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    Communication Studies‚ 2004 #1 a.) The writer’s purpose is to explain the value of taking supplements‚ vitamins and minerals; even with a planned‚ balanced nutritional diet‚ they enhance diet‚ nutrient levels and health in today’s world. The writer’s purpose is to explain the value of taking supplements‚ vitamins and minerals; even with a planned‚ balanced nutritional diet‚ they enhance diet and nutrient levels in today’s world. In this extract‚ the writer employs a variety of organisational

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    opportunity. Hughes‚ however‚ writing from a black man’s perspective‚ is much less optimistic about what American has been or will be. While Whitman’s’ poem was very unstructured in blank verse‚ Hughes’s poem is more tightly controlled with rhyme‚ tone‚ rhetorical questions‚ and more unified with repeated anaphora. Langston Hughes uses connotation well in this poem to evoke all of the wonderfully patriotic images of America but also to make the reader question these images. Was American a "dream" for everyone

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    outstanding pieces known for its strength and most importantly its effectiveness to deliver their message across. Mary Wollstonecraft wrote the essay “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman” on 1792. She used rhetorical devices such as counterargument and analogy to prove her point. For example‚ one of the counterargument she uses is “…the female in point of strength is…inferior to the male…This is the law of nature…” pg. 640. She agrees that women are not as physically

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    change-looked down upon because of my gender; His message made me feel otherwise.” (Debra Wilson‚ 1775) In his speech‚ Henry aims to convince the colonist that the opposing forces must‚ “Give me Liberty‚ or give me death” compacted with dexterous rhetorical techniques such as imagery‚ anaphora‚ repetition‚ and pathos to assemble a believable‚ undoubted‚ well-founded speech. Henry begins his speech assertively with “No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism‚ as well as the abilities of

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    What the text says What the text means Rhetorical Devices I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately‚ to front only the essential facts of life‚ and see if I could not learn what it had to teach‚ and not‚ when I came to die‚ discover that I had not lived. Thoreau wanted to get the most from his life by determining what was really important. In this quote Thoreau uses the rhetorical device‚ aphorism: a pithy observation that contains a general truth‚ such as‚ “if it ain’t broke‚

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    importance of it. Analogy: A comparison of two things‚ based on the similarities between them; in this case‚ telling a story with a similar sort of message in order to make a related point clear. Rhetorical Questioning: Questions that the speaker might ask‚ but which do not actually require an answer. Rhetorical questions are used to make the audience think a little more about the point being made. Appealing to the Crowd: Can be a question or a statement that seeks support in some way from the audience

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    1–13: Read the first five lines of the speech and identify the claim that Mack makes. 2. Lines 1–13: How do the rhetorical questions in this section set the stage for Mack’s argument and engage his audience? 3. Lines 16–20: Create a chart that lists terms that describe early and late reactions to listening to a piece of music. 4. Lines 50–59: Analyze how Mack uses the rhetorical device of addressing a potential concern of his audience. 5. Lines 55–66: Think about the denotation and connotation

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    the youth that must fight and die.” This disapproving view of war parallels with Vonnegut’s view of war‚ evident in Slaughterhouse Five. Vonnegut uses a number of rhetorical devices in this novel in order to denounce war such as imagery‚ personification‚ and allusions. Slaughterhouse Five is a novel with a plethora of rhetorical devices‚ one being imagery. Whereas Slaughterhouse Five is a rather somber novel; the imagery found in it helps the reader visualize and interpret the horrible‚ unexplainable

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    TOPIC:- WRITE ABOUT FIGURE OF SPEECH AND TYPES OF SPEECH AND WRITE EXAMPLES ON EACH. NAME:- MUNIS A.P CLASS:- 7 B4 ROLL NO:- 28 ABOUT FIGURE OF SPEECH A figure of speech is a rhetorical device that achieves a special effect by using words in distinctive ways. Though there are hundreds of figures of speech‚ here we’ll focus on just 20 of the most common figures. You will probably remember many of these terms from your English classes

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    A’Lexia Wright AP Lang/Comp Commentary Throughout my speech I used many rhetorical devices and figures of speech. These devices include imagery‚ simile‚ parallelism‚ polysyndeton‚ tone‚ emotional appeal‚ logos and rhetorical questions. Thess devices gave me the ability to convey how I felt about teens practicing sexual abstinence. I used a rhetorical question to introduce my speech. "Whats your favorite sex position?"‚ was my introduction because I wanted to hook onto my audience

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