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    Luther King‚ Jr. This quote is important because it summarizes his vision of a nation where every citizen has an equal chance to succeed. Martin Luther King’s ‘’I HAVE A DREAM’’ speech is important because it challenges America to be better. Throughout King’s speech he talks about society coming together. The famous speech delivered at Washington Memorial was inspired by his flaming desire to change a society filled with racial discrimination and segregation. He stressed to us that we are all the

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    In George W. Bush’s Columbia Speech the speaker uses tone and a pathos appeal to accomplish in soothing the country after a terrible accident. The president’s tone throughout his speech is very somber and very sad for the majority of the speech. “Our entire nation grieves with you. And those you loved will have the respect and gratitude of this country.” He is very sad that the astronauts on the Columbia died. The president also appeals the nation’s pathos ideals by taking verses out of the bible

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    Stylistics Definitions of Stylistics: • The study of style. Style has to do with making CHOICES • The study of the way an author uses words and grammar as well as other elements both within the sentence and within the text as a whole • Part of linguistics which concentrates on variation in the use of language‚ often‚ but not exclusively with attention to the most conscious and complex use of language in literature. • The study of literary discourse from a linguistic orientation. -

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    “Zombieland” is a film where a lot of stylistic choices were made. Especially the opening scene says a lot about the film and the characters. Mise-en-scene‚ cinematography‚ editing and sound shape the film’s effect on the viewer. The film begins in the middle of a zombie apocalypse. The first shot is unbalanced to prime our expectation that something will change position. The shot is of the American flag‚ which is focused while the background is unfocused which means it indicates that the flag

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    Stylistic Analysis Of The Advertising Slogan ---------Perfume Introduction Along with the rapid development of society and economy‚ advertisements have penetrated into every stratum of the society‚ becoming the indispensable part of our daily life. Like newspapers‚ magazines‚ television‚ radio‚ films‚ telephone directory‚ art performance‚ the Internet‚ and even the human body‚ advertising makes use of various media to deliver information to the consumer

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    In the “Speech to the Virginia Convention” (1775) Patrick Henry convinced colonists to fight against Britain; he uses four main rhetorical devices‚ rhetorical questions‚ allusions‚ imagery‚ and parallelism. Through these devices he softens his tone to get his fiery messages across. With rhetorical questions he suggests the answer he wants the colonists to make. Likewise‚ as he uses imagery‚ colonists can better understand the whole picture. One device that he employs is asking a rhetorical question

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    of the publicist style is to exert influence on public opinion‚ to convince the reader or the listener that the interpretation given by the writer or the speaker is the only correct one and to cause him to accept the point of view expressed in the speech‚ essay or article not merely by logical argumentation‚ but by emotional appeal as well. 1. Explain the differences and similarities between publicistic and scientific prose style. This brain-washing function is most effective in oratory‚ for

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    Race Homework After taking the quiz‚ it gives me a deeper impression of what race really is‚ and provide me a clear‚ new‚ and accurate understanding about how we are different. From the previous study I knew that human DNA can be traced back to Africa population‚ we have the same ancestry. But I have never further my thought to think about why there are differences among us. The differences and variation of us such as skin color‚ height‚ and susceptibility to disease is because changes in genes

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    Rhetorical Terms/Devices Figurative language is the generic term for any artful deviation from the ordinary mode of speaking or writing. It is what makes up a writer’s style – how he or she uses language. The general thinking is that we are more likely to be persuaded by rhetoric that is interesting‚ even artful‚ rather than mundane. When John F. Kennedy said‚ “Ask not what your country can do for you‚ ask what you can do for your country” (an example of anastrophe)‚ it was more interesting –

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    Various persuasive techniques such as‚ rhetorical devices‚ must be incorporated in a persuasive document in order to successfully persuade the audience. Thomas Jefferson uses various rhetorical devices within ¨The Declaration of Independence¨ in order to create an effective argument‚ and to inspire action within his people. Within “The Declaration of Independence‚” Jefferson was able to express the colonies compelling reasons for separation through his electrifying phrases. Throughout the document

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