For my independent reading critical analysis‚ I am going to do not one book but seven. These books are all by Ellen Hopkins and they all have the same writing technique. Ellen Hopkins is a beautiful and realistic writer. All of her books are connectable and understandable‚ especially to teens and young adults. Let me explain and give you my take on the books. Ellen has a very interesting way of writing that I’ve only seen in a handful of books‚ such as Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse‚ I Heart You
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beings. The idea that women were intellectually inferior‚ therefor they performed the least stimulating (though in no way easier) duties of colonial life was an idea she utterly rejected. She argued the opposite-that no one can reasonably expect a woman‚ who is continually forced to perform the same mundane tasks day after day to have the same intellectual vigor as an even slightly educated man. “Is the needle and kitchen sufficient to employ the operations of a soul..?” page 133. She believed that
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When I watched the episode of “The Ellen show” published on September 9‚ 2015‚ I noticed how uncomfortably you felt in the studio. It was visible through your non-verbal communication‚ especially in terms of the gestures (see fig. 1) and facial expressions (see fig.2).Interestingly‚ however‚ that by virtue of the established eye contact with the audience‚ you managed to get people interested and engaged into your performance. The audience‚ being under influence of their emotions‚ and being impressed
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were constantly taken away from her and sold into slavery. Sojourner Truth’s use of appeals‚ repetition‚ and rhetorical questions in her speech “Aren’t I a Women?” illuminates her women’s rights argument. Truth establishes ethos‚ or credibility‚ through her strong presence to the reader. She talks to a man in the speech who says women cannot be equal to men because “Christ wasn’t a woman” (424). As she makes a strong point about where God came from in
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rights; thus‚ women have fought persistently for equality. In Akron‚ Ohio‚ 1851‚ a Women’s Rights Convention took place in battle for women’s suffrage. It was at this convention where significant figure Sojourner Truth‚ used rhetorical strategies in her speech‚ “And Ain’t I a Woman?”‚ to challenge the idea that women‚ specifically African American women‚ are inferior. Truth establishes her credibility and logically appeals to her audience to achieve her purpose of fostering equal rights between men and
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Rhetorical Analysis Essay: “Aren’t I a Woman?” Sojourner Truth’s “Aren’t I a Woman‚” was not an essay‚ rather it was a speech given during a women’s rights convention in 1851‚ while slavery was still in place‚ and most African-American women like her were enslaved. She speaks of how she‚ as a woman‚ is treated differently from her white‚ female counterparts‚ while also questioning why she and other women are treated differently from men. While she delivers the speech to an audience at a women’s
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ex-slave and women’s rights muckraker presented a speech at a women’s rights convention titled “Ain’t I a Woman” (1851). She explicates the need for revision of the rules within her society to motivate the audience to push for rights equal to all. Truth elaborates difference between men and women by using the repetition of rhetorical questions and illuminates the advantage of being a white woman versus an African-American one. She also humorizes her speech by satirizing the masculinity of men and entertaining
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online. Even then‚ they were written by foreign reporters. We‚ according to Peter S. Goodman‚ need to have American reporters in those foreign countries since we are affiliated with them. In order to persuade his audience that news organizations should increase the amount of foreign news coverage provided to people in the United States‚ Goodman uses appeal to logos‚ problem and solution‚ and comparison. Goodman uses statistics to appeal to the logical side of people to show them why we need to
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experiences with Wonder Woman comics‚ and how representation in children’s media‚ like comic books‚ is important. The primary rhetorical device that Steinem uses in this essay is undoubtedly logos‚ or the appeal to logic. Steinem spends much of this essay simply summarizing stories from vintage Wonder Woman comics that support her points and views. Paragraphs thirteen through twenty-three are all spent summarizing stories‚ characters‚ and tropes from the original run of Wonder Woman comic books in detail
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was a teenager (“Ellen DeGeneres”‚ U*X*L). After the divorce‚ Degeneres and her mother moved to Atlanta. There‚ DeGeneres found her mother getting sadder and sadder. So she turned to comedy in trying to cheer her mother up (“Ellen DeGeneres”‚ U*X*L). As DeGeneres grew older‚ she has waited tables‚ sold vacuum cleaners‚ worked as a legal secretary‚ and even painted houses (“Ellen DeGeneres”‚ Newsmakers.) DeGeneres wanted to be a veterinarian‚ but she was “not book smart” (“Ellen DeGeneres”‚ U*X*L)
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