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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Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famed speech‚ I have a dream‚ in his pan-African campaigns. King presented his speech to thousands of Americans who had congregated in Washington DC for a political rally which they referred to as the March. They marched on the streets of the nation’s capital‚ advocating for freedom and equal treatment in jobs. With a vast knowledge of the blacks’ history‚ King inspired an empowering determination in his argument. He came armed with the constitution and the nation’s
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1. Diction Diction is very important in the given passage from Trifles‚ it contributes to characterization and plot in multiple ways‚ making for a better piece of literary work. By using diction in this passage the writer was able to portray the characters very well due to the images of the characters that are clearly formed in the readers’ minds. Through diction and characterization we are able to get too know Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters and realize that they are two very different individuals. We
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PERSUASIVE “Putting the Brakes on Teenage Driving ” Introduction I. On a chilly November night‚ a Ford Explorer charged down a California highway. A. The 16-year-old driver and three of his friends were returning from a concert when the driver lost control of the car. B. The driver and one passenger were killed; the other two passengers were severely injured. C. One of the passengers was my nephew‚ who will be in a wheelchair for the rest of
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Recomposition: Rhetorical Velocity and Delivery” by Jim Ridolfo and Danielle Nicole Devoss‚ express the ideology of rhetorical delivery and rhetorical velocity digging deeper into the values of the terms in modern society. The authors define rhetorical delivery as a “remix culture” (Ridolfo and Devoss 516). That in today’s society‚ rhetorical delivery has gone further than just an oral side but has entered into an ethical and political aspect. The authors are trying to convey that rhetorical delivery has
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Putting the Brakes on Teenage Driving After listening to this speech I felt that the speaker was very persuasive and really cared about the topic she was speaking on. I felt that her specific purpose statement was when she stated‚ “There are too many motor vehicle accidents‚ deaths‚ and injuries involving teenage drivers”. I think that this speech was a question of value seeing that she was talking about teenage lives. The speaker used multiple methods of persuasion to get her audience
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Faris Jalalluddin Professor Burnett English 1270 7 March 2012 Poem In the poem “Daddy”‚ Sylvia Plath uses many literary devices to illustrate her struggles for freedom in relationship‚ precisely with her father and husband. She uses heavy metaphors and dense allusion to create imagery of hatred towards her relationship between both men. It is important to know Plath’s historical background before readers dive into any of her artistic work. Sylvia had a very negative relationship with men
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The Story of Tom Brennan. Discussion Points. After the tragic accident‚ for Tom Brennan’s family everything and everyone went downhill for a long time. Tom became noticeably insecure and had a lot of trouble dealing with his own emotions let alone everyone else’s. Kylie became an angry teenager. She didn’t want anything to do with any of her family at first. She couldn’t stand being around them. Tess was neglectful to her family and only cared about Daniel. She was depressed to the point of being
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In both literary pieces‚ the fathers have been denominated as barbaric males that had created a dysfunctional relationship upon their children. In the case of “Daddy‚” Plath creates an environment enriched with violence and frightening. Through the poem‚ the father is being envisioned in terms of his dominance‚ cruelty‚ and authoritarianism. She compares the relationship with her father resembling the Holocaust/victim analogy‚ making him a Nazi and herself a Jew; which helps her in the dramatization
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Rhetorical Analysis of Atticus’s Closing Argument ¨This case is not a difficult one¨‚ states Atticus Finch. In the novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ written by Harper Lee‚ we see through the eyes of 6 year-old Scout‚ the theme of prejudice. One way we see this is through Tom Robinson‚ a black man who was accused of rape by the town’s filthiest and most dishonest family: Mayella and her father Bob Ewell. Atticus Finch‚ who is a lawyer‚ was appointed by the court to defend Tom in the case. Throughout Atticus’s
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