Case: Jones Blair Company Question: 1. What share does Jones Blair have of the rural household market segment? Rural professional market? Answer: Rural Household Market Segment 14.6% Rural Professional Market Segment 56.3% Rationale: Household Professional TOTAL DFW (non-rural) $1‚800‚000/$33‚600‚000 = 5.4% $4‚200‚000/$14‚400‚000 = 29.2% $6‚000‚000/$48‚000‚000 = 12.5% Non-DFW (rural) $4‚200‚000/$28‚800‚000 = 14.6% $1‚800‚000/$3‚200‚000 = 56.3% $6‚000‚000/$32‚000‚000
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Various persuasive techniques such as‚ rhetorical devices‚ must be incorporated in a persuasive document in order to successfully persuade the audience. Thomas Jefferson uses various rhetorical devices within ¨The Declaration of Independence¨ in order to create an effective argument‚ and to inspire action within his people. Within “The Declaration of Independence‚” Jefferson was able to express the colonies compelling reasons for separation through his electrifying phrases. Throughout the document
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In Dandelion Wine‚ Ray Bradbury uses a vast variety of rhetorical devices to emphasize Douglas imagination. The author describes his living area and the wonders he see’s. In lines 18-19 the writer highlights the "swarming seas of oak and maple." In the quote Bradbury imply that these trees resembles the swooshing;whirl wind sound that emits from rapid seas. The author states that when he said "swarming is being used to insinuate that the seas are vigorous‚ viscous and violent. Halfway to the passage
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Rhetorical analysis of Tony Blair’s speech on terror On July 7th‚ 2005‚ four British Islamist men detonated fours suicide bombs. As well as killing themselves‚ the four bombers took 52 civilians with them and injured over 700. The following week‚ former Premier Minister Tony Blair‚ held his speech on terror. This paper will give an analysis of the rhetorical situation of the speech‚ a rhetorical analysis and an interpretation. Tony Blair was the British Prime Minister and president for the Labour
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learning segment include poems written by Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman‚ transcendentalist poets from the nineteenth century who made everlasting contributions to the literary field through their usage of authentic writing techniques and rhetorical devices. Emily Dickinson’s usage of traditional verse to compose her poetry with highly structured form and meter will be examined in the second lesson through the poems “I’m Nobody‚” “If I Can Stop‚” “The Brain‚” “Hope is the Thing with Feathers‚”
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America’s Age of Empire: The Bush Doctrine With barely a debate‚ the Bush doctrine has set out a radically new -- and dangerous -- role for the United States. On September 20‚ the Bush administration published a national security manifesto overturning the established order. Not because it commits the United States to global intervention: We’ve been there before. Not because it targets terrorism and rogue states: Nothing new there either. No‚ what’s new in this document is that it makes a
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2/19/2013 The Bush Doctrine The Bush Doctrine is a phrase used to describe different ideas related to US foreign policy that the US held in the Bush’s administration. In the doctrine‚ it states America has a right to attack or go to war with any country that is a potential threat before the threat can do grave damage. It also describes that if any country harbor or supports terrorism‚ they will be treated as terrorists. The Bush Doctrine was the new American security strategy to prevent terrorists
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Shelly Kapur March 1‚ 2008 Jones-Blair Case Study Jones Blair Company is a privately held‚ regional paint corporation with a market comprised of 50 counties throughout the states of Texas‚ New Mexico‚ Oklahoma‚ and Louisiana. Its headquarters are located in Dallas‚ Texas‚ which is also home to the 11 county Dallas-Fortworth greater metropolitan area. These 11 counties represented 50% of total dollar sales for Jones-Blair in 1995 and serve as the business and financial center for the company’s
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The Blair Witch Project The Blair Witch project is a film released in on 30th July 1991 about 3 film school students who go in search of the local legend‚ The Blair Witch. The Blair Witch project can be followed on www.blairwitch.com. The audience was tripped into thinking that the Blair witch project was real‚ this was a very affective marketing plan that got the film $248‚639‚099 at the box office. People were going online to follow the story and to find out more. There were also books
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Once he was inaugurated on January 20th‚ 1961‚ John F. Kennedy prepared to deliver his famous speech. By using a multitude of devices‚ Kennedy created a speech that would be remembered as a great ‘call to action’ in history. In a time of trouble and confusion for the American people where threats could attack at any time Kennedy had to portray himself as the blanket of warmth in the Cold War. With his use of Scesis Onomaton‚ Consonance‚ and more‚ Kennedy was able to provide an empowering speech to
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