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    Assignment: Bias‚ Rhetorical Devices‚ and Argumentation The speech of Kane campaigning for Governor is full of bias. The bias starts from the opening seconds of the movie clip and continued through the speech. The man in the beginning of the movie clip demonstrated a bias in favor of Kane becoming Governor. These biases are created by labeling Charles Kane as a “friend of the working man” who is an ally of the under paid and under fed. This same Kane campaigner offers up a negative bias

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    March uses many devices in her essay to connect with her audience; she uses pathos to pull at the heart-strings of her readers. Considering her target audience is women she tries to connect with them by recounting all the steps that she and the women in her family took to try to get Hillary elected. She also tells many stories of the struggle for women’s rights. March writes‚ “My grandmother was born three years after white women win suffrage and died just days after casting her absentee ballot for

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    dollars and doubled the size of the country. B. Background Information/Major points 1. He was a Hypocrite and tried to make slavery illegal while owning 500 slaves 2. He had an affair with one of his slaves. c. Thesis 1. Thomas Jefferson was a hero because he wrote the declaration of Independence and made the Louisiana Purchase which doubled the size of the United States but he was a hypocrite because tried to make slavery illegal while owning 500 slaves. II. Declaration

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    the first ten amendments. It brought order out of the chaos that occurred when Adams appointed the Midnight Judges. Over the long term‚ it has affected many congressional bills that if passed‚ would not be constitutional. 2)What basis did Thomas Jefferson have for believing that American trade could be used as a diplomatic tool? Explain. Trade could be used as a diplomatic tool in many ways. If America stopped trading with certain countries‚ the thought was that those countries would cooperate

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    Thomas Jefferson was a man of great knowledge and even wrote the most famous document from American History. He was behind many events that the United States took part in‚ while it was still in its infancy. With all of the actions taking place‚ the major event which caused Jefferson to write American History was The Revolutionary War. The Revolutionary Period affected Thomas Jefferson’s works because it gave him the guideline for his pieces. The Revolutionary Period‚ a time of new beginnings for

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    battle‚ the president at the time‚ Abraham Lincoln‚ addressed his people with a speech‚ the Gettysburg Address‚ which still resonates though the people of our country today. Although the speech only roughly lasted two minutes‚ Lincoln used various devices that appealed to the people and caused them to agree with Lincoln’s opinion that all men should be treated equal‚ no matter their skin color or race. Out of the 271 words Lincoln said within his speech‚ He repeated two words‚ dedicated and nation

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    Regarding Shay’s Rebellion‚ Thomas Jefferson and John Hamilton would both have been against it albeit for different reasons. Jefferson would oppose the rebellion because of his faith in popular-rule. Hamilton‚ a strong believer in an elitist-government‚ would have opposed the rebellion simply because he would not have thought that the Shaysites were any different from the rest of the public who are uninformed and prone to acting out of their own passions. Jefferson had utter faith in the ability

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    In 1791‚ Benjamin Banneker wrote to Thomas Jefferson to argue against slavery. Benjamin‚ being the son of former slaves‚ wanted to express his feelings toward slavery thoroughly. Banneker uses various significant rhetorical strategies to reveal his opposition to slavery. Rhetorical strategies used by   Banneker are repetition‚ the rhetorical triangle‚ and allusions.                 Thomas Jefferson was the framer of the Declaration of Independence and secretary of state to President George Washington

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    In the novel “1984” the writer George Orwell uses rhetorical devices to build the main character’s role. Orwell throughout the novel uses multiple devices to develop Winston’s character. Although on pages 30 and 31‚ Orwell uses two rhetorical devices to develop Winston’s character‚ oxymoron and symbolism. “War is peace freedom is slavery ignorance is strength.” (Page 30) This is an oxymoron because those phrases make use of contradictory words. If you switch the phrases around‚ you will still be

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    His use of rhetoric allowed him to clearly develop a strong argument and persuade his fellow romans to rally to his side. He was able to sway them to help revenge the death of Caesar and help take back rome from these people. His use of these Rhetorical strategies allowed him to gain the support he needed to revenge the death of his friend. Antony arrives at Caesar’s funeral and is ready to begin his speech he has promised Brutus that he would not speak bady or blame them for

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