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    was supposed to give great speeches with structure. Antony was a general so he was not as good at giving speeches but was good at pumping up his solders before battle. Which he used to his advantage when speaking to the mourning crowd. In Brutus’s speech‚ he begins by addressing the crowd as "Romans‚ countrymen‚ and lovers‚” demonstrating that he is one of them and that he values their role in the Roman community.  This helps establish ethos (credibility)‚ and as Brutus continues by arguing that he

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    what he is saying by the end of his speech. Gladwell‚ in the speech on school shootings is very convincing. There are three main devices he used in order to get his point across which is reasoning‚ emotion‚ and credibility. Here I will be explaining how he has come to use each device to win over the majority of his audience. Gladwell uses reasoning throughout his speech and does so very well to get his audience on a foundation of facts. One part of the speech he talks about is a person’s thresh

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    John Henry

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    questioned as fiction or fact is the story of John Henry. Was John Henry an actual man? Or was the story just a tale to inspire others to work hard and triumph the world ahead of them? Nelson reasons in “Steel Drivin’ Man: John Henry the Untold Story of an American Legend” were that John Henry was no myth. Nelson a professor of history at the College of William and Mary researches and finds evidence that leads up to the possibility that John Henry was indeed a real man. He speaks with archivist

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    After completing both my Investigative Field Essay‚ and Annotated Bibliopgaphy + Lit Review‚ I definitely felt more confident when it came to researching for reliable and credible sources for my rhetorical analysis paper but I was still confronted with  obstacles. Although I now acquired this skill‚ this assignment shifted my work into analyzing information in a different medium. For example‚ for this assignment we had to pick two artifacts‚ and one of them had to be in the form of a video or image

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    the Second Virginia Convention met March 20‚ 1775 inland at Richmond--in what is now called St. John ’s Church--instead of the Capitol in Williamsburg. Delegate Patrick Henry presented resolutions to raise a militia‚ and to put Virginia in a posture of defense. Henry ’s opponents urged caution and patience until the crown replied to Congress ’ latest petition for reconciliation. On the 23rd‚ Henry presented a proposal to organize a volunteer company of cavalry or infantry in every Virginia county.

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    CUP & COOKIES Smart cup in which you can put 2-3 of your favourite cookies. You don’t need extra plates. It’s made for right handed and left handed. this will help saving dishes and you would get the right amount of milk you need everyday. by this you can make a cup Ventilation system Didymium safety glasses Clear or colored tubing: 40mm heavy wall Graphite plate Torch kit Propane or MAPP gas Pressurized oxygen (not required for Hot Head torches) Clear blow tube: 15mm to 19mm heavy wall

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    The Fairy Tale Tradition Fairy tales occupy a unique niche in the literary world. They are the subject of intense and extensive academic discourse at the same time as they are animated and commercialized for children by major production companies. The identity of the fairy tale as literature is hotly contested. Angela Carter’s view on fairy tales was that they were on the same "cultural level" as classic works like Paradise Lost. In contrast to Carter’s view‚ an experienced librarian at a major

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    are essential to provide an argument thru emotional situations. The 9/11 terrorist attack left many american citizens in a psychological trauma. During President Bush’s speech‚ he portrayed pathos to convey the effects of this horrifying experience that impacted each and every one of us. In the 9/11 Address to the Nation speech Bush mentioned‚ “The pictures of airplanes flying into buildings‚ fires burning‚ huge -- huge structures collapsing have filled us with disbelief‚ terrible sadness‚ and a

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    In his emotionally charged speech given to the 2018 graduating class at Lesley University‚ Jason Reynolds inspires and encourages his audience through the telling of a personal story and the repetition of similar sounds to share the importance of being there for others while still striving to be their best. Jason Reynolds tells a personal story in order to catch the interest of his audience. He tells the story of a high school teacher who taught him that “sometimes doing the right thing has consequences”

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    Frederick Douglass’s speech highlights the inconsistencies in America’s ideas of freedom and equality by creating a contrast between America’s celebration of liberty and the brutal realities of slavery. Addressing a crowd in Rochester‚ New York‚ Frederick highlights the extreme hypocrisy in a nation holding pride in freedom while holding millions of its citizens in bondage‚ “The great paradox of celebrating liberty within the context of slavery in the United States”- (Bernard K. Duffy‚ Richard D

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