Assignment – Bias‚ Rhetorical Devices‚ and Argumentation The speech in which I choose to complete my review on was the “1992 Republican National Convention Address: A Whisper of AIDS” by May Fisher (1992) • What are some examples of bias‚ fallacies‚ and specific rhetorical devices in the speech you selected? For this question I would first like to address the question of fallacies as while the speech has to do with a serious topic‚ I found the tone of the speech to be using the scare tactic
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While giving this speech a thorough read and later analyzing certain details‚ there significant details about the speech that makes it stand out. The “grabber” or the introduction of the speech an important detail to take notice. Jesus begins to deliver the Sermon on the Mount with an example of anaphora. In the beginning‚ Jesus starts speaking of the Beatitudes and this section includes repetition of the word “Blessed.” This is the example of anaphora as is it emphasizes the idea of those who are
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All stylistic means of the English languages can be divided into expressive means (EM) and stylistic devices (SD). “The expressive means of a language are those phonetic‚ morphological‚ word building‚ lexical‚ preseological or syntactical forms which exist in language as-a-system for the purpose of logical and various dictionaries. Among lexical EM we must mention words with emotive meanings‚ interjections‚ polysemantic words‚ vulgar words‚ slang etc. The fact that polysemantic words retain
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Decoding Stylistics Stylistics of the author and of the reader. The notions of encoding and decoding Decoding stylistics is the most recent trend in stylistic research that employs theoretical findings in such areas of science as information theory‚ psychology‚ statistical studies in combination with linguistics‚ literary theory‚ history of art‚ literary criticism‚ etc. Decoding stylistics makes an attempt to regard the esthetic value of a text based on the interaction
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Stylistic Devices 1 IMAGERY Simile (Vergleich): An explicit comparison between two things which are basically quite different using words such as like or as. She walks like an angel. / I wandered lonely as a cloud. (Wordsworth) Metaphor (Metapher): A comparison between two things which are basically quite differ ent without using like or as. While a simile only says that one thing is like another‚ a metaphor says that one thing is another. (adj. metaphorical) All the
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INTRODUCTION Within any speech community ‚ there are degrees of language variation. The geographical location of an individual; their socio-economic background; their education and even their gender are all significant factors in language variation. Individuals differ in the manner in which they speak their native tongue‚ although usually not markedly within a small area. These variations in language constitutes its dialects. All
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Sample Syllabus for English 102 Text in blue requires your review or refers to optional instructions that can be deleted. <Instructor Name> Office: <instructor’s office> English Department Mail Room: E & T 637 Office Hours: <instructor’s office hours—80 minutes per week for each 4-unit class> Campus Phone: <instructor’s telephone number> Email: <instructor’s email address—this is optional> Course Web Site: <URL for course materials—this is optional> English 102: Composition II Catalog Description
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FUNCTIONAL STYLISTICS Functional stylistics is a branch of linguistics which studies functional varieties of the literary language determined by specific spheres and aims of communication. In modern society every person constantly finds himself in regularly recurring situations typical of the given culture‚ in which he has to play a definite social role‚ i.e. to behave according to norms accepted in the given society for such situations. One of the manifestations of a social role of
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On March 8‚2008 Obama made a speech for his campaign. The speech was in response to race and racism and how we as a nation need to let it pass.Obama also want to clear up accusations about Reverened Wright.Jeremiah Wrights‚ his pastor was involved in a scandal about anti-white and anti-american. With association to Wrights audience automically assume Obama shares the same beliefs. Persuading his audience to potential voters and using the constitution as an example by showing that today some of
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Former president and Illinois State Senate‚ Barack Obama‚ in his “Keynote address” at the 2004 democratic Nation speech‚ shares an insight to his background and to the future of America which he invisions. Obama’s purpose is to convey the idea that‚ America‚ which is the land of dreams and have had a big impact on his family and his heritage could be the America which people can also reach and accomplish their goals. In his appreciative tone‚ Obama shows his gratitude towards his parents‚ and his
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