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    TECHNIQUE/ RHETORICAL DEVICE | QUOTE/ EXAMPLE | EFFECT | EMOTIVE AND INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE | * strong and principled * ‘Emancipated..empowered’ women who with their ‘wisdom and experience’ should ‘struggle for justice and peace’ * “Few brave men !” | Positive words are used to illustrate the vital contribution women can make to the world. Also imposes a flexible and friendly tone. | SIMILE | * tender as mothers nursing their newly born’‚ ‘brave as lionesses defending their young’

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    Alone in a Crowded Room

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    written by The Fray. The two works portray a common theme that finding God helps change the emotion of lonliness and disappointment by using the similar elements of rhetorical questions‚ repitition‚ motifs‚ and mood shifts. Rhetorical questions‚ used in both peices‚ help to develop a feeling of disappointment. "The Seafarer" questions "Who could understand / in ignorant ease‚ what we others suffer / As the paths of exile stretch endlessly on?" (Unknown 55-57) that shows the reader the Seafarer

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    By doing this it makes people wonder what is the Australian dream actually is and do we want it this way? Like The Messenger Grant also uses rhetorical questions such as “who are we? And what sort of country do we want to be?” The reason for this is to get people to question their knowledge and perspective on people and the world. He also uses direct speech such as “we‚ you and our” which is also used in The Messenger. He uses this technique because he wants

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    asking rhetorical questions‚ and not taking advantage of her resources. A reason why her argument was not that effective was because instead of making her argument strong she weakened it by asking rhetorical questions. Those questions in which she did not have the answers to it. Or let alone her answers to it weren’t well supported. Once the rhetorical question have been asked the reader should not have to stop and try to think of the right answer to her question. They can also skip the question and

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    submission and slavery.” In his speech‚ Patrick Henry persuades the convention‚ and thereby the people‚ of the necessity of revolution through his employment of metaphorical imagery‚ stylized religious and mythological allusions‚ and a slew of rhetorical questions. In a blaze of libertarian sentiment‚ Henry incited the passions of the delegates and set the stage for the most glorious revolution in the history of mankind. Henry liberally applied metaphors wherever possible. In this way‚ he first seeks

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    uses rhetorical questions on page 129 lines 30 to 34. He asks “Who is here so base that would be a bondman?”‚ “Who is here so rude that would not be a Roman?” and “Who is here so vile that will not love his country?”. Rhetorical questions are often used to put a thought into a listeners mind without that listener recognizing such a thing. In this particular case‚ the audience would not have taken the point that Brutus was attempting to get across easily‚ therefore his adding of a rhetorical question

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    Girls Can We Educate We Dads? Diction. “Girls can we educate we dads” is a poem written by James Berry‚ a Jamaican poet in the 1900’s which speaks about a girl who criticizes her dad’s stereotypical views about girls’ behavior and thoughts. The main message or theme that the author is trying to send to the reader is that involving stereotyping‚ generalization‚ and sexism and how these thoughts are present in many men all around the world yet are not true. This poem consists of many factors

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    America Needs Its Nerds

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    Fridman’s general argument in his work "America Needs Its Nerds" is that the United States’ emphasis on social and physical prowess over academic achievement is wrong. Fridman uses connotative diction‚ a disappointed tone‚ and the use of a rhetorical questions to develop his argument. Fridman uses negative connotative diction as he discusses how the United States focuses more on social skills and physical abilities rather than academics. Fridman states‚ "In many parts of the world‚ university professorships

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    the poem’s meaning. Pack’s use of imagery and rhetorical questions gives the poem something to rely on to carry its story. The use of literary techniques exclusively defines the poem and through that‚ the reader can understand the underlying message behind the sonnet. Throughout the entire poem‚ the speaker continuously asks questions debating what makes life worth living. The speaker’s confused mental state is expressed through rhetorical questions. The narrator asks‚ “Oh cold reprieve‚ where’s

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    academic vocabulary and descriptive details are examples of some common strategies they put in place. Jeter used rhetorical questions and colloquial language to convey his experience about his goals and dreams and reaching them. Eventually winning Player of the Year and starting out for the Yankees in 1995 are such goals and dreams. In paragraph 2 page 61‚ Jeter uses rhetorical questions. The quote is: “What would you love to do? What are you good at?

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