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    Florence Kelley During the National American Suffrage Association in Philadelphia on 1905‚ Florence Kelley uses several rhetorical devices to convey her message concerning child labor to her audience. In the beginning of her speech‚ Kelley states‚” two million children under the age of sixteen years are earning bread‚” in order to create an emotional appeal that would urge these women to feel sorrow for the children that have to work so late at nights. In order to keep her audience caring for

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    the fallen‚ but also‚ through the use of the rhetorical strategies of repetition‚ pathos‚ and syntax‚ served as a away to get the people to continue the war. His syntax was most effective in the way that his speech was only composed of two hundred and seventy-words and still serves as one of the greatest speeches ever made. Lincoln’s repetition was used very carefully concentrating on the words being repeated and finally his use of pathos. Lincoln used pathos in away that affected the audience’s emotional

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    During Antony’s funeral speech he utilizes sarcasm‚ repetition‚ paralipsis‚ elevated diction‚ and emotional appeals to help build his argument and achieve his ultimate goal of mutiny. Antony decides to lead his argument delicately with “Friends‚ Romans‚ Countrymen” (1) to make his presence known and inviting‚ without negating anything Brutus had said. He also chooses to address Brutus as “noble” (5)‚ even though it goes against his true feelings‚ because in order to get the people to listen to him

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    Each character in Shakespeare’s play has distinct purpose on which they provide different environment using different rhetorical devices. In Hamlet‚ however‚ there are distinct characters who just gives one-dimensional‚ direct statements while couple gives multidimensional‚ deep statements to look more sophisticated. Claudius in particular uses all five rhetorical devices to not only make him look not only a nice man of heart‚ but also a strong leader in his speech. In the beginning of

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    consquences of angry God. Thougout this sermon Johnathan Edwards incorpriates retorical devices to persue his audience that they need to repent from thier sins. The retoical devices Edwards uses to emphasize his point are illusions‚ similies‚ and analogies. Jonathan Edwards utilized lots of allusions througout this sermon. Edwards preached‚" Thier case is past all hope; they are crying in extreme misery and perfect despair; but here you are in the land of the living and in

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    to do so‚ they use what are commonly known as rhetorical devices today in order to strengthen their arguments. Locked in a fierce battle of wit to win over the furious mob‚ the question is this: Who will be dominant in this battle of verbal scrimmage? Although both speeches are powerful‚ inevitably‚ Antony’s use of rhetorical questions and if/then statements makes for a more logical and passionate speech than Brutus. First and foremost‚ Antony more effectively uses if/then statements better than

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    AP Rhetorical Devices List Anecdote Perspective Aphorism A brief story or tale told by a character in a piece of literature A character’s view of the situation or events in the story A concise statement designed to make a point or illustrate a commonly held belief. The writings of Benjamin Franklin contain many aphorisms‚ such as "Early to bed and early to rise/Make a man healthy‚ wealthy‚ and wise." Contradiction A direct opposition between things compared; inconsistency Apostrophe

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    Using rhetorical devices made Orwell’s story humorous and much more enjoyable to read. These rhetorical devices utilized by Orwell in Animal Farm include analogy‚ symbolism‚ personification‚ and satire. Of these‚ Orwell chose to use satire the most. As stated above‚ from beginning to end Animal Farm is based

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    use of descriptive language in the form of rhetorical devices to create meaning between people. Rhetoric can be described as: “...a technique of using language effectively and persuasively in spoken or written form” (“Rhetoric - Examples and Definition of Rhetoric”). In simpler terms‚ rhetoric allows for communicators to persuade or to relate to their audience. Rhetoric’s most important job is creating connections through writing by using rhetorical devices. Rhetoric’s creates emphasis on important

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    poetic devices in it. The poem is written by a guy named Alfred Noyes. The poem is about a highwayman that is in love with a beautiful girl‚ Bess. He leaves the home to steal gold. When he is gone‚ the Redcoats come into the home and tie up Bess. She decides she would kill herself before she have to see her lover die. After she kills herself‚ the highwayman gets killed by the Redcoats.This poem is filled with poetic devices‚ which makes this poem a masterpiece. One of the major poetic devices used

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