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    In the campaign speech for Charles Foster; the speaker presents strong‚ sound‚ effective arguments and counterarguments‚ with the use of rhetoric devices and fallacy‚ to help get his point across more effectively. The speaker stated his arguments clearly and backed them up with strong‚ sound evidence. In the speakers counterarguments’‚ the speaker addressed‚ what he believed the audience might say or question‚ in a productive manner. The speaker was biased through out his speech. Examples of

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    way to preserve tranquility and to protect the nation. He utilized the rhetorical device of anaphora to accentuate the actions necessary to ensure the success of creating strong relations between the United States and Soviet Union. Kennedy repeated the phrase‚” let both sides‚” along with an inspiring suggestion to promote the idea that peace will put a stop to major disputes and allow countries to cooperate. Kennedy also used his speech as a platform to convince the American

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    the world and his people. In his letter “Letter from Birmingham Jail” he justifies civil disobedience as an answer to social injustice. In hope to convince the clergymen who questioned his movement‚ King Jr. forms many strong arguments using rhetorical devices such as metaphoric relations and allusions. Social injustice and unjust laws was an important component of King’s letter. He argues that breaking an unjust law‚ if executed correctly‚ is a form of respect towards authority and a community.

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    this idea by implying throughout chapter three that Chris McCandless was idealistic with his nonconformist philosophy‚ unprepared for hardships before he disappeared‚ and by indicating McCandless had a secret sociopathic nature. He illustrates rhetorical devices in order to give insight into why McCandless’ death was important‚ and to crucially build his character. Krakauer aims his book towards an audience who is interested in exploring or adventuring‚ or anyone McCandless-esque who may aspire to pull

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    I Have a Dream Speech Theme: During Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech‚ there were many problems brought about concerning equality and freedom of the black population. What he wanted to get across to the people was that the United States was not abiding by its own laws and beliefs‚ so he wanted to get the theme of equality and racial justice across to his audience. This is considered his theme because this was the underlying message he wanted to get across to all those who heard

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    from the party conference. Therefore I chose to study these speeches in order to judge political rhetoric and grammatical features used. I will look at things such as repetition‚ pronouns‚ metaphors and rhetorical questions as well as comparing the study to other language and power theories. Alan Finlayson of East Anglia University‚ theorized on the language used in political speeches and the use of rhetoric is a strong constant throughout. His research has bought up strong pointers also found

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    (Arthur Miller uses a wide range of rhetorical devices to achieve his message.) He begins with personifying paranoia: “I know that its paranoid center is stilling pumping out the same darkly attractive warning…” (Miller). By personifying paranoia‚ it gives this fear and anxiety life‚ as if it was

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    reminds them that they “all did love Caesar once” (30). Finally‚ Antony results to using pity to persuade his flattery driven audience. He mournfully declared that his”heart [was] in the coffin there with Caesar‚ and [that he] must pause till it come[s] back to [him]” (34-35). On the surface‚ it appears that Antony is grieving for the death of his dear friend‚ which causes his audience to empathize with him. However‚ his ulterior motive of pausing his speech‚ was to give the people a chance to talk

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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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    differences between life‚ love‚ and its state of vulnerability. To start‚ Doyle uses many examples to display his ideas‚ but his first example is the hummingbird. He describes how fragile the small bird is by saying‚ A hummingbird s heart is the size of a pencil eraser. A hummingbird s heart is a lot of the hummingbird. (Doyle) This is a great example of how fragile life can be‚ and how small the hummingbird truly is. He then brings up the biggest heart in the world‚ which is inside the blue whale. He describes

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