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    speech was; “Now‚ however‚ I have something more than a hope. And Jim Gettys -- Jim Gettys has something less than a chance. Every straw vote‚ every independent poll shows that I’ll be elected. Now I can afford to make some promises!” Some rhetorical devices found in this speech were: • Alliteration: “Now‚ however‚ I have something more than a hope. And Jim Gettys -- Jim Gettys has something less than a chance. Every straw vote‚ every independent poll shows that I’ll be elected. Now I can afford

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    Delving into the substance of his piece‚ Lincoln utilizes a wide variety of rhetorical devices‚ specifically anaphoras‚ to heighten his speech’s effect on his listeners. From the second paragraph comes an anaphoric phrase‚ explaining the American position on the looming dispute that would become the Civil War‚ “All dreaded it‚ all sought to avert it.” Another in the third paragraph imparts how debilitated America had come from the dispute where Lincoln says‚ “Fondly do we hope‚ fervently do we pray

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    Rhetorical devices enhance a speaker’s argument by making the reader or listener question and think about the topic more thoroughly. In Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare‚ Mark Antony’s funeral speech for Caesar persuaded the audience more effectively than Brutus’ speech because of his use of rhetorical devices such as logos‚ aposiopesis‚ anaphora. Although much of Mark Antony’s speech presents a plethora of pathos‚ he uses logos very well to justify how Caesar was a good man because when presented

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    The Winter Sundays By: Robert Hayden Explication In the sonnet “Those Winter Sundays”‚ the theme is the warmth of the coal fire becomes the warmth of the love that radiates throughout the house. An adult speaker presents memories of how his father expressed love for him through his actions. In particular‚ the speaker remembers that his father rose very early on Sunday mornings to stoke the furnace fire. Only when the house was warm did he awaken his son to dress. Line 12 notes that the father

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    ------------------------------------------------- Rhetorical Analysis Rhetoric is the study of how writers and speakers use words to influence an audience. A rhetorical analysis is an essay that breaks a work of non-fiction into parts and then explains how the parts work together to create a certain effect—whether to persuade‚ entertain or inform.  You can also conduct a rhetorical analysis of a primarily visual argument such as a cartoon or advertisement‚ or an oral performance such as a speech

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    Johan Swift wrote a “modest proposal" to acknowledge the fact the rich people of Ireland were living comfortable while the poor were struggling and had to beg in the streets and so on to surive. Swift takes a jab at the rich by stating how they should feed the poor children to the rich. Now he speaking of this in a comical way to get people to acknowledge the suffering of the poor and how it divides the people in Ireland. The article I found revolves around todays campaign for president. My article

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    On March 8‚2008 Obama made a speech for his campaign. The speech was in response to race and racism and how we as a nation need to let it pass.Obama also want to clear up accusations about Reverened Wright.Jeremiah Wrights‚ his pastor was involved in a scandal about anti-white and anti-american. With association to Wrights audience automically assume Obama shares the same beliefs. Persuading his audience to potential voters and using the constitution as an example by showing that today some of

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    In the poem “A Poison Tree” by William Blake‚ the poet employs diction of deception‚ archetypal symbolism‚ and misleading syntax in order to convey the message that when someone subdues their anger‚ it will eventually turn into the growth of poisonous thoughts/feelings. The speaker in Blake’s poem displays their anger in the first stanza in explaining that “I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath‚ my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not‚ my wrath did grow.” This is relevant

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    ¨Stressed Out¨ Many influential songs have been produced recently and ¨Stressed Out¨ performed by 21 Pilots is one of them. It was written by Tyler Joseph to describe the pressure of adulthood as you reach that progression. The song sets a nostalgic tone in the introduction and lasts throughout the song as Joseph explains what the transfer to adulthood feels like. This is one of many songs out right now that explains a clear representation of problems teenagers face on a daily basis. Joseph accomplishes

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    In the movie “Wall-E” the main character is two robots‚ one is called Walle and another one is Eve. Since they barely have the capacity to talk with each other which makes giving a speech impossible‚ they still can say each other’s name in different tone to express different emotion. Also‚ they use body language and eye contact to communicate. For example‚ when Eve finds out she lost the plant‚ the tone of her voice which calls Wall-E is different from the tone in usual. It shows the different emotion

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