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    land by the Aboriginal people. He uses personification to personify the land. ‘They came out of my womb long‚ long ago.’ The word womb personifies how the people are connected to the land; they feel like the land is their mother. He also uses a rhetorical question. ‘Where are the laws and the legends I gave?’ The ‘land’ is asking where has everything disappeared to after the European people came and changed and the rules and

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    treated until Old Major brought it up. 3. Because of his concern that he will die with out passing a message. 4. How their life was a misery‚ Metaphoric “keep the breath in our bodies” “Work to the last atom of our strengths.” 5. The rhetorical questions were asked to make them think about what they give and receive. “How many gallons of milk have you given during this last year? … Every drop of it has gone down the throats of our enemies.” 6. They were actually happy and satisfied

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    help understanding and use numbered or bulleted points. Persuasive texts * A persuasive text is a text that is constructed to make you do something. * Persuasive texts may use repeated words‚ text in capital letters‚ exclamation marks‚ rhetorical questions‚ an emotional‚ one-sided argument and humor. 2 Major Classifications of a Text Type 1. What is the purpose of the text? 2. What is the text about? Sources: http://files.ynada.com/archive/Faigley%20and%20Meyer%20-%20Rhet

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    Have you ever wondered what it would be like if a close friend was gruesomely murdered? Can you imagine the crazy mixed emotions you would feel? The heartache‚ betrayal‚ and hurt? What would you do to get back at the people who hurt you the most? In William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar‚ the beloved leader‚ Caesar‚ is tragically murdered by conspirators‚ who were thought to be his most trusted friends. Caesar’s right hand man‚ Antony‚ plans to seek revenge on Caesar’s killers‚ including once-friend

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    Dell Hymes

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    relevant and common life experiences with the audience. This relates directly to the first two parts of Hymes model‚ Situation and Participants. Another very important part of Hymes model that is shown in Prof. Turkle’s speech is Norms‚ she uses rhetorical questions to involve her audience‚ and she uses a lot of metaphors to explain her meanings. And finally‚ yet in my opinion the most important in this speech‚ Ends. Prof. Turkle has an exact meaning for her speech‚ to spark conversation about the

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    God‚ so he takes it upon himself to advocate change. He utilizes fear and terror to achieve this and tries to change their behavior by scaring them and saying that God hates lukewarm followers. Edwards shows exaggeration into his writing by using rhetorical devices. One of the strategies he used is personification. Edwards beings the sermon by using personification comparing God’s wrath to hell when he threatens‚ " There is a dreadful pit of glowing flames of the wrath of God; there’s a hell’s wide

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    Abiku by Wole Soyinka

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    The stanza is written in a simple language with complex meaning.This stanza has no rhyming scheme since it treats a very serious subject matter.In conclusion the first stanza introduces us to the second stanza. In the secnd stanza Abiku asked a Rhetorical question that suggest death.He says ’’must i weep for goats and coweries For palm oil and sprinkled ash? Yams do not sprout in amulets to earth Abiku limbs.’’meaning that earth is the only place where Abiku can grow‚and that all the ritual being

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    yuself”. He is asking the audience as he thinks the term ‘half-caste’ does not make sense and he is emphesising his anger. He wants the audience to feel guilty and sympathy towards people who are mixed race. He also displays his emotions through using rhetorical questions which are also sarcastic. “you mean when Picasso mix red an green is a half-caste canvas”. This is also an example of the imagery he uses. It gives the audience visuals of the contrast of the red and green which represents black and white

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    account of bullying which includes lots more emotive language wheras Text B is more of a summary of text A‚ which includes more of an opinion on bullying. Text A conveys attitudes towards bullying through lots of negative language‚ along with rhetorical questions to emphasise the attitudes on bullying. Gemma in Text A uses the rule of 3 to again further emphasise the negative attitudes towards bullying. She uses negatively connotated language to convey her general attitudes towards bullying.

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    helps boost the reader’s interest in the story; helps make the reader want to read on. Ray Bradbury then proceeds onward as if the main character was answering the question that was asked in the beginning. If an author asks a question‚ it is usually rhetorical and not meant to be answered; this is interesting as most stories do not start off the way it has started off. Through the beginning of the story‚ “The Last Night of the World”‚ two characters whose names are never disclosed (which is another interesting

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