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    The Raven Deep‚ dark‚ doomy is what this poem is‚ written by Edgar Allen Poe. This poem I believe is all imaginary which I will prove by evidence from the poem itself. This poem which was written in the 1800s is the darkest poem I have read yet. It has good imagery‚ mood‚ tone‚ language‚ and setting. This eighteen-stanza poem talks about a man who is encountered by a raven in the middle of the night. I’m going to show you why I believe this poem is imaginary. In the beginning of the poem

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    to overcome the rejection and possibly change the outcome of the situation. The speaker effectively appeals to his audience through the use of rhetoric and rhetorical devices. Jiang establishes credibility from the start‚ using a personal anecdote to share a story of when he was harshly rejected as a kid. Additionally‚ he experienced even more rejection in his line of work as an entrepreneur‚ furthering the appeal to his ethos. As he kept getting rejected in numerous ways‚ he always ran away from

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    Terms and Rhetorical Devices Allusion An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference Generally a figure of speech making reference to a known place‚ event‚ literary work Example: an allusion to Shakespeare‚ “He was a real Romeo with the ladies.” Synonyms: hint‚ reference‚ innuendo‚ insinuation Cliché A worn out expression that takes place of an original thought; a phrase or expression that is overused or used out of

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    life worth living. One area of humor is in the overstatement of advertisement of products sold on the market. It is the challenge of marketing experts to produce a creative image for a product. Sometimes the focus of the image of the product has more priority than the performance of the product. An article in‚ “The Onion‚” the author satirizes how products are marketed to consumers through means of a variety of literary strategies such as words and phrases‚ dialogue‚ and scientific vocabulary.

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    sound made or associated with its referent‚ it is used in line 3 with the phrase tinkle tinkle‚ tinkle. Alliteration is the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group‚ used in verse 2 lines 10 and 12 “frantic fire” and “desperate desire.” Assonance is a resemblance of sounds‚ also called vowel rhyme‚ used in line 1 “ sledges‚ bells.” Repetition is the act of repeating something‚ used in line 3 “ tinkle‚ tinkle‚ tinkle.” Rhythm is

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    deserves the utmost respect. Emerson values the individual thought more highly than any monumental verse from any historical hero‚ and he contrasts these two in order to express that. He advises every individual to “detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within‚ more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages” (Emerson 1). No one man‚ according to Emerson‚ shall take the word of any wise man to be more true or important to himself than his own‚ natural word. It

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    In Dick Gregory’s Not Poor‚ Just Broke the use of rhetorical strategies are established to further entice the reader. Within the short excerpt‚ Gregory gives sensory details and real life experiences that convey emotion and express feelings which in turn interest the reader. Gregory’s use of rhetorical strategies makes it easy to place one’s self in his childhood shoes‚ and therefore connects to the sentiments of the audience. When analyzing this piece it is evident that through tone‚ authorial bias

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    examples of bias‚ fallacies‚ and specific rhetorical devices in the speech? In the speech kane uses a variety of bias which include political bias in which he is doing against Jim W. Gettys. He also uses different types of fallacies which are scapegoating‚ and apple polishing‚and ad hominen ‚ and using straw man fallacies and he also two others ones false dilemma and slippery slope plus begging the question too . He also uses a few different types of rhetorical devices in his speech ‚ which include the

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    Every time some speaks‚ he or she shows up his or her feelings‚ revealing to the listener or reader a lot of things about himself or herself. His or her body language always appeared to look how that person is feeling‚ for example; the attitude the speaker take the audience‚ the reader‚ the language‚ the subject that speaker’s talks or as well about himself or herself. The attitudes are very important because it shows to the audience he or she is secure on what he or she is talking about. Expressing

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    Across the poem “ Do I dare?” (Eliot 38‚46‚121) and “Should I presume?” (Eliot 54‚61‚68) appears multiple times. The reason for the repetition of these rhetorical questions is to emphasize the question if he should do something or dare to do it. These questions support how ambiguous Prufrock is in making choices in his life. Critics that analyzed this specific poem found the repetitions was confusing. “The

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