In the Gettysburg Address‚ Abraham Lincoln utilizes antithesis‚ repetition‚ and parallelism to reinforce his purpose for this address and deliver an emotional tone that can persuade all people to continue to fight the same fight that these men died for. First of all‚ Lincoln exercises the literary device‚ antithesis‚ to deliver an emotional appeal. For example‚ he states "... as a final resting place for those who here gave their live so that a nation might live." As for‚ the words "gave their
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Sonnet 130 of Shakespeare’s Sonnets‚ serves to show that the accepted conventions of romantic poetry did not always accurately portray the feelings of love. The use of similes‚ metaphors and imagery contradict‚ in the most extreme ways‚ those rhetorical devices that are most often used in love poetry. Shakespeare backhanded romantic poetry and it made quite abang. “This poem became popular among the satirical poems of traditional love”(sparknote). To begin the poem Shakespeare references his lover’s
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Ancestry.com released a bone chilling 4th of July special commercial. The commercial was titled “Declaration Decadence.” In the commercial different people of various ethnicities recite parts of the Declaration of Independence. At the end of the video it’s revealed who these people are each of them descendents of someone who signed the declaration. The CMO of ancestry Vineet Mehr even stated‚ “We’re all much more similar than you think.” This powerful ad displayed a number of techniques to advocate
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In Wake Up‚ Arcade Fire discusses about bottling up one’s emotions as they grow up instead of confronting one’s issue‚ which can lead to pain and suffrage. The song is told through the artists reflecting back on their past and teaching youth to not repress their emotion‚ like the artists had. Arcade Fire’s opening stanza represents how individuals tend to bury their issues deep within themselves. Arcade Fire talks about “something [filling] up [one’s] heart with nothing‚ [and] someone [telling them]
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Walker Percy As human beings‚ we fail to see things directly. We imagine and fantasize things to be something their not. It’s important to recognize the failure‚ so we learn our lesson for next time. By experiencing this failure first hand‚ we know the consequences and let downs‚ of not seeing directly. Walker Percy uses the terms “dialectical movement”‚ “symbolic complex”‚ and the “it” to support his idea of language. Percy ’s interest in language recognizes the use of symbolic language to which
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Friends and Fellow Citizens:-- Called upon to undertake the duties of the first executive office of our country‚ I avail myself of the presence of that portion of my fellow citizens which is here assembled‚ to express my grateful thanks for the favor with which they have been pleased to look toward me‚ to declare a sincere consciousness that the task is above my talents‚ and that I approach it with those anxious and awful presentiments which the greatness of the charge and the weakness of my powers
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Imagine a song that reminds you of the early Saturday mornings where you sat staring at the television screen watching one your favorite cartoons as everyone in your house is fast asleep. Now imagine that you’re an adult‚ you’re stressed out‚ attempting to balance your responsibilities and trying to figure out what the heck to do with your life. You sit at your work desk staring at the computer‚ you’re longing to be a kid again‚ young‚ free-spirited‚ free of worries and ready to take on the world
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Based on the episode of Pandora’s Box from PBS‚ Dr. Watson explains his unconventional views about the future of DNA technology. In the video‚ Watson covers many different topics regarding the evolution and future for the human race‚ through DNA technology and gene enhancing. Some of the topics that Dr. Watson discussed were genetic engineering‚ eugenics‚ and genetic injustice. With these topics‚ many moral and ethical views arose from society regarding the issues with using DNA technology. Dr
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The above passage demonstrates not only Richard pointing to his deformities as an excuse to his wrongdoings‚ but it also highlights his habit of blaming and deferring to others for his malicious deeds. He enshrines himself in self-pity and blames those around him for his shortcomings. He blames the world for not accepting him and conforming to accept him. While it may be initially compelling to fall for Richard’s rhetoric‚ a simple parallel can show why this method of thinking is flawed. Let’s draw
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to show that it makes more that we have decreases America would be so much better. We would seem so much more sense that we do away with the crimes that America has. They are costing us great pain and we would be so much better without them. The rhetorical strategies he used were‚ weasel words and plain folks. The speech says‚“Our arms must be mighty‚ ready for instant action‚ so that no potential aggressor may be tempted to risk his own destruction.”Being ready for anything that comes our way is
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