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    audience trusts. We also recognize Antony’s use of repetition developing when he says “But Brutus says he was ambitious; and Brutus is an honourable man.” (10-11). In this context‚ the lines act as an attempt to convince the audience to simply listen to what Antony has to say‚ and not immediately dismiss him. Antony’s sarcastic tone becomes prevalent as he asks‚ “Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?” (14). This is done as an

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    audience using facts and evidence. Bias on the filmmakers behalf is something that features less often‚ but it does indeed feature. One example of openly expressing bias in their productions is Michael Moore‚ who takes no steps to ensure subtlety in his passionate views expressed in his films.

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    In Wake Up‚ Arcade Fire discusses about bottling up one’s emotions as they grow up instead of confronting one’s issue‚ which can lead to pain and suffrage. The song is told through the artists reflecting back on their past and teaching youth to not repress their emotion‚ like the artists had. Arcade Fire’s opening stanza represents how individuals tend to bury their issues deep within themselves. Arcade Fire talks about “something [filling] up [one’s] heart with nothing‚ [and] someone [telling them]

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    Delving into the substance of his piece‚ Lincoln 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

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    Since they barely have the capacity to talk with each other which makes giving a speech impossible‚ they still can say each other’s name in different tone to express different emotion. Also‚ they use body language and eye contact to communicate. For example‚ when Eve finds out she lost the plant‚ the tone of her voice which calls Wall-E is different from the tone in usual. It shows the different emotion of her. Furthermore‚ Wall-E use the posture a lot in the film‚ it illustrates that Wall-E wants to

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    interesting. Wilson wrote‚ ¨LYONS: I know I got to eat. But I got to live too. I need something that gonna help me to get out of the bed in the morning. Make me feel like I belong in the world (1.1).¨ The quote is illuminating on peoples want to do what they love and not have to worry about anything else. As long as they do something they love‚ they are completely content and happy with their lives.The quote is bringing up the topic of personal happiness and how a person should feel about their

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    represent an idea. A symbol means what it is and also something more. Lions often symbolize royalty. Puns: words with a humorous double meaning‚ a "play on words." "A dog not only has a fur coat but also pants." Idioms: expressions that have a meaning apart from the meanings of the individual words. "It’s raining cats and dogs." Foot: the time period into which the beat of the poetic line is divided. A foot is made up of several syllables‚ some long and some short.   Meter: refers to how

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    that it shows how much alike our world is to the book yet how we still strive for major differences and social improvements. To Kill a Mockingbird shares many examples of discrimination and stereotypes that formed around others during the 30’s. Black people were looked down upon for everything‚ although the equal rights

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    Rhetorical devices enhance a speaker’s argument by making the reader or listener question and think about the topic more thoroughly. In Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare‚ Mark Antony’s funeral speech for Caesar persuaded the audience more effectively than Brutus’ speech because of his use of rhetorical devices such as logos‚ aposiopesis‚ anaphora. Although much of Mark Antony’s speech presents a plethora of pathos‚ he uses logos very well to justify how Caesar was a good man because when presented

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    Throughout history there are many different perspectives‚ but what they all have in common is that the man narrating wishes to gain from his perspective and he will manipulate his words to form bias. There are three forms of Bias in American History‚ first and most easily identifiable is propaganda. An occurrence of propaganda is the two tellings of the battle of sand creek. Chivington states that the casualties for women and children were very low. He went so far as to say that the greater number

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