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    the evil or the blessing will reach you all. Rhetorical devices: Special patterns of words and ideas that create emphasis and stir the audiences emotions‚ usually found in persuasive discourse Parallelism - the repetition of phrases or sentances that are similar in structure or meaning for rhetorical effect Examples: - "we have petitioned‚ we have remonstrated‚ we have supplication..." -the beatitudes -Martin Luther king Rhetorical question: asking a question with an obvious answer

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    Bias‚ Rhetorical Devices‚ and Argumentation The topic I chose to examine was the “1992 Republican National Convention Address: A Whisper of AIDS” by Mary Fisher (1992). I was impressed with how even keeled she presented her speech. If there was any bias‚ then I had trouble detecting it with one exception; that she implied that if you are ignorant and believe the hype that only minorities‚ gays‚ and drug users can contract aids. (Fisher‚ 1992). I feel that it was a rhetorical analogy that she used

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    In the passage Flaubert uses various techniques to reveal the conditions of the characters relationship. Flaubert uses diction to establish the contrasting tones between Charles and Emma. The tone Flaubert depicts for Charles is a naïve happiness which then transitions to a more confused tone for Emma‚ revealing their unstable relationship. Flaubert reveals in this passage a rather happy tone for Charles. At one point in the passage it says " at such moments his happiness knew no bounds." This

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    • Write a minimum 500-word response to the following questions: · What are some examples of bias‚ fallacies‚ and specific rhetorical devices in the speech? · How did the speaker address arguments and counter arguments? · Were the speaker’s arguments effective? Explain your answer. This speech was done before election time of the new governor. This video had many examples of fallacies. “Using emotion the wrong way most often creates what is known as a fallacy. Fallacies

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    The song starts out with a strang questioning of reality: “Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide‚ No escape from reality‚ Open your eyes‚ look up to the skies and see”. They first two lines are rhetorical questions. They help establish the state of mind needed in order to continue with the song. The third line is a metaphor. It means everything is crashing down on him‚ and he cannot escape it. It seems to conclude that he is caught between a dream

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    RHETORICAL DEVICES & FIGURES OF SPEECH (Bringing Brightness and Buoyancy to Language: Prose & Poetry) 1. allegory: (Greek‚ ‘speaking otherwise’) It is a story‚ poem‚ or picture which can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning‚ typically a moral or political one. It has a double meaning: a primary or surface meaning; and a secondary or under-the-surface meaning. It is a story‚ therefore‚ that can be read‚ understood and interpreted at two or more levels. 1. Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress is

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    Rhetorical Analysis Written in a way that can only be described as thought-provoking‚ throughout his biography “Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass‚ an American Slave” Douglass utilizes a variety of rhetorical techniques and devices‚ among which are ethos‚ pathos‚ and comical irony. Douglass takes his experience as a child to persuade people of the horrors of

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    of a country is to look at how many want in and how many want out." – Tony Blair Younger Years Tony Blair‚ former prime minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland‚ was born Anthony Charles Lynton Blair on May 6‚ 1953‚ in Edinburgh‚ Scotland. Despite being born in Scotland‚ Blair spent the better part of his childhood in Durham‚ England‚ where he attended the Chorister School. Blair’s father‚ Leo Charles Blair‚ was a prominent attorney who ran for Parliament as a Tory in 1963‚ when Tony

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    Quentin got to go to school and how he didn’t. An example of his colloquial language is on page 241‚ “These dam little slick haired squirts‚ thinking they are raising so much hell. I’ll show them something about hell I says‚ and you too.” Literary Devices: Symbolism Jason mentions dogs multiple times within the passage‚ and even uses it to reference Quentin (pg. 240‚ “I’m afraid all the time I’ll run into them right in the middle of the street or under a wagon on the square‚ like a couple of dogs.”)

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    examples of bias‚ fallacies‚ and specific rhetorical devices in the speech? In the speech kane uses a variety of bias which include political bias in which he is doing against Jim W. Gettys. He also uses different types of fallacies which are scapegoating‚ and apple polishing‚and ad hominen ‚ and using straw man fallacies and he also two others ones false dilemma and slippery slope plus begging the question too . He also uses a few different types of rhetorical devices in his speech ‚ which include the

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