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    BLM stands not only for the protection and safety of Black people but also for the empowerment of them as a race. In terms of politics‚ the general sentiments behind the movement are like those expressed by Malcolm X in his “The Ballot or the Bullet” speech: support for nonviolent protest with the acknowledgement that violence may be a necessity‚ and a general attitude against oppression which focuses on groups which have historically participated in the marginalization of Black Americans

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    Organization of Black Communities‚ minister and human rights activist‚ Malcolm X‚ has intrigued me the most because he developed a thought-provoking and clever notion that accurately encompassed the entire African-American experience. In X’s “The Ballot or the Bullet Speech‚” he states “If you black‚ you were born in jail‚ in the North as well as the South. Stop talking about the South‚”

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    Joshua Rosado English 104 Professor Rosenberg 5 December 2012 Trailblazers Black oppression dates back to the birth of the United States. For almost two hundred years Africans were kidnapped from their villages and directly imported to the New World where they would be sold into slavery and remain there for years to come (King). In slavery they would experience “the abuses associated with bondage‚ including arduous labor‚ corporal punishment‚ sexual exploitation‚ and family separations” (King)

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    his Ballod Or Bullet Speech. One of the purposes of his speech was to help blacks realize the corruption of white Americas political leadership amongst black societies. The other purpose was to persuade blacks to stand up for themselves and create their own government. The title of his speech exemplified what politicians were trying to do in black communities. Malcolm X mentions that white politicians relay fake promises in the black societies in return for more votes. “Ballod or Bullet” meant that

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    Rhetorical Devices Essay In Florence Kelley’s speech about child labor she emphasizes the need to obliterate these harsh working conditions for children. She uses pathos‚ rhetorical questions‚ and repetition to move the audience to act against child labor. With using these techniques throughout her speech she develops a well appealing argument for the audience to connect with. Florence Kelly incorporates pathos into her speech to enhance her argument. She wants the audience to feel for these

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    ambiguity of manner. 8. Anachronism – Something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time‚ esp. a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time: The sword in an anachronism in modern warfare. 9. Anaphora – A rhetorical device in which a word or phrase is repeated at the beginnings of successive phrases or sentences. Compare this to epistrophe‚ where such repetitions occur at the ends. (lesson 10. Analogy – A similarity between like features of two things‚ on which

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    Colin Ransom English 12A Ms. Davis The Ballot or The Bullet-Malcolm X -Malcolm’s primary audiences were mainly African Americans. - He addressed the whites and the white news media‚ because he felt that they played a very key and significant role in his discussion of the Ballot or the Bullet. - He spoke of the whites in such an uncompromising fashion because he felt that the whites were to blame‚ of the oppression and struggle in the black community. Malcolm also had a very intriguing

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     vidi‚ vici."  Julius Caesar  (I came‚ I saw‚ I conquered)       Adage­ a proverb or wise saying made familiar by long use       Allusion­ a passing reference or indirect mention  He was the Adam to her Eve  ​   Anadiplosis: ("doubling back") the rhetorical repetition of one or several words; specifically‚  repetition of a word that ends one clause at the beginning of the next.    "Men in great place are thrice servants: servants of the sovereign or state; servants of fame;  and servants of business

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    Malcolm X Warns‚ "It Shall Be The Ballot or The Bullet" The 1960s were a time of battle for change. Frustrated and fed up with the oppression with which they were forced to live‚ influential people such as Malcolm X‚ Rosa Parks‚ and Martin Luther King‚ Jr. started a whirlwind known as the Civil Rights Movement. On Easter Sunday‚ March 29‚ 1964‚ Malcolm X gave a speech warning of "the ballot or the bullet" (3) from the Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights‚ New York. Extending his position to black

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    Patterson 1 Rachel Patterson Rankin English 3 AP  15 November 2012                                       Expository Draft    Paine and Jefferson’s literacy works both inform the reader of the separation of Britain.  They utilized very different rhetorical stratagies to express the significance of each of their piece. The pamphlet Common Sense‚ written by Thomas Paine‚ inspired colonists to strive for independence. Soon after the publication of Common Sense‚ Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration

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