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    them that a personal piece of art‚ whether it be a painting‚ a novel or a movie‚ is different than all the rest. Rhetoricians create an author’s idea‚ their own unique perception of reality‚ for a vast and diverse viewing audience. The Kings Speech is a movie about talking‚ and the importance of talking well. The way humans communicate is really the most important challenge we face in our everyday lives. Speaking is hugely important on an intimate‚ personal level; when the task is to interact

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    My favorite image that Martin Luther King Jr. used in his speech is “one day even the state of Mississippi‚ a desert state‚ sweltering in the heat of injustice and oppression‚ will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.” I like this one because Mississippi was a horrible state that threatened African Americans‚ but King gave the people hope that even states like that can change. “One hundred years later” is the repetition that I find the most captivating to me. I love this repetition

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    public statements and how he delivers them suddenly become more important than anything he’s ever said in his life. Every nuance and inflection can make or break the last shred of character holding the thin fabric of dignity together. In the early 1970’s America was rocked with a scandal the likes of which hadn’t been seen since Andrew Jackson was impeached more than a century previous. A second term president who opened trade to China‚ ended the longest war in American history and was the nation’s

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    Scare. Americans feared that the war is a bad solution to stop the spread Communism and will cause many casualties. When President Nixon had taken office and televised a speech to explain the situation in Vietnam and to help persuade American viewers that the Government is trying their hardest to end the war quickly. President Nixon uses rhetorical devices in his speech in order to help persuade American viewers to believe that war was the right decision and did so effectively.

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    On January 20‚ 1961‚ the world turned on their television to see how the newly elected American President‚ J. F. Kennedy‚ would address the issues of proliferating weapons and the propagating “iron tyranny” (7). Kennedy delivers a speech that aims to ameliorate their many fears and also establish himself as a capable president –one that would take a strong stance for democracy in a war against communism. By employing well-crafted syntax‚ specific diction‚ and explicit tone‚ Kennedy is able to eloquently

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    delivered his most famous speech called “I Have a Dream” during the march on Washington. In his speech‚ Dr. King used many literary elements in order to enhance his speech. He included allusion‚ metaphors‚ personification and tropes such as anaphora‚ alliteration and rhetoric question. Dr. Martin Luther King began his speech with a personifications and metaphors. The first personification he used to describe what it was like to live as an African American during the 1900’s. He stated “One hundred

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    Inspiration is a complicated and complex emotions to break down for analysis. Inspiration makes you go beyond the definition of the words. It goes deeper than the eloquent tying of sentences‚ and the bad attempt at humor. Inspiration is a transcendent adventure which logically shouldn’t happen. I start off listening to a story and word by word it is less about the story but more about the relationship between my life and the speaker’s story. You start asking yourself; can I do it? What if that was

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    worlds‚ and grammar. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Fauconnier‚ G. and Turner‚ M. 1998. Conceptual integration networks. Cognitive Science‚ 22‚ No. 2‚ 133-187. Fauconnier‚ G. and Turner‚ M. 2002. The way we think: Conceptual blending and the mind ’s hidden complexities. New York: Basic Books. Feldman‚ .I. and Lakoff‚ G. Forthcoming. Front molecules to metaphors: The neural theory of language. Fernandez-Duque‚ D. & Johnson‚ M. 1999. Attention metaphors: Flow metaphors guide the cognitive psychology

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    A major premise that Hillary speaks about in her speech is that debt is negatively affecting Americans. She incorporates both statistical analysis and solid evidence to support her claim. She uses the example of financial inequality in this country to change her audience’s mood; by first making them upset about their countries current state and then making them feel relieved when she explains that she will fix it. One of Hillary’s other major claims is that education is important and in order to

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    Margaret Thatcher‚ in her eulogy speech to Americans about the former U.S President Ronald Reagan‚ used pathos and anecdotes as rhetorical strategies. In order to connect with her audience‚ Thatcher employed pathos throughout her writing. By mentioning Reagan’s sense of humor‚ his recovery from his failed assassination attempt‚ his passion for the United States‚ Thatcher is marking each of her words in the hearts of her audience. Especially because this is an eulogy‚ it was important for Thatcher

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