speech that is famously known around the world. King was a civil rights leader who was assassinated for protecting the rights and stolen opportunity of the black people. King uses a series of rhetorical devices and speech conventions to give meaning and impact towards the audience. Some of these conventions and devices extended metaphor‚ alliteration and anaphora. In King’s speech‚ extended metaphors were used many times to create imagery of racial injustice. He compares the unkept promises of freedom
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raised in the US I still identify more with the Mexican culture. Mexican Proverb- “No por mucho madrugar se amanece mas temprano.” This proverb literally translates to “Not by waking up early ‚the sun rises faster.” The emphasis of this saying is that many of us constantly try to finish tasks fast by rushing to them and as a result you don’t necessarily always end up doing them the right way. Personally I think this proverb focuses on the Mexican values that overall is somewhat conformist. Another
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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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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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PHILOSOPHY IN AFRICA PROVERBS 1.1 Proverbs as Universal Proverbs expresses the thought wisdom‚ moral codes and cultural heritage of a people or culture. It is distinct from other oral traditions such as fables‚ folklores; folk tales and riddles. Although proverbs are in- some cases derived from some of these oral traditions there is a cut clear distinction between them. Generally proverbs are inherent in majorly all cultures of the world and are generally seen as succinct and pithy sayings in general
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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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as the most comprehensive collection of proverbs in our country. There is a limited number of works like this in existence. She spent a lifetime collecting pieces of folk literature that reveal our ancestors‘ wisdom. When she gathered proverbs from various areas in our country‚ she declared that our elders lived by simple‚ yet very meaningful rules of righteous living. In fact‚ she asserted that even the Spaniards who colonized our country noticed how proverbs formed part of the native spirit. Spanish
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1. A bad workman blames his tools. * Something that you say when someone blames the objects they are using for their own mistakes. It is not the tools we use which make us good‚ but rather how we employ them. 2. If a job is worth doing‚ it’s worth doing well. * There is a lot of emphasis on getting things right 3. Make hay while the sun still shines. * To take an opportunity to do something when the time and conditions are near perfect or available. * To do something while
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Testament. Both books point the reader to God. They give us insight into God’s character. Psalms offers us a glimpse into men’s hearts who followed the living God and actually sought God at some point in their lives. It answers our need of emotion. Proverbs gives us principles by which to live‚ but emotion is not one of its elements. Psalms is a collection of sacred poems/songs. In all the Psalms there is an element of praise. Many are prayers to God. In Psalms the heart of the writer is revealed
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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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