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    Kennedys inaugural speech took please on January 20‚ 1961 during the Cold War that consist of the power of communist over the United States and its government. The speech was said to motivate and express his (the presidents) thoughts on what actions should be implemented to come out victorious. John F. Kennedys used many rhetorical devices to make his appeals more concrete. As John F. Kennedy uses his decides he also uses other appeals such as chiasmus and alliteration to emphasize his speech and try to

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    COM/220 Bias‚ Rhetorical Devices and Argumentation August 4‚ 2010 Mike Smith The” Citizen Kane” speech given by Charles Foster Kane in 1941‚ who was campaigning for Governor starts off his speech by addressing his audience‚ attacking his opponent by using various fallacies of illogical argument.. First he starts off with blaming “boss Jim W. Getty and his political machine” the techniques that are used here are for the propose of making himself appear stronger‚ in his views and political agendas

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    covers what afterlife is in this perspective. This is what he believe;things change but you have to be the change. To begininng in This I Believe it uses a horrify lead. The author uses words like dismantled‚ ruined‚ and vital. This lead is so exhilarating that it made me as a reader continue his writing. He uses precise vocabulary to make his point clear and real life examples to show what will never change‚ but what is everlasting. He uses tone to make the reader happy and excited of his point of

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    wanting a better life impacted the novel because Eddie is working and trying to get out of Fresno and get away from the “buried onions”. The theme sadness influence the story because Eddie lost his father‚ his bestfriend‚ and his cousin Jesus. In the novel Buried Onions by Gary Soto a literary element was found in the story. The onion and cockroaches symbolize something in the book. The onion symbolize is all the towns

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    In Churchill’s speech‚ back in October 29‚ 1941 for the Harrow School for Boys‚ the use of rhetorical devices such as ethos‚ logos‚ and pathos made the speech very well executed. Due to this‚ he truly connected‚ made an impact on‚ and influenced the public audience. The introduction alone really established a connection with the students at Harrow. After the "very terrible catastrophic events" Churchill feels a deep connection with the audience talking about the misfortunes evoking sorrow; thus

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    Efficacious Speech by Bush An Efficacious Speech by Bush Concerning the Sept. 11‚ 2001 Terrorist Attacks on America Ayşegül Altın Pelin Acartürk Yeditepe University Self-Evaluation: This was the first time we have analyzed a politician’s speech. We believe that this writing assignment helped us to see what kind of rhetorical devices Bush used to make his speech effective. After this assignment of examining an impressive speech and writing a rhetorical analysis paper about the speech‚ we decided

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    Distinctively Visual speech - By Callum Ryrie Good morning/afternoon class and maim‚ I am here today to demonstrate my understanding of the concept of distinctively visual‚ through an analysis of the relationship between Henry Lawson’s short story ‘The Drover’s Wife’ ‚ with a strong‚ courageous and determined woman that deals with the severe‚ unmerciful Australian outback. The painting ‘Battling Bushfires by the Alan J. Benge in 2007 illustrates a woman‚ face to face fighting against a bushfire

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    Towards the middle of Lewis’s speech‚ he criticizes the American politics by questioning the whereabouts of a political party that will not give false hope pretenses in it’s promise and claim to help out the civilians marching in Washington. Lewis complicates the idea of American politicians and politics being productive and moral when he announces‚ “...American politics is dominated by politicians who build their careers on immoral compromises...ally themselves with open forms of political‚ economic

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    by his rhetoric‚ which is in fact at work even during the speech in question‚ irrefutably suggests a certain kind of egotism. Also‚ his story’s evocation of pity‚ regardless of the extent to which such a reaction is genuine or partially a product of Othello’s self-deception‚ would naturally be essential to his self-idealization and the boosted self-esteem that would come along with that‚ as it would not present him as a racially “inferior” man who is not in a position to be feared and repulsed‚ but

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    throughout the short story to give us‚ the readers advanced hints as to what is going to happen further on in the story. Foreshadowing is used when the man explains how “(He) made up (his) mind to take the life of the old man”. The use of the technique foreshadowing allows us to know what will happen towards the end of the short story‚ – the old man dying‚

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