Weston Thompson 00555484 POLI:3505:0EXW Fall14 Politics of Terrorism Final Was the CIAs Enhanced Interrogation Techniques (EITs)‚ as a counter-terrorism strategy‚ effective? In 2002‚ the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks‚ the Department of Justice approved the CIAs request to perform what it called Enhanced Interrogation Techniques (EITs). There were ten techniques in total‚ they are: attention grasp‚ cramped confinement‚ cramped confinement “with an insect”‚ facial hold‚ facial slap‚ sleep deprivation
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The use of rhetorical device in “The Story of an Hour” (386) “The Story of an Hour” was written by Kate Chopin in 1984. Chopin is one of the most famous female writers in the 19th century history of American Literature. Her stories revolve around women’s problems and how they were treated during that time. Back in 19th century‚ women were expected to obey their husbands in any situation. There are several rhetorical devices used to lead us towards believing Mrs.Mallard is a much happier woman as
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has not been "good" to everyone equally. In fact‚ for some‚ America has never yet lived up to its reputation. Throughout the poem‚ Hughes uses rhetorical questions to cause the reader to pause and think. For example‚ "The free? Who said free?" (894 line 51) makes the reader question that exactly the free in this country are. With rhetorical questions‚ the reader is supposed to pause and think. But just as quickly‚ Hughes provides answers‚ "Not me" in an indirect method. He answers the question
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because we started off laughing but also both the client and myself knew what to expect. When it came to the techniques I used I felt that I did not show the ones from week seven to nine. This was just because the client never really gave me anything that I was able to truly use those techniques. Although I didn’t get to use those techniques I do think that I showed that I could grasp the techniques from other weeks. In this interview though I didn’t ask as many questions as the first interview this was
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Start by describing what the passage is about‚ then have a discussion of stylistic features that can be linked back to this‚ what is their effect? This passage is about the man’s thoughts on a series of different things‚ followed by a flash back. The thoughts go from his dream‚ he was previously in‚ and then onto more philosophical/ in his mind thoughts and then his view point on the world as it is now for him. Cormac McCarthy uses a number of different stylistic features to get across
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into his Polish heritage inhibits his capacity to assimilate and contributes to an emotional and psychological rift between father and son. ’Did your father ever attempt to learn English?’‚ this separation is reinforced through the use of direct‚ rhetorical question that is seemingly a personal attack‚ combined with the metaphor ‘dancing-bear grunts’ describing the man who opened the personal onslaught on feliks‚ indicative of a lack of empathy‚ as well as‚ hostility between Feliks and his immediate
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In "The education of women" by Daniel Defoe‚ few rhetorical devices were used; one of them was use of analogy. Defoe states "the soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond‚ and must be polished‚ or the luster of it will never appear". Defoe uses this analogy to show that even if you are valuable (diamond) you need to be polished up‚ as in educated to stand out (shine). Defoe also uses series of rhetorical questions‚ one of them are "how much worse is a wise woman than a fool?" and "what has
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Film Techniques of ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding’ * At the beginning of the film‚ she is very upset because she was different and of different culture to the kids in her school‚ but then the movie gradually shows that it is actually a positive because that is what Ian liked about her. * In the opening segment‚ there is the use of voiceover‚ which is a reflective technique. * What she said when in the first scene‚ she said she wanted to be blond girls‚ that later Ian likes her because she
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Feliks Skrzynecki The poem Feliks Skrzynecki expresses the emotional challenge that an individual confronts when coming to terms with their own cultural identity. Through the relationship between the persona and his father‚ the poem illustrates the cultural rift which has emerged as a result of their differing experiences. Despite the persona’s heritage‚ he is incapable of developing a strong connection with his culture and thus he feels unable to share the same positive perceptions upon life as
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used several times to show that the husband is only thinking about himself. The selfishness that I am referring to is when she states‚ “I want a wife who will work and send me to school.” Also “I want a wife who will clean up after me.” One of the rhetorical devices that this essay uses is repetition. This is used to show the selfish view of a husband and young men that pictures a wife that would do everything for them. Brady used repetition of words to make her ideas stronger‚ while repeating the issue
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