Rhetorical Terms/Devices Figurative language is the generic term for any artful deviation from the ordinary mode of speaking or writing. It is what makes up a writer’s style – how he or she uses language. The general thinking is that we are more likely to be persuaded by rhetoric that is interesting‚ even artful‚ rather than mundane. When John F. Kennedy said‚ “Ask not what your country can do for you‚ ask what you can do for your country” (an example of anastrophe)‚ it was more interesting –
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Zoe Spanswick Mrs. Smith English III 13 November 2015 Edith Wharton’s The House of Mirth In the span of Edith Wharton’s life‚ she has created sixty-seven astonishing works. She captivates the reader’s mind through her words and ideas. The House of Mirth is one of her most commonly known novels. In Edith Wharton’s The House of Mirth‚ three themes are society and class‚ wealth‚ and feminism. Edith Wharton was born of January 24‚ 1862 into a society of aristocrats. She was the daughter of Frederic
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Ebola: * What is Ebola? Ebola is a virus that causes Ebola hemorrhagic fever (Ebola HF). The Ebola virus belongs to the RNA virus family known as Filoviridae. There have been five strains of the Ebola virus identified (four of them are known to cause illness in humans). * Ebola Genome: One of two RNA viruses * First Recognized: 1976 Zaire Africa * Native to Africa * Unknown Origin‚ or natural reservoir * Ebola is very acute‚ infection is very rapid so * There are no
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Revolution were truly revolutionary events for multiple reasons. First‚ they succeed the Fever Model of Revolution. The Stuart Kings coming into power had a large effect as a social causation because of the fact that they were the wrong kings coming in at the wrong time. Since being secure and protected was all that England ever knew when Queen Elizabeth I
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Alliteration: repetition of the initial consonant sounds beginning several words in sequence. "Let us go forth to lead the land we love." President J. F. Kennedy‚ Inaugural 1961 "Veni‚ vidi‚ vici." Julius Caesar (I came‚ I saw‚ I conquered) Adage a proverb or wise saying made familiar by long use Allusion a passing reference or indirect mention He was the Adam to her Eve Anadiplosis: ("doubling back") the rhetorical repetition of one or several words; specifically‚ re
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In the film‚ Particle Fever‚ it primarily focuses on an experiment but there are time where art is incorporated throughout the film. While Art and Science are too different things‚ they are more alike than they appear‚ they both are human attempts to represent and exhibit more about the world. In Particle fever‚ it fills in the story of Higgs bason’s great finding‚ and masterly intertwined through the story‚ are parallels between science and art. Science and art‚ the methods of the two have different
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natural way of a human to respond to them are to fix them or just try to move on‚ but in some novels characters have to go through the worst of them‚ so let’s talk about how they felt and what they went through. Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson. Fever 1793 was one of the best books I have ever read because of the plot and the moments that really got to me. Mattie was one of the main characters and she went through a lot of adversities. Worst of all of the
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ambiguity of manner. 8. Anachronism – Something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time‚ esp. a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time: The sword in an anachronism in modern warfare. 9. Anaphora – A rhetorical device in which a word or phrase is repeated at the beginnings of successive phrases or sentences. Compare this to epistrophe‚ where such repetitions occur at the ends. (lesson 10. Analogy – A similarity between like features of two things‚ on which a
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How did the Greeks use mythology as both a science and a religion? Use 3 examples. Since the beginning of mankind‚ humans have been inventing various explanations in order to explain the world around them. The Ancient Greeks‚ as Edith Hamilton points out‚ created some of the most complex and intricate stories of gods‚ goddesses‚ and monsters that justified many of the world’s mysteries. They also fabricated their deity’s in their own image (they were the first to do so)‚ which allowed the universe
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In my Shakespearean sonnet I chose to focus on a key asset if Frankenstein’s life. When writing I chose to have an unknown narrative explain the purpose of Frankenstein character and purpose of life. This poem reveals how Frankenstein’s invention of life has an effect on the world as a whole in several different perspectives. The speaker is addressing everyone as a whole. The speaker is informing everyone and creating a teaching moment simultaneously. The main focus for our speaker is answering
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