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    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 the speech‚ Claudius begins with common appeal to bring everyone’s

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    My name is Patrick Lang. I am 18 years old and was born in Barberton‚ Ohio. From there I moved to my current home in North Tonawanda‚ New York. I went to North Tonawanda High School for four years and graduated with the class of 2011. I am currently attending Niagara County Community College and majoring in criminal justice‚ carrying a total of 15 credit hours for this semester. Some strengths I would consider myself to have include being responsible and efficient. Also a couple weaknesses I would

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    Words: 345 Henry‚ Paine‚ freedom A comparison of both speeches Two important persons in the American Literature are Thomas Pain and Patrick Henry trying to help the colonist to get their freedom from the Britain. Paine tried to bring the colonists in to reality in his speech. He wanted to remained the colonists how badly the supreme British were treating them. On the other hand Henry tried to persuade the colonists to go to war‚ using Britain as the enemy‚ but they tried to persuade the audience

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    Hunter Hodges AP English 3-2 10/31/11 RFK Speech Rhetorical Analysis Robert Kennedy’s speech on the Vietnam War on March 18‚ 1968 addresses the dire consequences of the war. His speech criticized the actions taken by Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson. RFK’s speech uses parallel structure and other rhetorical devices to appeal to the audience’s emotion‚ logic‚ and ethics. The use of parallel structure throughout the speech contributes to RFK’s views of the Vietnam War. “.. a year when we choose not simply

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    Zach Sabo Ms. Jessica English Class 5 November 2012 Women’s Right Are Human Rights: A Rhetorical Analysis Several decades ago‚ the global women’s rights treaty was ratified by a majority of the world’s nation. Despite its many successes in advancing and empowering women in relation to women’s rights‚ poverty‚ decision-making‚ violence against women‚ and other numerous issues actually still exist in all aspects of women’s life. Therefore‚ the 4th World Conference on Women with its unique

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    Judge and jury‚ I beg thee to charge Ms. Maloney with the murder of Patrick Maloney. Why would the perfectly stable Mary Maloney randomly decide to kill her husband? What would cause a perfectly sane woman to do such a heinous crime? As you are aware‚ Patrick Maloney was a well-respected member of the police force. To all who knew him he was a good man. He never had any enemies‚ and was very committed to his job. So how did this good man end up dead? Supposedly‚ Mr. Maloney was alleged of having

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    RHETORICAL DEVICES & FIGURES OF SPEECH (Bringing Brightness and Buoyancy to Language: Prose & Poetry) 1. allegory: (Greek‚ ‘speaking otherwise’) It is a story‚ poem‚ or picture which can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning‚ typically a moral or political one. It has a double meaning: a primary or surface meaning; and a secondary or under-the-surface meaning. It is a story‚ therefore‚ that can be read‚ understood and interpreted at two or more levels. 1. Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress is

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    Virginia Apgar “Every baby born in a modern hospital anywhere in the world is looked at first through the eyes of Virginia Apgar.” --National Liberty of Medicine’s website From the authors of “Who Is Virginia Apgar? Everything You Need to Know‚” to the authors of “Virginia Apgar‚ the Woman Whose Name Saves Newborns‚” Virginia was a woman of brilliance and heart. She was greatly admired and respected by many of her peers and elders and here’s why. Born on June 7‚ 1909‚ in Westfield‚ New Jersey‚ Virginia

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    are the Westerlies‚ which blow west to east and the Trade Winds‚ which blow east to west. Salinity – The higher the salinity of the water the more dense it becomes. With a high level of salinity the water will sink. This starts a convention current. A convention current is when the cold water sits on top of the warm water (depending on the salinity level)‚ and the flow of the current can be reversed if the density and salinity combined with temperature of the water changes.

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    Analysis of Obama’s victory speech Obama’s victory speech is a speech that the democrat Barack Obama held in his hometown Chicago‚ after being elected for president on November 4th‚ 2012. Chicago is where he in 2008 won his first presidential election. When taking a starting point in the pentagon model‚ we know that a text (in this case a speech) is always centered around an intention of the writer/speaker and is always dependent on the interrelationship between the topic‚ the writer‚ the reader/audience

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