In my most recent essay I wrote of the violence attributed to video games in light of various shootings and other tragedies that occurred in the past year or so. In this essay I argued that despite their violent content‚ video games are not completely to blame for acts of violence committed by children. Throughout this essay I tried to convince the reader by‚ first‚ establishing my own credibility with video games‚ then sharing my own experiences with violent games‚ and providing both empirical
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East of Eden Rhetorical Analysis Excerpt John Steinbeck’s purpose of the excerpt with Alice and Cathy subsists on Cathy that finds a place to get away from her enemies‚ being lonely and hated by the world. In order to make his purpose expedient he writes‚ “Alice was her friend‚ always waiting to welcome her to tininess. All this so good-so good that it was almost worthwhile to be miserable. But good as it was‚ there was one more thing always held in reserve. It was her threat and her safety. She
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Rhetorical Analysis of The Story of an Hour In 1984 Kate Chopin wrote the short story ‘The Story of an Hour’. Chopin‚ born O’Flaherty in 1851‚ is considered one of the most important women in the 19th century American fiction. She is best known for her novel ‘The Awakening’. Her short stories revolve around the way women were treated in this century. The story is about a woman known as Mrs. Mallard and she had problems with her heart. Her husband was involved
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Adriannah Baker Professor Washburn English 101- College Writing 19 October 2014 Addiction in the Homeland When Deborah Sontag wrote the article “Heroin’s Small-Town Toll‚ and a Mother’s Pain” it wasn’t to scare or frighten the public. What she wrote were facts and intimate details of a family’s pain and heartache over what happened to the person they loved who had an addiction she couldn’t beat. Deborah wrote this article with the intention of letting everyone know that heroin is a very serious
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What is Rhetorical Citizenship? The definition that is in our syllabus says that it is the ability of individuals to communicate their needs‚ interests‚ and values in order to identify and solve public problems. In Lippmann’s "The Phantom Public" he describes a good citizen as one who is omni competent‚ or all knowing. He thinks that the ideal role of a citizen is one where they are aware of everything that is going on in the world and they know enough about that problem or situation that he can
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Dean Howard ENG105 Rhetorical Analysis John Fitzgerald Kennedy‚ arguably one of our greater presidents in our nation’s history‚ was assassinated on a Friday in the early stages of winter in 1963; however‚ he had accomplished much more than a man with lesser courage could have in his services to our country. One of President Kennedy’s most memorable actions while in office‚ actually took place very early on in his presidency; his Inaugural Speech in January of 1961. When attempting to
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movie that has an excessive amount of violence will that make them want to go out and act the same way as the characters in the movie? According to John Grisham the answer to this question is yes and in his essay entitled "Unnatural Killers‚" he tries to prove this point but is not effective. Grisham uses two different forms of rhetoric in this essay‚ both of which fail. First‚ Grisham uses personal experience to try to get his point across to the readers. This seems like it would be an effective
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The Slave Family by John W. Blassingame John Blassingame’s essay entitled "The Slave Family" analyzes the composition of the nineteenth century slave family in America. The essay offers a perspective into the lives of slaves including their hardships‚ trials‚ and their plight for a sense of commonality. The essay begins with a sex ratio comparison between American slaves and slaves in other areas‚ such as Latin America‚ Brazil‚ and Cuba. It states that the male to female ratio was significantly
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October 16‚ 2012 Rhetorical Analysis: “You are being lied to about pirates” In Johann Hari’s article “You are being lied to about pirates” (published Monday January 5‚ 2009 by the Independent) he uncovers for his audience/readers the truth behind piracy and how it is reflected in the ways that the government “tries” to inform the public. The article shows that his audience is the people he recognizes to be the real villains in destroying the pirate “organization” as well as the uneducated readers
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Tamie Martz PRES111-1301B-02 March 30 2013 American Intercontinental University Abstract The rhetorical triangle is used to‚ prepare for a speech there are three points to the rhetorical triangle‚ the speaker‚ audience‚ and the situation. It is also a very useful tool‚ to help speakers with their presentations. Speakers also needs to flexible in communicating with their audience. Rhetorical triangle September 11 2011‚ a day when tragedy struck New York City four passengers planes were
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