
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him and his people have been treated. The argument he used was that the African Americans have gone through enough and they deserve freedom and equality as much as white people. To support his argument he uses three appeals; emotional‚ ethical‚ and finally logical. An emotional appeal is when the author uses some type of emotion in his writing‚ to persuade the reader into taking their side on the argument. In the ‘I Have a Dream’ speech for example‚ “ I have a dream that one day on the red hills
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Finally‚ Las Casas uses figurative language as a rhetorical appeal. For instance‚ Las Casas uses figurative language when describing the Spaniards treatment towards the natives. In the preface it says‚ “the Spaniards fell like ravening wolves upon the fold‚ or like tigers and savage lions who have not eaten meat for days”(11). Las Casas describes Spaniards as horrifying individuals. In particular‚ Las Casas describes the Spaniards as animals. The figurative language has the possibility to create
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Authors use many different types of rhetoric and rhetorical devices to develop their arguments and as a means of convincing others. In the letter written to her son‚ John Quincy Adams‚ Abigail Adams uses two rhetorical devices in an attempt to ensure that her son is not displeased with her after she encourages him to travel abroad with his father. Abigail uses logos to appeal to his sense of logic as well as pathos to appeal to his emotions. Abigail’s main use of logos is to point out that her
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The First Chapter of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter” is set in the mid 1600s in Puritan Boston. In this chapter he describes these times in a metaphorical manner. He refers to a cemetery and a prison and describes their origins and how they were two of the first things the founders built. He also describes a rosebush in the prison and makes a reference to Anne Hutchinson referring to her as “sainted.” Hawthorne appeals to his audience of peers through their emotions and metaphorical language
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and “grateful.” I try to characterize them as the underdogs right before they win. Finally‚ since it would be incredibly honorable to die fighting for your country‚ right beside your ruler‚ I conclude the letter by saying that I fight beside them. Unlike the letter to the people‚ in the letter to the army‚ I make the audience feel strong and mighty‚ not like underdogs. Once again‚ I make the Chrats sound inferior and evil‚ so that the army will feel like it’s their duty to stop. I also use repetition
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