Having had murdered his best friend and countries leader‚ Brutus attempts to justify his crimes‚ as well as the crimes of the conspirators‚ during a speech to the Roman people. Brutus uses pathos-filled diction‚ calling the audience “Romans” to incite patriotism‚ “countrymen” to unite himself and his audience‚ and “lovers” as a term of endearment‚ further bringing him closer to the crowd. He starts his defense using parallelism‚ commanding to “Hear me… Believe me… [and] Censure me” and reversing
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Have you ever lied to someone so you would not be embarrassed? In the short story‚ “Hearts and Hands” by O Henry‚ there is a character who gets on a train on his way to jail. He unexpectedly sits across from an old friend of his named Miss Fairchild who recognizes him. Mr. Easton got in trouble with the law‚ but doesn’t want Miss Fairchild to know. He is escorted by the marshall‚ who out of the kindness of his heart‚ covers for Mr. Easton and says that he (the Marshall) did it. Miss Fairchild is
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America’s Gift to me Generation America’s gift to my generation and many generations before me are many things. The main gifts that I appreciate are freedom‚ safety‚ and welfare. Most people have been sharing opinions with me about other Americans kneeling during the pledge of allegiance or the national anthem. I do not believe that kneeling is appropriate or respectful. It is disrespectful to those who fight for our freedom. The reason those people have the freedom to kneel is because of the
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Changes in Jimmy Jimmy didn’t ever think he would ever change‚ but maybe she would change that. Jimmy Valentine is the main character in the story A Retrieved Reformation by O. Henry. In A Retrieved Reformation‚ Jimmy is a very skillful bank robber who goes through some major changes. Because Jimmy experiences some major changes‚ we know that he is a dynamic character. In the beginning‚ Jimmy is a very skillful‚ successful bank robber. He goes from being in and out of prison. The Governor released
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the piece Adoration of the Magi. This was one of seven versions done from artist Sandor Botticelli. The genre of the piece is of a religious essence. The Adoration of Magi is a scene were wise men come to see and bring gifts to Jesus. The pigment used in the painting was tempera‚ which is a water-soluble pigment. The piece was painted on wood. The painting is now housed in Uffizi Gallery‚ in Florence Italy. Development When I first look at Adoration of the Magi‚ my first impressions is that
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Natida Nivsnanda MACS 100 I believe the message of Black-ish’s “The Gift of Hunger” is that it is easy to lead a life of ignorance if you are absent from struggles. In the episode‚ Rainbow and Dre Johnson have given their four children a very fortunate‚ privileged life. But they soon realize that their children are spoiled when Dre takes his family to an inexpensive restaurant and all they do is whine and complain‚ expressing no gratitude. At home‚ Rainbow and Dre come up with a plan to put
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broken which made her sad and depressed. But she rise up again and stood on her own in the end. This meant that she was independent and didn’t need the man’s help. Writer used many literary devices which symbolised the mood and tone the writer wanted to represent. The song skyscraper used one of the terms of literary device called mood. At the beginning of the skyscraper‚ the mood is sad and hopeless. Demi’s voice shakes and she sounds like she is on the verge of tears. The volume is soft in order
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“Speech to the Virginia Convention” (1775) Patrick Henry convinced colonists to fight against Britain; he uses four main rhetorical devices‚ rhetorical questions‚ allusions‚ imagery‚ and parallelism. Through these devices he softens his tone to get his fiery messages across. With rhetorical questions he suggests the answer he wants the colonists to make. Likewise‚ as he uses imagery‚ colonists can better understand the whole picture. One device that he employs is asking a rhetorical question‚ which
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Simile: Similes are used in comparative figurative language. They make direct comparisons between the two objects similarities‚ these are usually distinct and different. Similarly‚ metaphors are another literary device used to compare two objects‚ and they also work in a similar way. Unlike metaphors though‚ similes use the words “like” or “as” to make their comparisons. Take the phrase the room was as calm as a twister. The simile here compares the rooms calmness to a twist using the word “as.”
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village‚ Mbanato. Achebe incorporates literary devices such as detail‚ dialogue‚ and analogy to reveal the Igbo tradition of eating together as friends and the challenges this traditions experiences which is people not inviting friends to feast together or people having feats as a form of retribution. Okonkwo threw this feast just to gather everyone together. Achebe successfully utilizes these devices to enhance his writing. Dialogue is a noticeable device used. Okonkwo claimed that “[He] have only called
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