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    William F. Buckley, Jr.

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    lazy to even mention their own predicaments. He then goes on to explain Americans passive acceptance of circumstances. In doing this he uses several anecdotes based on his past‚ using careful diction and to keep his audience engaged he sprinkles in rhetorical questions. Buckley opens his essay with a personal anecdote describing the acceptance of “whatsoever” he realizes that outside it was below freezing temperature and in the train it was 85 degrees. Buckley explains how the train conductor went

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    Alexander uses various aspects of the language to represent herself‚ "a woman cracked by multiple migrations." The diction‚ imagery‚ and figurative terms that Alexander utilizes create a clear picture for the reader of a woman who is questioning her life and what might have been. There is an extended metaphor that runs throughout the piece that compares Alexander to something fragile and cracked. Words like "splintered"‚ "shards" and "fractured" imply glass and all of its frailty. She

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    we then compared the forms and found some similarities and some differences to them. Topman and Nandos application form Differences: They were set up very differently Topman had a variety of rhetorical questions which underneath it‚ they were answered for you whereas Nandos did not use any rhetorical questions just information about the restaurant. Nandos have added a bit of colour to their form whereas Topman have not. Topman’s application form was much more detailed as it tells you how to

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    Our Babies, Ourselves

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    being portrayed as having huge breast‚ a small waist‚ and adequate butt‚ and then there is Ken a doll who has been stripped of his masculinity. Tone: Accusatory Discourse: Division or Analysis Rhetorical Terms: * Dash- "--a time when women sought equality and small breast were king." (p.5) * Rhetorical Question- "Could this account for the popularity of breast implant surgery?" (p.3) * Impact Statement- "As if we’re all trapped in Barbie’s world and can never escape." (p.7) Questions: * Meaning

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    Discuss the techniques used to convince the reader to adopt a particular way of thinking about text one and text two? The feature article‚ “the Overprotected kid” written by Hannah Rosin published in the Atlantic uses the techniques of Descriptive language‚ anecdote and factual evidence to persuade the reader to adopt a particular way of thinking. The feature article poses the theory that children of the 21st century are missing out on childhood development and experiences due to the increasing overprotection

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    Point | Evidence | Explanation | | | | Rhetorical question | . Who would you rather see marching through your streets? Us lot or the Hun? | Most authors use rhetorical questions to make the reader thin of a certain part in a book as a reader but Michael morpurgo used rhetorical question in the speech to make the reade3r think about the speech not as a reader but as a soldier | Emotive language | They’ll come marching through here burning your houses‚ killing your children‚ and yes

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    Squealer’s speech‚ he tries to hide the fact that they took the milk and apples for themselves and their own benefits‚ but not just for their self-centered behaviors. Through this speech‚ Orwell is using the most obvious tactic of Rhetorical Questions. In this case the rhetorical question is‚ “… Surely there is no one among you who wants to see Jones come back?” This question is brought up many times in the book because it is his way of saying that he is better than Jones and it shows his power of knowing

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    Anthem for Doomed Youth

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    Owen uses a contrast within the title ‚ “Doomed Youth” ‚ he does this deliberately because using “doomed youth” ‚ puts the young people of war and he try’s to discourage them as it is nothing like what the propaganda claim it to be. The first question highlights animal imagery ‚ “dying like cattle” ‚ this shows the soldiers are nameless. There death lacks dignity ‚ dehumanised. Personification is used to mirror the guns ‚ “anger of the guns” ‚ in the noun phrase it makes the guns sound real. Owen

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    Identifying language techniques Composers use various language techniques or features to make their texts more interesting and engaging to the responder. Some language techniques used by Stephen Herrick in The Simple Gift are: • simile: comparing one thing with another using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’ • metaphor: a comparison where one thing is said to be another • colloquial language: everyday speech characterised by informal language and shortened words (g’day‚ can’t) • direct

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    hsc essay 33

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    Idea and Explanation Example Quotes Techniques Appearance vs Reality Approx4 2per e.g. List act scene line 2per e.g. Richard III- Richard‚ himself is very aware of the gap between his outwards reality and inward reality. As a consequence he carefully constructs his façade while fully acknowledging his Machiavellian motivations to the audience in his asides. Clarence going to prison and Richard says he will try to get him out but doesn’t do it. The ghosts visits

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