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The excerpt from Mary Oliver’s “Building the House” serves as a way to describe what happens during the poetry writing process. Although Mary Oliver believes that writing poetry is hard work, she uses extended metaphor, juxtaposition, and point of view to describe the writing process in comparison of building a house, which shows that Oliver sees poetry as something that involves mental labor which is a different challenge than physical labor .

The Civil War was one of the most pivotal moments of American history. On a large scale, the Union army fought to reunite themselves with the Confederacy. On a smaller scale, at the beginning of the war, African Americans saw this as a possible way to permanently escape bondage. The abolition movement eventually pushed to the forefront of the Union agenda with the emancipation proclamation of 1863, as African Americans were at long last beginning to get their rights. One abolitionist, Alfred M. Green, called his fellow African Americans to action at the start of the war. Green persuades his fellow African Americans to join the Union forces by reflecting on how strong they are as a group, and inspiring hope.

Nowadays, many people start living a healthy lifestyle. People realize an importance of caring about what is in their food and benefits of home cooked meals over processed food. Home Cooking is not just healthier, but also it has tons of benefits. Simple examples are saving money, controlling body weight and avoiding food poisoning. “Homemade is the New Organic” written by Rachel Jones for the Atlantic (2015), discussed the new food trend-cooking at home. In her article, she explained how cooking is becoming popular recently. An earlier time, a family which has low-income had no choice but to use homemade food. Today, however, meaning of homemade food changes. People start to appreciate the goodness of cooking at home and intentionally choose the homemade. Moreover, she mentioned that social media has a huge effect on this change. Since we have all the necessary tools and food in our kitchen, only a bit of time needs to be devoted. Basically, she tried to inform a general public that home cooking has an essential value in our life. In my opinion, Rachel successfully achieves her intention with the help of following rhetorical strategies: logos, ethos and counterpoint.

By primarily utilizing pathological rhetoric through a colloquial tone, Mike Royko is able to effectively support his exposé of an argument in “A Faceless Man’s Plea”. Primarily, he is only using 33% of the basic rhetorical strategies; pathos. This usage is however justified in reference to his argument, in that his whole piece sets out to provoke an emotional response from the people who read it, in which the Veterans Association must thereafter appease due to the theoretical outcry the public would create in response to “blind, faceless Leroy Bailey[’s case]” (Royko 2). Although personally irritating, Royko does precisely what he set out to do, in that the VA undertook response in under 24 hours; Bailey would supposedly receive funds to complete surgical operations necessary to construct his fact to

In Barbara Ehrenreich's bold and honest book she tackles the issue of poverty in America head on, by becoming a low wage worker herself. Ehrenreich delves into the often unheard of issues relating to poverty and low wage work, providing her readers with a new perspective on America's working poor and manages to give her audience a stark emotional, yet logical and factual, look into the working class' poverty epidemic. She uses her own anecdotal evidence and supports it with statistics and facts, appeals to ethos by challenging the ethics of corporate America and it costs, finally she hits an emotional chord with readers by reminding them of what low wage workers must endure so that we can live in our America.

Gatorade uses the theme song “Hard Work” and professional athletes to show the durability of the Gatorade sports drink. “Winning is…hard work” is used to describe the dedication and the energy it takes to win. By using the phrase Gatorade is showing that their drink provides the necessary resources needed to keep pushing for success. This advertisement appeals to pathos and ethos. Ethos is shown by the use of professional athletes and the Gatorade brand itself. Pathos is shown by the hard work and dedication that people put into their work to stay on top of their opponent.

The article “The Indispensable Opposition,” by Walter Lippmann discusses freedom in America, and more specifically freedom of opinion. He went in depth on the topic by mentioning that Americans must acknowledge all opinions and use other’s wisdom to improve your own understanding. Through the use of paradox, analogy, and Juxtaposition Lippman cements his point that freedom of speech and opinion is a crucial aspect of American culture.

Slavery has had its roots deep in the soil that is our American history, dating back to the 1600s in America. After fighting the revolutionary war and obtaining independence from Great Britain, America would soon face another nemesis- The Confederate forces. The Confederate forces or the Confederacy is the name given to the slave-holding states of America which were prominent in the 1800s amid the Civil War era. It started when southern states, in favor of slave labor, seceded from the Union after the election of a more liberal present, Abraham Lincoln who aimed for the abolition of slavery. This marked the beginning of the civil war that lasted approximately fourteen bloody years. For long, African Americans were not allowed to fight alongside their fellow white citizens due to a prejudice climate. In an attempt to recruit African Americans to join the Union Army, Alfred M. Green an African American man himself, used emotional appeal, historical context, and ethical appeal during his speech to create a convincing, and persuasive argument for a better future.

In the documentary “Blackfish,” there are rhetorical devices that are used to send off different thoughts about orca whales being held in captivity in such a limited space. Many of these devices try to give off certain feelings to the emotions and the mind through different people’s opinions. A device that is most used throughout this documentary is logos, meaning more facts are included and convincing the audience to pick more of one side than another. Shown through the documentary, many points from different people are told and give off plenty of emotions for the viewers that watch the documentary. Many facts are given off throughout this whole documentary, however the way that the people say it gives it more of two aspects that

Adams’ son is on his second voyage to France with his father. In her letter, Adams is writing from home to her son addressing his known reluctance of the trip. Adams endeavors to give reasons and her opinion on why traveling on important.

Margaret Heffernan once said, “For good ideas and true innovation, you need a mix of human interaction, conflict, argument, and debate.” In the article it is debated if there is any benefit in monetary rewards for students. Teachers, and parents alike are always trying to find the best way to reward and inspire there students to do well in school. Matthew G Springer is a professor of Public Policy and Education at Vanderbilt University. He is also the director of the National Center on Performance Incentives. He wrote this article to display his research and studies.

While I was younger me and my family worked on a farm and eventually as I grew up I worked at Hy-Vee in produce and worked my way up to the assistant manager for produce. I was given a great opportunity to learn about organic foods and about the Green Revolution (research, development, and technology that increased agricultural production worldwide). Today though, most grade school students know about organic foods but almost all of them know about world hunger but do not know the extent of how bad it is. As students go to college, they start to learn more about how bad world hunger is, but some are taught that the Green Revolution is not

Laura Esquirel’s, Like Water for Chocolate, is a modern day Romeo and Juliet filled with mouthwatering recipes. It has become a valued part of American literature. The novel became so popular that it was developed into a film, becoming a success in both America and Mexico. Alfonso Arau directs the film. After reading the novel and seeing the movie, I discovered several distinct differences between the two as well as some riveting similarities. The novel begins with the main character, Tita, being born on the kitchen table. "Tita had no need for the usual slap on the bottom, because she was already crying as she emerged; maybe that was because she knew that it would be her lot in life to be denied marriage …Tita was literally washed into

up for what was right even if it was against the dictator, Trujillo. Patria, Minerva, and

For many years, dieters have called acai berries a super fruit. Many diet pill companies have touted the health benefits of acai due to its rich antioxidant content. Unfortunately, popular weight loss claims surrounding this berry are unfounded. Little scientific research exists to back up false and exaggerated statements made by diet pill manufacturers.