1. At a study session before a midterm exam you heard four of your friends chatting: Explain each statement‚ using utility analysis. a.“I think Joshua paid too much for his backpack.” --The speaker does not receive as many utils from shopping for backpacks as Joshua. b.“I gave Eddie $20. He really needed it more than I do.” --Money is not as important to this person‚ Eddie will get more utils out of each dollar then the person who gave him the money. c.“I didn’t go to the concert last night because
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Rhetorical Devices Schemes Term Definition Example Alliteration頭韻 the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words Alice’s aunt ate apples and acorns around August. Anadiplosis反覆法 repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the next clause The crime was common‚ common be the pain. Anaphora首語（句）重複法 regular repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses We shall fight in the trenches
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Engl-101E 19 Sept. 2014 Rhetorical Analysis of “A Guerilla Gardener in South Central L.A.” In South Central‚ Los Angeles‚ there is a food epidemic taking place among the population. For miles and miles‚ the only easily attainable food source is fast food; causing the overconsumption of un-nutritious‚ greasy‚ and fattening food. This is the problem brought to the public’s attention by speaker Ron Finley in his Ted Talks speech‚ “A Guerilla Gardener in South Central L.A.” Finley explains how everywhere he
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Rhetorical Analysis Throughout this opinionated editorial‚ the author tries to convince her audience that same sex marriage should not be legalized. She hopes to appeal to the readers of the Wall Street Journal by the use of facts‚ rhetorical appeals‚ and religious accusations. The author begins right away by appealing to pathos in the first paragraph. She does so by mentioning the traditional values of marriage. She talks about the sanctity of marriage and how it is traditionally defined as
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assault rifle! As we listen to the ever so familiar story of a senseless killing or a massacre unfold‚ we often wonder to ourselves‚ discuss amongst friends‚ or question the news reporter. “ What happened? Where did it happen? How many were killed this time? Who could do such a thing?” The final question is always‚ “What made them do it?” I chose this article because it speaks to the never ending debate regarding the need (or not) for stricter gun control laws. Erich Pratt’s‚ “Stricter Gun Control
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When Sarah McLaughlin’s “In the Arms of an Angel” plays‚ it keeps you crying and wishing for that last teary-eyed puppy to come live with you. When the chubby old man with the deep voice and white handlebar mustache (aka Wilford Brimley) comes on TV proclaiming “Dia-beat-is is not a joke”‚ viewers want to donate to the nearest diabetes foundation they can get their hands on. Fifty years ago when this John F. Kennedy for President 1960 Campaign Ad aired on TV‚ I can’t imagine that viewer’s wouldn’t
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uses rhetorical strategies to establish her position that writing is a process and that a writer must write faithfully and honestly and a writer should never be absolutely satisfied with their work. Perhaps the strongest rhetorical strategy Lewes employs to establish her position is her personal anecdote. She writes of her experience of being a writer and how as a writer she did not write for glory and fame‚ she wrote to fulfill her ambition and she wrote faithfully and she wrote about what she
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Rhetorical Analysis Introduction Communication skills are vital to every living thing on Earth. Communication skills have become sophisticated. There are many factors and types in expression; formal‚ informal‚ oral‚ written‚ visual‚ verbal. Sometimes there are other ways to communicate with senses; tasting and touching. Therefore‚ people have been developing communication skills since they are important among all beings. People have invented so many methods to communicate
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Rhetorical Analysis There have been many times on the go where one just grabs a bottle of water to drink. But according to Bottlemania‚ this is wrong and humans should be drinking out of the tap. Mark Coleman’s rhetorical analysis of Bottlemania finds that he believes it is credible. Whether it is or not‚ persuading humans to drink out of a tap can be a very challenging task. Throughout the rhetorical analysis‚ Coleman writes about how it is much easier to picture kids guzzling beer rather than
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The American dream and the mode of production in “Bordertown” Prominent Karl Marx’s theory on the division of labor and the social class structure‚ as outlined by his concept of “the mode of production”‚ directly relates to social equality‚ ideology‚ and social economic power. “The mode of production” is understood to be the basis from which the majority of other social concepts‚ such as the relations between social classes‚ political and legal systems‚ work relations‚ morality and ideology‚ and
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