Rhetorical Analysis of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle The Jungle‚ being a persuasive novel in nature‚ is filled with different rhetorical devices or tools used by Sinclair to effectively convey his message. Sinclair’s goal of encouraging change in America’s economic structure is not an easy feat and Sinclair uses a number of different rhetorical devices to aid him. Through his intense tone‚ use of periodic sentencing‚ descriptive diction and other tools of rhetoric‚ Upton Sinclair constructs a moving
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Driving to the Funeral by Anna Quindlen “It’s become a sad rite of passage in many American communities‚ the services held for teenagers killed in auto accidents before they’ve even scored a tassel to hang from the rearview mirror”. Anna Quindlen wrote the article ‚”Driving to the Funeral” in June 11‚ 2007 issue of news week to make parents think twice before allowing their 16 year-old drive a car. Anna discusses issue on how too often teens are killed in car accidents and why something should
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Tramy Quach Professor Knapp English 100A‚ Section 6 Final Draft 03/06/13 RHETORICAL ANALYSIS PAPER Introduction Rhetorical strategy is a type of method for writers to manipulate their writing to purpose an idea or influence the reader. Narration‚ description‚ and exemplification are some of the rhetorical appeals writer use to grab the reader’s attention. And invoke strong reaction out of the reader. Apart from these strategies‚ many writers use Aristotle’s appeals of Logos‚ Ethos‚ and Pathos
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would lose our privacy. He uses a mixture of sentence structure which helps to raise your thought on the subject‚ and then answer the short sentence with an explanation in a longer one. Throughout this essay‚ we see much of Franzen’s sarcastic ways which helps to give a lightened mood to this very serious topic. He made it a point to make a statement that seems to be very true and convincing‚ but he soon after‚ he would add in a sentence that makes you think much differently about the prior
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is the low prices. This advertisement uses Wal-Mart’s motto ’’Always Low Prices. Always.’’ against them by adding the attacking shark plus the phrase ’’Predator of the Poor’’‚ using pathos (emotional) appeal through fear‚ and ethos (ethical) appeal. If the viewer does not know about Wal-Mart and how they have the lowest prices on merchandise in comparison to everyone else anywhere‚ then they would have a hard time understanding the logos (logical) appeal. The purpose of this ad and argument is
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Growing up and still to this day I am told how to uphold an image‚ a reputation‚ the same as Lynn Peril wrote about in her essay “Pink Think”. Femininity suggests that women and girls will never be looked at as someone who will ever reach an expectation of anything higher than being the wife at home raising a family and loving their husband. Being seen as that gentle‚ soft‚ delicate‚ nurturing being as Peril notes‚ pink think is a set of ideas and attitudes about what constitutes proper female behavior
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The Article‚ Supplements are a Shame by Mike Tanier‚ argues one big factor that is influenced by many athletes‚ gym rats‚ and regular Americans who take supplements on a daily basis. The main argument that this article stresses is how most of the supplements that people take is just a big waste of money. Mike Tanier also argues that there is a lot more we don’t know about supplements than what we actually do know. For instance‚ even though we do not know how big the supplement industry is‚ we have
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Byoungho Kang Trent Hudley English 122 17 February 2013 As Families Change‚ Korea’s Elderly Are Turning to Suicide “As Families Change‚ Korea’s Elderly Are Turning to Suicide” is an article of The New York Times. The article shows us an increasing suicide rate of old people in South Korea because of Korea’s social changes. Author‚ Sang-hun Choe‚ is well known as a Pulitzer Prize-winning South Korean journalist. In terms of his career‚ he began his journalism career as a political reporter
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their entertainment. Humanity has standers‚ where a person with high expectations in society cannot say personal comments due to their status in the social order. Nevertheless‚ humorists are allow to say anything they can and without any consequences. This idea allows comedians to speak out and say what they please with impunity messages. These comedians who speak their word are found hilarious since they speak truth that we as a society can not say or we would be shun by our classes. Furthermore‚ humorist’s
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in schools‚ others think that there needs to be more gun regulations and less firearms in the hands of citizens. Nicholas D. Kristof‚ a columnist for The New York Times‚ has a firm belief in the latter. In his essay‚ “Do We Have the Courage to Stop This?” faces the controversial issue of gun control. Kristof explains why he believes there should be more control on firearms and makes use of literary techniques to convince the reader. Logos is the appeal to logic and reasoning that supports an argument
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