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    Initially the character of Curley’s Wife is described to the readers by the men on the ranch that George and Lennie last work on‚ in their conversations with each other‚ before Curley’s Wife’s character is fully introduced with speech and description of physical appearance. Expressions‚ such as the idiom “she got the eye”‚ are used to describe her‚ implying that she is promiscuous and flirtatious‚ something that is later emphasised by her being referred to by the derogatory term of “tart£‚ implying

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    Old Major’s Speech Analysis 2. Pick out examples of persuasive techniques. 3. Using PEA / PEE structure‚ put together 3-5 paragraphs explaining how George Orwell uses language to characterise Old Major. Things to consider: - his use of opinions - how he identifies a common enemy - his use of personal pronouns - alliteration - rule of three Old Major uses many literary devices to make his speech powerful and impact the animals. One of the most effective of these devices is the emotive

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    Samuel Mendoza Period 2 March 9th 2012 RHETORICAL DEVICES ESSAY A speech is an oral presentation on an important issue. A speech consists of three important elements: its purpose‚ the reason for its presentation; its occasion‚ the event that inspires it; and it’s the audience‚ those who hear it at the time or who read or hear it later. Orators get their audiences attention and emotions into the topic by using rhetorical devices. Rhetorical devices are special patterns of language used to make

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    murdered‚ NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre and American philosopher and author Sam Harris attempt to convince the public that we need armed security guards in our schools to protect our children. Although LaPierre and Harris use different rhetorical strategies to convey their claims‚ their purposes and overall argument are quite similar as they both try to change societies view on guns‚ gun violence‚ and gun policy in our society. In making their arguments both authors use several statistics

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    In "Auto Wreck"‚ as the title insinuates it‚ is a situation that describes a car accident that takes place in a city‚ which means‚ that an ambulance‚ a hospital‚ the police‚ and the crowd are the main actors when death is about to strike. In the development of the poem‚ Shapiro describes the atmosphere that surrounds a city at night when there is a car accident; Blood all over the streets and gutters‚ the police covering the situation and the crowd observing the tragic accident‚ recalling death as

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    [into] 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

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    already dead. Secondly‚ “this doctor he knows his stuff?” this is used to show that the doctors are corrupt. Ida uses sarcasm plus rhetorical question as she knows that the medical report isn’t true. The way “this doctor” is separated from the “he knows his stuff? Suggest to us the confusion Ida was having in her mind. In addition Ida also uses sarcasm and rhetorical question I know this because “He’s a first class doctor it seems clear‚ doesn’t it?” this shows that a first class doctor isn’t honest

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    Leonid 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

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    paper. With the basic formatting‚ I was missing paragraph numbers‚ and page numbers. Both of which were referred to by my instructor as well as Write Point‚ which of course I subsequently changed in my paper. Some of the rewording was to avoid using rhetorical questions‚ and simple sentence structure changes in the rewording; using “what about” instead of “what of.” Another suggestion from my instructor was to use the CWE tools and the Plagiarism Checker‚ all of which I had already used and were making

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    Poem analysis: “Miracles” by Walt Whitman 1. The first time I read through “Miracles‚” it felt like the positive energy stored in the poem was jumping onto me. I am more of an optimistic person‚ so I tend to be positive in everything I do. I feel very blessed when I’m eating dinner with my family‚ when I’m with friends‚ when I’m riding a school bus‚ and when I’m looking at the sky. So‚ I could relate to this poem very well; it was like the poet read my mind. 2. People may say why make much

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