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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Arianna Nelson Abraham Lincoln 2nd Inaugural Address Rhetorical Essay Abraham Lincoln’s speech addresses the issues of slavery and how the civil war could have been avoided. Lincoln appeals to the American people’s sense of jingoism and references the bible to create a common ground for the people to relate with. During Lincoln’s inaugural address he appeals to American patriotism by saying "we" and "our" to unite his fellow people. Lincoln states "Fondly do we hope‚ fervently do we pray"
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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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perfectly with his descriptions. The illustration of the midwest‚ using imagery‚ brings the reader to feel as if they actually lived in Kansas in the late 1950’s. Capote’s use of diction creates a suspenseful‚ contradictory mood. These two rhetorical devices create contradiction‚ leading the reader in two directions simultaneously. “The village of Holcomb stands on the high wheat plains of western Kansas‚ a lonesome area that other Kansans call “out there.” Some seventy miles east of the Colorado
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train and by the lady in the yellow water proof coat. In this short excerpt from the story the author begins each paragraph with “And” making the transition from paragraph to paragraph a bit robotic‚ choppy and simple and is an example of a rhetorical device called anaphora. The author’s words choice
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Chinua Achebe uses many techniques in Things Fall Apart‚ such as foreshadowing. Ikemefuna‚ who was murdered in the book‚ was referred as an “ill-fated boy” a few chapters before he died. This shows that Ikemefuna was going to die‚ and it already makes the readers wonder what is going to happen to Ikemefuma. Also‚ Obierka tells Okonkwo that when the missionaries come he should kill himself‚ and in the end of the book Okonkwo hangs himself. Use of flashback is a huge technique used; in chapter 16
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“A Dream Within a Dream” by Edgar Allen Poe caught my eye because it reminded me of the matrix. In the poem‚ Poe’s speaker is flung into a mental war with himself‚ questioning his own existence and the deeper meanings of life. Poe begins his poem by telling an anecdote about a conversation he had with his lover. In the conversation‚ he is departing from his love‚ but says to her that she is not wrong to think that everything which we know is “but a dream within a dream” (11). This raises a very interesting
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Brent Staples uses vivid language and rhetorical devices to express and convey the elements of fear‚ anger‚ and violence. We all make many decisions based on past experiences. That’s how we learn to avoid touching a hot stove burner for example. It’s also about how we learn to do things that bring us pleasure. So we all develop discriminating behavior‚ but when that discrimination is based purely on the color on that person’s skin‚ or his ethnicity‚ without knowing anything else about that person
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B.Ed.TESL SESSION 2012/2013 SEMESTER 1 PXET 3109 LITERATURE AND POPULAR CULTURE ASSIGNMENT 1 LECTURER: Miss Shalini A/p Nadaswaran . PREPARED BY: LEONARDO DAVID NG (PET100015) DATE OF SUBMISSION: 23rd November 2012 WOMEN’S WHISPERS TO THE WORLD Inequality has been rightfully and unquestionably entitled to women for as long as I can remember. Back in those days‚ women were restrained to unofficial profession as mere housewives and glued to house chores and kids. Women were
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purpose to inform the nation on how African-americans should be granted the same freedom with no violence. This speech was presented in front of 250‚000 people‚ mainly those who were for King’s cause. While listening to this speech the main rhetorical device‚ metaphor‚ is presented. He used metaphor when he referred to drinking to together as white and black‚ he said “ “Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred”‚ King meant that we can’t
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