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    Speech Variation In Restaurants There are three different dialects in Pennsylvania that will give away where you reside. Why is there so much contrast in speech among the residents of the city and country? The culture where I am from has molded my speech‚ attitude‚ and actions; it also has created who I am today. The “city life” is exceptionally different from the “country life‚” I know this because of my expedition to the middle of nowhere‚ Lock Haven‚ PA. Somewhere on the four-hour car ride

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    Unanswered Calls for Help The Military Times states “New VA study finds 20 veterans commit suicide each day.” An editorial from the Denver Post suggest that this is an alarming rate and actions need to be taken to greatly decrease this. They found that oftentimes veterans literal calls for help were left unanswered. Often calls to the veteran suicide hotline are met with the ring of a busy signal‚ or simply sent to a voicemail. The writer of this editorial uses logos‚ pathos and grim diction to

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    In Barbara Ehrenreich’s essay‚ she writes about the positions women adopt. A woman willing to be accepted must have a veneer of “niceness” with society‚ especially with men. Ehrenreich argues “The essence of ladylikeness is a persistent servility masked as niceness.” “Women tend to assume that it is our responsibility to keep everything “nice” even when the person we are with is rude and aggressive.” “Wherever we go‚ we are perpetually smiling”. This mask is what we are showing to people‚ constantly

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    Anzaldua would not really agree with Tan’s goal for her writing. In a society where perfection is practically expected but impossible to achieve‚ language is one of the many ways that anyone around us can judge us. It is as Tan said‚ “…the fact that people in department stores‚ at banks‚ and at restaurants did not take her seriously‚ did not give her good service‚ pretended not to understand her‚ or even acted as if they did not hear her. “ Tan even said how her mother’s English ashamed her‚ that

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    Analyzing media can help you better understand what message an author is trying to portray. The Choice is a movie that was released in 2016. It is based on a book written by Nicholas Sparks. At the end of this movie there is a scene where Gabby is in a coma in the hospital and Travis visits her and talks to her. In this scene‚ the audience feels an emotional connection to Travis. The producer of The Choice uses pathos to appeal to the audience’s emotions. The producer appeals to the audience’s emotion

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    S. Connell 1 Stephen Connell Mr. D. Perkins AP Lang‚ 1st Period B 17 November 2014 Rhetorical Analysis Assessment of Essay by Lawrence Otis Graham Lawrence Otis Graham is an African American who was born into a upper-middle class family and graduated from Princeton and Harvard Law School. He works as an attorney‚ teaches at Fordham University‚ and is the author of a dozen books. He grew up in the 70s and‚ therefore‚ experienced segregation and bullying because of his ethnicity. In his essay

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    Gettysburg Address Rhetorical Analysis The 16th President of the United States of America‚ Abraham Lincoln‚ in his speech‚ The Gettysburg Address‚ recounts the tragedy of the Civil War and the fight for the removal of slavery. Lincoln’s purpose is to state the importance of winning the war along with the importance of liberty‚ freedom‚ and equality. He creates a somber commemorative tone throughout the speech in order to show how serious he is about equality and freedom for everyone. Lincoln

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    Rhetorical Analysis In the satirical‚ thought provoking pamphlet‚ “A Modest Proposal” by Jonathan Swift‚ the Anglo-Irish author addresses the issue of rampant‚ prolonged poverty in 1700’s Ireland. Swift paints us a picture of his everyday view‚ the sight of impoverished citizens begging in the streets‚ pleading for money to feed their hungry families. With no obvious solution to the problem‚ Swift jokingly proposes a cheap‚ easy method that rich and poor can partake in- simply feed the peasant

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    opportunity to walk‚ talk‚ see‚ or hear that would be unforgivable and unsympathetic. Therefore it is clear to see that this commercial has been used to inspire and encourage the general public to help others and find a way to make this world a better place. From a more competitive perspective‚ Microsoft‚ the producer of the commercial‚ is trying to show the world the undiscovered world of technology and all the room for improvement. Its goal is to leave the ideology in their audience’s head that these

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    A Modest Proposal Rhetorical Analysis Bennett Meyer Since the first British colonization attempts of Ireland the island had been a place of tyrannical oppression and prejudicial mistreatment. This went on for centuries‚ with constant rebellion and resistance. In 1729 Jonathan Swift‚ an Irish clergyman living in England‚ denounced the cruel policies of England in a backwards manner. His use of verisimilitude in "A Modest Proposal exposes the corruption of British foreign policy towards the impoverished

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