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    I never knew who Mary Tyler Moore was until she died this past January. As the world continued to grieve over Moore and other such celebrities who tragically passed away in the last twelve months‚ I found myself surreptitiously Googling her to get some context for all the accolades people gave in memoriam. I had never heard of her solo show‚ or how groundbreaking it was for feminism‚ but when my Entertainment Weekly magazine came in the mail‚ I got a further glimpse into television history. As Dan

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    Mary Fisher is a woman‚ testing positive for HIV. She now stands foremost of Republican National Convention‚ television; consulting a clear message to everyone who is listening. She brings forth the issue regarding HIV‚ Aids; telling people positive of HIV to step forth. Basically in a nutshell she states‚ we need to react before the virus has spread‚ before it’s too late. Mary Fisher’s speech use rhetorical strategies to emphasize her argument‚ persuading listeners to join her cause; with the utilization

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    Lexie Roundy English 1010 7 April 2014 Rhetorical Analysis of “A Whisper of AIDS” Speech The speech titled “A Whisper of AIDS” was given by Mary Fisher on August 19th‚ 1992 in Houston Texas at the 1992 Republican National Convention Address. Mary Fisher is an American political activist‚ author‚ artist and daughter of a wealthy and powerful republican‚ Max Fisher. Mary Fisher has become an advocate on AIDS prevention and education after she contracted the disease from her second husband.

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    Twenty-five years ago at the 1992 Republican National Convention AIDS activist‚ Mary Fisher‚ gave a thirteen minute speech that is now among one of the Top 100 American Speeches. Fisher relies on the use of the rhetorical aspects of ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos to speak about the importance of raising awareness in order to find a cure for HIV/AIDS. She shoots down stereotypes by saying that no one is safe from contracting HIV and calls for compassion when treating patients with HIV or AIDS. In her

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    In the beginning William Bradford characterizes nature as a hideous and desolate wilderness‚ full of wild beasts and wild men. Rowlandson echoes Bradford’s feelings‚ referring to the New World as a vast and howling wilderness an often calls nature a desolate place. Just like Rowlandson‚ Edward Taylor seems to have a distaste towards nature. Puritanism becomes more accepting of the natural world and more liberal in its use of nature imagery. Whereas Taylor becomes seemingly more detached and distrustful

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    excerpt from Mary Oliver’s “Building the House” serves as a way to describe what happens during the poetry writing process. Although Mary Oliver believes that writing poetry is hard work‚ she uses extended metaphor‚ juxtaposition‚ and point of view to describe the writing process in comparison of building a house‚ which shows that Oliver sees poetry as something that involves mental labor which is a different challenge than physical labor . Through the use of extended metaphor‚ Mary Oliver is allowed

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    after verse being quoted from the Bible. Some people have many Gods while most have one reining all-powerful being. In the case of Mary Rowlandson‚ I believe her being a puritan and having the strong puritan beliefs made her more suitable for dealing with the trails she was about to face then say a everyday church goer. Being the wife of a preacher it shows in the text Mary was solidly grounded in her faith making and well knowledgeable The Puritan Belief is one that was quite popular in the colonies

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    Lady Mary Wortley Montagu Rhetorical Analysis In the essay written by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu to her daughter‚ Lady Montagu advocates her personal believes on her granddaughter should be educated. She discusses how knowledge affects a woman’s life in their time period while explaining how she feels a woman should be educated. Because giving advice about parenting can often be taken offensively‚ Lady Montagu used a delicate balance of rhetorical strategies in order to be effective. These

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    Reviving Ophelia‚ by Mary Pipher‚written as a narrative about multiple teenage girls experiences‚ who discuss their own problems with pipher‚ a therapist. Pipher wrote this book to explain how from the 1970’s to the 1990’s adolescent girls tend to be putting their lives at risk . The end result may be to kill themselves. Pipher comes into play by trying to save the lives of the young teenage girls who are lost and not sure where to go or who to talk to. Her story reaches out to the adult’s who are

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    Writing to Change the World by Mary Pipher “Writing to Change the World‚” by Mary Pipher‚ is a wonderful and inspirational piece of text that truly guides the reader into learning how to be a better‚ more personal‚ and expressive writer. Her writing and her tips are incredibly beneficial to her readers and she makes a great connection to her audience. Most texts can be difficult to read‚ but with her tone‚ the reader is immediately able to pick up on what she is trying to say. Mary Pipher gathers

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