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    utilizes a wide variety of rhetorical devices‚ specifically anaphoras‚ to heighten his speech’s effect on his listeners. From the second paragraph comes an anaphoric phrase‚ explaining the American position on the looming dispute that would become the Civil War‚ “All dreaded it‚ all sought to avert it.” Another in the third paragraph imparts how debilitated America had come from the dispute where Lincoln says‚ “Fondly do we hope‚ fervently do we pray‚ that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away

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    Mark Twain was a famous american writer who wrote books based upon current events that happened throughout history. Some of his famous works included The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Throughout both of these books we see struggling men trying to decide what’s best for themselves morally or consciously. Huck was an important character in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer‚ the first book to this sequel. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ends with the two characters‚ Tom and Huck finding a stash

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    His use of rhetoric allowed him to clearly develop a strong argument and persuade his fellow romans to rally to his side. He was able to sway them to help revenge the death of Caesar and help take back rome from these people. His use of these Rhetorical strategies allowed him to gain the support he needed to revenge the death of his friend. Antony arrives at Caesar’s funeral and is ready to begin his speech he has promised Brutus that he would not speak bady or blame them for

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    at the Institut de Science et de Theologie des Religions in Toulouse‚ France from August 8-12‚ 2007 The Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (PCID) and the Office on Interreligious Relations and Dialogue (IRRD) of the World Council of Churches (WCC) with delegates from the World Evangelical Alliance. [Official version authorised by the World Evangelical Alliance] Thomas Schirrmacher Mission corrupted “The First Book of Common Prayer” of the Anglican (Episcopal) Church‚ authorized

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    don’t pray in secret he won’t answer your prayers. This is wrong because in Deuteronomy 4:7 the bible says “The Lord our God comes near when we pray to him.” If God is always listening to us when we pray then it doesn’t matter whether the people praying are in secret or in public‚ he is always listening. Sometimes God doesn’t answer people’s prayers‚ but it’s not because that person played in public or not for God to give the effort to answer your prayers you have to go through the effort yourself

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    Hannah‚ I see where your train of thought is headed concerning Mark Twain’s use of the word nigger‚ but I would like to add to it as well as bring up another perspective. Twain may be speaking out about the demeaning aspects of slavery and the lifestyle those people had during that time period‚ but I believe the use of the word nigger is not ment to be offensive. From what I gathered from the novel the word nigger was a synonym for black person‚ just like to a child poddy is code for bathroom. To

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    strive to build a world where men and women have equal rights also taking away the notion that gender inequality is a problem only faced by women. In the course of convincing the audience‚ and showing reasons to join the fight‚ the speaker uses three rhetorical methods which are Ethos‚ pathos and logos. In Emma Watson’s speech‚ she uses Ethos to exhibit her credibility. By relating to her life experiences‚ she helps the audience to see that

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    against School Prayer” For this first Essay‚ I will analyze “The Case against School Prayer” written by Annie Laurie Gaylor. I will analyze this essay based on The Toulmin model‚ which rely heavily on fact‚ value‚ and policy‚ as well as the Aristotelian Rhetoric‚ which draws upon logos‚ ethos and pathos. In the Toulmin model the main focus will include claims of fact‚ which are supported by data throughout the essay‚ and also claims of policy‚ which stress a change in allowing prayer to continue

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    Roughing it OEQ Kyle Poeckh 1/11/16 First‚ Mark Twain had many jobs because his father died when Mark was 13. He quitted a lot of jobs because they were hard. Mark was a store clerk. He got fired at a food store because he ate all the sugar. He was a clerk at a bookstore‚ until customers kept asking him questions and Mark was getting annoyed. Next‚ Mark was not willing to work for the Virginia Newspaper Company‚ but he took his chances. Mark found out that the Virginia Paper needed people for

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    Religion Causes War

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    RELIGION CAUSES WAR: PROS AND CONS There are many arguments and counter-arguments when discussing the topic of religion causing war. Many critics argue that throughout history‚ religion has been the single greatest source of human-caused wars‚ suffering‚ and misery. In the name of God (by whatever name)‚ more suffering has been inflicted than by any other man-made cause. (Pro Side) Critics on the other side counter that modern secular ideological movements are actually responsible for much greater

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