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    Having had murdered his best friend and countries leader‚ Brutus attempts to justify his crimes‚ as well as the crimes of the conspirators‚ during a speech to the Roman people. Brutus uses pathos-filled diction‚ calling the audience “Romans” to incite patriotism‚ “countrymen” to unite himself and his audience‚ and “lovers” as a term of endearment‚ further bringing him closer to the crowd. He starts his defense using parallelism‚ commanding to “Hear me… Believe me… [and] Censure me” and reversing

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    Rhetorical Analysis‚ Declan Devaney  In his awaited response to Chicago pastor‚ Jeremiah Wright’s uncivil outburst‚ Barrack Obama puts to shame the hasteful denunciations from Americans. He creates redemption for Wright’s actions which produces an emotional appeal with his citizens. Ushered forward by Obama is the back story of Reverend Wright‚- something Obama’s audience had been comfortably oblivious to until now- his hardships‚ victories‚ and benevolent deeds that reveal his true nature; not the

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    Sir Henry Parkes Sir Henry Parkes‚ politician and journalist‚ was born on 27 May 1815 in Warwickshire‚ England‚ youngest of the seven children of Thomas Parks‚ tenant farmer on Stoneleigh Abbey Estate‚ and his wife Martha‚ née Faulconbridge. Forced off their farm in 1823 by debt‚ the Parkes family moved to Glamorganshire and about 1825 settled in Birmingham‚ where Thomas was a gardener and odd-job man. Henry’s formal education was in his own words‚ ’very limited and imperfect’; he briefly attended

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    VIRGINIA HALL This young woman was incredible. She was brave and unique and helped the Allies during that terrible World War 2. Virginia was born in 1906‚ in Baltimore. She was exceptional since she could speak both fluent‚ French and German. She was a very good student and when to a prestigious school‚ Radcliff. She wished to work in American embassies. Unfortunately‚ while hunting one day‚ she shot her leg. Medical help arrived too late and she had to amputate her leg. This would affect

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    The Virginia Plan The Virginia Plan stood on the claim of expanding national power over the states and to have representation to states based on their amount of population. One of the delegates whom were for a stronger national government had mentioned the new country was ready for tyranny. I believe that the thought of having a country under tyranny is dangerous and feeding the national government too much power‚ especially since the states have already suffered under the harsh rule of tyrant

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    The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 The Seneca Falls convention marked the first time in American history‚ where in an organized public setting‚ attention was brought onto the injustices women had endured for years. Women had been painstakingly succumbed to degradations for centuries and this convention‚ held in upstate New York‚ would bring them together to form a cause for their overall freedom from man’s idea of who they should be. The Declaration of Rights and Sentiments‚ written by Elizabeth

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    The categories that are used most in this speech are pathos‚ logos and aesthetic choices/stylistic choices. These three are the most important ones because they are the ones that backed up his warning and proved his point. Aesthetic choices/stylistic choices drilled the message into the listeners and made his speech stick with them for a long time while pathos made it a personal matter and logos made the decisions that would come from a speech at least seem rational. He chose these because he knew

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    between Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump. This speech was aired by the PBS New Hour held at the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Not only did she fail to mention Donald Trump’s name‚ but she continued to make underlying degrading remarks against him‚ told personal life stories relating to the historical background of the White House‚ and even publicly promoted Hilary Clinton as the vote America needs. Michelle started off her speech by recalling the last moment in which she was

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    Virginia Henderson: The First Lady of Nursing” By: Jordan Harrell Virginia Henderson has been one the most influential people in the nursing field‚ she has received many honors for her skill and knowledge about nursing and the care of patients. Some of the major contributions to nursing as a profession include creating a finite definition of the nursing process‚ Henderson also arranged Maslow’s hierarchy of needs into a 14 step process relating to nursing care. Today even in

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    YONGQI CAI FORENSIC MS.BUCK 2013/04/17 Virginia tech massacre Virginia tech massacre is a tragedy‚ and the whole world was shocked by this. 34 people were killed‚ and 17 other were wounded‚ which included students and teachers. Many families were destroyed in a day‚ many people lost their friend and family forever. And those people who get killed‚ they may have a bright future‚ but they don’t have a chance to have it anymore. This event is unbelievable‚ but which is more unbelievable and

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