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    In Abraham Lincoln’s speech “The Gettysburg Address”‚ he explains why the great civil war was fought and keeps on urging the public to continue fighting. His argument developed through rhetorical devices of juxtaposition‚ repetition‚ and diction. His purpose in speaking is to encourage the American population to go on battle in order to unite the nation and keep their pride. His primary audience is the American public‚ especially those with the capability to fight. First of all‚ Lincoln starts

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    “We the people‚ in order to form a more perfect union”1 - On March the 18th 2008 Barack Obama opened his speech on race‚ in Philadelphia‚ with this sentence. From the open sentence you can see that this speech isn’t any speech‚ perform by any orator. It’s a speech with a main message‚ performed for the people‚ to creates a brighter future for all the American people and to change history. Obama’s speech on race was a part of his campaign while he was running for the presidential election in 2009

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    September 7th‚ 2012 Rhetorical Analysis of The Grapes of Wrath The dust bowl was a tragic time in America for so many families and John Steinbeck does a great job at getting up-close and personal with one family to show these tragedies. In the novel‚ “The Grapes of Wrath”‚ John Steinbeck employed a variety of rhetorical devices‚ such as asyndeton‚ personification and simile‚ in order to persuade his readers to enact positive change from the turmoil of the Great Depression. Throughout the novel

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    of Indifference Rhetorical Analysis Elie Wiesel‚ a holocaust survivor‚ gave a speech called The Perils of Indifference‚ to elected officials including the president and the first lady on April 12th‚ 1999. He claims that being a victim of indifference hurts‚ but it hurts even more when others don’t help. The author writes in a personable tone to connect with the audience during his speech. Wiesel supports his claim by utilizing many rhetorical devices‚ including tone‚ rhetorical questions‚ and repetition

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    subject? Nothing. "(Henry‚ 89) Henry uses several rhetorical questions on the issues and uses a short answer to response them. It clearly shows that the action that they took before for getting freedom was useless under British’s rude control. Last but not least‚ Henry emphasis the importance of freedom. "Forbid it‚ Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me‚ give me liberty or give me death!" Henry ends his speech with this famous quote. He indicates that he’d rather die for

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    Rhetorical Analysis of “About Men” In her essay‚ “About Men” (1984)‚ Gretel Ehrlich claims that men are not as tough as they seem. Ehrlich creates the framework of her essay through casual analysis‚ imagery‚ and tone. Through the use of personal experiences and first person perspective‚ she shows casual analysis. Through her word choice and specific details‚ imagery is shown. And through the use of specific details‚ tone is revealed. Ehrlich’s essay is written in a casual analysis of how cowboys

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    Table of contents Introduction Framing Letter……………………………………………………4 Content Rhetorical Analysis…………………………………………….8 Profile………………………………………………………………15 Annotated Bibliography…………………………………….25 Appendix Rhetorical analysis..………………..…………………………33 Framing Letter Dear whomever this may concern‚ Thank you for reading my final portfolio. To help you as the reader better understand me and who I am

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    Goals/Rationale An inaugural address is a speech for a very specific event—being sworn into the office of the presidency. The speeches of modern presidents share some commonalities in referencing American history‚ the importance of the occasion‚ and hope for the future. Each president‚ however‚ has faced the particular challenges of his time and put his own distinctive rhetorical stamp on the address. In the course of writing this address‚ John F. Kennedy and Theodore Sorensen‚ his advisor and main

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    Rhetorical Analysis: Allegory of the Cave The text I have used to do my rhetorical analysis is the “Allegory of the Cave” by Plato. In this text‚ Plato gives an explanation of his idea of the situation of humans in respect to knowledge by telling us an allegory. In his allegory‚ Plato says that there are a few prisoners seated in a cave behind a small wall facing a big wall. The only thing they can do is looking at the wall in front of them and listen‚ they cannot even move their neck or the

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    Metaphor: To carry over The process of transferring or carrying over an aspect of one object to another. **Must be similar characteristics in each object to be effective Metaphorical rhetorical analysis combines a variety of components from other styles of criticism we have studied. It begins by using the Tenor (The topic being explained) and the vehicle (The mechanism through which we view the topic) to identify the metaphors found in the artifact. Much like cluster criticism‚ you use the metaphors

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