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    Slaughter House 5

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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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    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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    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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    Wilfred Owen

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    reality of war‚ sense of sacrifice and dehumanisation. Wilfred Owen employs rhetorical questions to engage the reader to stop and think. He successfully uses alliteration and tone to create a hopeless sense of emotion. He personifies the weapons to create an emphasis and draw his audience to the real life events experienced at war and the after war. Thus this essay will discuss the ways Wilfred Owen employs language devices in the poems “Anthem for the doomed youth” ‚ “disabled” and “Dulce Et Decorum

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    audience with his extensive use of Anaphora and Asyndeton/Polysyndeton. Emphasising his points with anaphora/epistrophe. -Malcolm X‚ Anaphora‚ Polysyndeton‚ Asyndeton‚ Metaphor -Audience Easier to persuade 2. Compare different ways of using rhetorical device -Easily persuaded audience - Emphasising points through anaphora/epistrophe "They don’t hang you because you’re a Baptist; they hang you ’CAUSE YOU’RE BLACK. They don’t attack me because I’m a Muslim; they attack me ’CAUSE I’M BLACK. They

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    Formal Writing

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    students should be using devices for their learning. (AGAINST) Young students‚ specifically Year 2 and younger‚ should not be using devices in their learning curriculum. While having devices and infinite knowledge at your fingertips can have its advantages‚ it also comes with many serious detriments that could cause many problems in the future‚ despite all the learning advantages you could think of. One of the many reasons to disapprove of the use of digital devices in a learning environment

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    5 – Paragraph Poetry Devices Analysis Essay The poem “Holy Sonnet #10” by John Donne is one of the most respected forms of poetry‚ one of the most difficult to compose and one of the most inspirational to read. Donne uses personification‚ metaphor and rhetorical question to demonstrate the deep personal meaning of the poem. Donne writes passionately about his feelings towards death. Donne has decided to include these three literary devices in his poem to create a more dramatic effect for his readers

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    Hamlet’s soliloquy – Act II Scene II Close Reading – Literary Devices William Shakespeare uses many types of literary devices to describe the very principle of Hamlet’s true battle. Hamlet compares himself to a “peasant slave” and to the talented actor‚ whom could give a convincing performance without feeling the true emotion. After his visit with the ghost (his supposed father)‚ he has been dedicated to the idea of plotting revenge of his uncle-father. Although‚ it is difficult for Hamlet to

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    Pitbulls Should Be Banned

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    the laws about dogs‚ in a bid to get them to see that pitbulls are vicious killers who are to have no pace in our society. Throughout the article the writer uses a number of persuasive devices in order to manipulate the audience’s response. These include metaphors‚ anecdotal evidence‚ repetition‚ rhetorical question‚ attack and emotive language. In the heading‚ one example of a persuasive technique used is that of a metaphor. A metaphor is when the author makes association with a vivid image

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    Macbeth

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    In the story of Macbeth‚ by William Shakespeare‚ Lady Macbeth uses rhetorical devices in Act 1‚ Scene 7‚ such as rhetorical questions and diction. She asks him rhetorical questions‚ challenges his manhood‚ and reassures him of success. By asking rhetorical questions‚ Lady Macbeth leaves Macbeth speechless‚ and he is unable to respond. In line 39‚ she asks if “the hope drunk wherein you dressed yourself?” She is asking if he was drunk when he made his plan of murdering Duncan. With this type of

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