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    ‘’I HAVE A DREAM’’ ‘’With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together‚ to pray together‚ to struggle together‚ to go to jail together‚ to stand up for freedom together‚ knowing that we will be free one day‚’’ Martin Luther King‚ Jr. This quote is important because it summarizes his vision of a nation where every citizen has an equal chance to succeed. Martin Luther King’s

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    he uses a wide variety of poetic devices to help communicate the theme of the poem. The major theme that I feel the author is trying to convey is one of remembrance‚ mourning for a lost loved one. One of the more obvious devices used is the Metrical Pattern of the Iambic Pentameter. This is a major staple of the Shakespeare Sonnet‚ and commonly found in nearly every sonnet that he has written. In this essay we will focus on only two major devices that were used‚ and how they tie into the overall

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    Throughout the entirety of the poem the mother compares her life to stairs that are broken down‚ dark‚ missing steps‚ and steps with tacks in them but she states she has never stopped climbing “But all the time I’se been a-climbin’ on‚” and she used repetition by repeating a line to drive home the fact that her life hasn’t been easy. “And life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.” Using these two methods the mother clearly states that even though life isn’t easy but you must keep climbing and

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    Rhetorical Terms/Devices Figurative language is the generic term for any artful deviation from the ordinary mode of speaking or writing. It is what makes up a writer’s style – how he or she uses language. The general thinking is that we are more likely to be persuaded by rhetoric that is interesting‚ even artful‚ rather than mundane. When John F. Kennedy said‚ “Ask not what your country can do for you‚ ask what you can do for your country” (an example of anastrophe)‚ it was more interesting –

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    Letter From Birmingham Jail In King’s essay‚ "Letter From Birmingham Jail"‚ King brilliantly employs the use of several rhetorical strategies that are pivotal in successfully influencing critics of his philosophical views on civil disobedience. King’s eloquent appeal to the logical‚ emotional‚ and most notably‚ moral and spiritual side of his audience‚ serves to make "Letter From Birmingham Jail" one of the most moving and persuasive literary pieces of the 20th century. In Birmingham

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    created was known as the dynamic loudspeaker. It was created in the 1920’s by Edward Kellogg and Chester Rice. The loudspeaker produces a magnetic field which then causes a coil or magnet to move. The coil or magnet is connected to the diaphragm. There are more speakers than just the horn‚ such as‚ such as‚ electrodynamic loudspeaker‚ flat panel - planar‚ electrostatic‚ multi-cell diaphragm and piezoelectric. Speakers are used to produce sound. Sound is an energy which is created by passing through

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    Physics 1 – Mechanics and Heat Lecture Notes Prepared by: ENGR. HAROLD JAN R. TERANO‚ ECE Lesson 5 ROTATIONAL KINEMATICS AND DYNAMICS Uniform Circular Motion – an object moves at a constant speed along a circular path. Velocity is always tangent to the path in circular motion. Speed is constant‚ velocity is not. Centripetal Acceleration‚ – acceleration that maintains the object along a circular path directed towards the center. Also called as radial acceleration

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    The word “honorable” is an uplifting term used to describe a person with great honor and ethics‚ but Antony says he “should do Brutus wrong‚ and Cassius wrong/ Who‚ you all know‚ are honourable men”(3.2.135-136). By the time Antony says this‚ he had already used the word “honorable” to describe Brutus and the conspirators five times‚ which indicates repetition. By using rhetorical devices such as repetition‚ Antony can get his point across‚ which is that the conspirators

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    speaker‚ and the seriousness of the situation soon becomes clear. Heaney uses his special insights to reveal an emotional scene - remember this was the patriarchal Ireland of the 1950s - one in which grown men cry and others find it hard to take. The last line is full of pathos‚ the four-foot box measuring out the life of the victim in years. Note the full rhyming couplet which seals up the poem‚ reminding us of how easy it is to die‚ from a single blow of a car bumper‚ but how challenging becomes

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    Peter S. Goodman builds his argument essay by giving prior knowledge and also other knowledge on the topic of international news. His dipiction of us loosing our fellow foreign newscasters is tremoundsly terrible‚ by the fact that we are at war in their countries. He uses many different ways to persuade his audience on the importance of international news. Goodman begins his organization process by giving facts on the importance of news from foreign countries. He describes the importance of having

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