A young kid is playing basketball in his driveway. He’s practicing free throws, working on his shooting form. Shot after shot he makes, “Repetition is The Father of Perfection” he thinks to himself. It’s a quote he’s heard many times before from different coaches, and it’s a quote he’s tried to apply in his life. After he makes one-hundred free throws, like he does every other day as soon as he gets home from school, he goes inside to eat dinner with his family. “Mom, Dad, do you think I can be a professional basketball player one day?” he asks. “Of course, son, you can do whatever you put your mind to.” they respond. In a similar household on the other side of the United States a middle school girl is practicing for an upcoming beauty pageant. She studies notecards of possible questions she could be asked for hours on end, crafting a perfect response for each one. She focuses on articulating her beliefs and opinions on a variety of topics, making sure she’s well informed and prepared to answer anything the judges might throw her way. Her favorite questions are the ones about federal policies, and she feels great satisfaction in researching the subject, and using the information from her research to come up with a solution. One night her mother walks into her room and is surprised to find her studying notecards so late at night. “You need to get some rest” her mother says, to which her daughter responds: “Yes mom, but I just have one question to ask you first. Do you think I
In today’s society, people tend to view the Holocaust as a horrible thing that happened and it won’t happened again. But nobody really understands fully what it meant to go through it, except for Holocaust survivors. Unfortunately, they were hesitant to share those moments that forever changed them. Elie Wiesel is not one of those people. As the author of the memoir Night, he uses repetition and imagery to try to fully express the amount of terror and suffering that they had to go through during the Holocaust.
Education leads to the success of many influential people, such as Dr. Ben Carson. In 2013, Dr. Ben Carson, a highly respected pediatric neurosurgeon gave a speech at the National Prayer Breakfast. Carson suggests that a lot of government policies under President Obama are failing. For example, national debt has severely decreased due to the lack of education. Through the use of optimistic and direct language, personal imagery with welcoming expressions and confident hand gestures, Carson gained the respect and trust of the audience, other well respected influencers and/or politicians. Carson’s ability to use these devices not only gained the trust of his audience, but also took control of his argument. This being, the United States should focus on
“To Blisland” uses repetitive style, in many forms, to develop the idea that the story is a repetition of itself as the characters go through the actions of their picnic only to repeat them again the following week. The narrator omits the guiding information about the details of the story, such as his relation to the various other characters and the reason Carol is at this institution, to highlight the concept of repetition that has creating a new version of reality that fits their needs of not acknowledging Carol’s illness. The author’s style of repeating certain key words such as light and dark, the reoccurring dialogue style and the repetition of being reminded by others that they do not conform to the norm come
Fire! Burning bodies everywhere engulfing your eyes with sights never to be forgotten. The pain and suffering of those without sin. The hatred and sadness of it all. Just breaking the surface of what happened in the book Night. Different people of religions or races are being put into concentration camps, going through the hardest times of their lives. The author has a great use of repetition throughout the book giving a more in depth feeling of the characters actions and thoughts. The tone cannot be described as it changes drastically as the book unfolds, however, it gives a great incentive on the characters point of view in different situations. In addition, the irony in the book is greatly used by the difference in opinions that once were beloved but then were diminished in stature. In Night, Elie Wiesel uses tone, repetition, and irony to illustrate the loss of faith from unbearable circumstance.
Julie Lythcott-Haims explains to us all what a perfect child is; straight A student, fabulous test scores, gets homework done without parents asking them to do it… She has the right idea, the right mindset of a parent, every parent wants their child to succeed in life. The way that parents are parenting their children is messing them up. They don’t have a chance to become themselves, they are too focused on whether they did good on that test that they were stressing about for a week, they are too worried about getting the best grade to be able to get accepted into the biggest name colleges around. The parents become too consumed with hovering over their children making sure that they are doing flawlessly in school, the parents are directing their every single move they make. The children then began to think that their parents love comes from the good grades. Then they start making this checklist; Good grades, what they want to be when they grow up, get accepted into good colleges, great SAT scores, the right GPA, the jock of the sports team.
In this rhetorical analysis, the value of uniqueness and the use of flavors are expressed in an ad by Dr. Pepper, a well-known and popular company. These values are found within the appeals of logos, pathos, and ethos.It also states the history of how this soft drink was created, the creator, and the year it was created. Logos is expressed when the brand states that it contains 23 flavors and also includes an image of a bottle with the number 23 as well with other phrases. Pathos is used in the ad when the company states that no other drink has these flavors, which means the drink is unique, targeting the audience and persuading them to be special and different. Lastly, ethos is used by us knowing the history behind the 23
He says that, “The future of America depends on you. What you are learning in school today will determine whether we as a nation can meet our greatest challenges in the future.” “If you do not do that -- if you quit on school – you are not just quitting on yourself, you are quitting on your country.” Through hyperbole, audience will have an illusion that giving up themselves means giving up their countries. This makes the audience encouraged and consciously give up being counter and lose the chance to refute. The students, who are given honorable status, will earnestly study and become the defenders of the country. Because of Hyperbole, Obama’s point of view becomes in-depth to the audience and rhetorical motivation is highlighted.
The recurring theme of ambiguity is utilized by Morrison in Recitatif to cause the reader to question racial boundaries, and to show that the divide between the races in American culture is dependent on blacks and whites defining themselves in opposition to one another.
Bruni quotes the President of the National Center on Education, Marc Tucker, “ Our students have an inflated sense of their academic prowess.They don’t expect to spend much time studying, but they confidently expect good grades and marketable degrees”(par.25). From a young age we need to teach these children you succeed from hard work. Many parents have been exempting their children from test and are expecting them to learn? In order for kids to be able to learn what they need to, parents need to allow them to deal with the difficult times.
Amazed and frighten and in need of help, wondering if he is there or not. In need of faith but not sure if he should believe or not. If believing in him will save him or not. In the book Night by Elie Wiesel, Elie begins to lose his faith in God. he began to realize and understand that God can’t answer every prayer.
Rhetorical questions are a way to demand the reader’s attention and engage the audience without requesting a concrete answer and hypotheticals get the best of us as we ponder the meaning to an already obvious inquiry. Said obvious things are intrinsically more like statements than questions, but Sanders uses rhetorical questions to directly address the reader on their thoughts of ignorant bigotry and the loss of unneeded chauvinistic tendencies. By introducing some reluctantly talked about topics, Sanders is able to open up the reader’s minds to ways they may have not viewed before. Questions such as “Is excessive nationalism necessarily a bad thing?” and “Is there such thing as being too patriotic?” lead the reader to reflect and reevaluate the constitutions of what it means to love one’s country and if they are the ones in the right or the wrong. Rhetorical questions may come off as vapid, shallow level questions, but in reality, rhetorical questions serve more purpose in arousing ideas than the standard preconception of shallow level responses.
Millions of American adolescents aspire to be that famous doctor or their favorite t.v. actor. Many want to grow up to be successful business men and women. Many want to share knowledge with their peers and hear what others have to critique on their observations. We have to take a step back and actually assess how we can reach these glorious heights. How did Theodore Roosevelt become the courageous leader who lead the Rough Riders into the battle of San Juan Hill? How did Ben Carson become the first surgeon to separate conjoined twins? How did Barack Obama defy the odds to become the first African American President in the history of the United States of America? All three of these idoled men have one common denominator: Great Intellectual
In the article “Opinion: America Needs to Raise the Bar on Education for Our Students,” Michelle Obama’s strongest argument was that a high school education is not enough to get a satisfactory job because of the competition. To be able to compete for these jobs, students need to be encouraged to go to college through programs like Reach Higher. Her argument that students need to step up and work extremely hard to achieve their goals may not be an option to many students. Students can do all that they can but if they are needed to help care for their families or their parents disagree about their choice of career, it is not up to them.
To recover from loss, a person must embrace change to move on. Susan White’s novel “Ten Thousand Truths” is about a girl, Rachel who is learning how to accept loss and open up to change as she begins to feel like she’s in a family again. The author uses repetition, symbolism and dialogue to reveal that just because someone is hurt inside does not mean they will be hurt forever.
She discusses the result of students not being taught how to take care of themselves. A report by a business-research group by the name of, The Conference Board, found that incoming graduates were lacking skills such as communication and decision making (Whelan 258). Employers want to hire strong, skilled leaders who can perform tasks in the correct manner. When a fresh college graduate is put into the job market, who knows if they will be able to make important company decisions, communicate effectively on the phone or in person. If an over involved parent has done these things for their son or daughter all their life, they are not going to know how to handle specific situations in which they will need a select set of skills.