Barbara Jordan Rhetorical Devices

Today’s society has been formed to follow a strict set of expectations and requirements. Anna Quindlen is a supporter of individuality and finding one’s self. In her speech, Quindlen uses the appeal of ethos, tone, and rhetoric devices to effectively persuade her audience to set aside the society’s expectations in a fight to become your own person. Within her speech, Quindlen uses the appeal of ethos in order to gain a sense of trust and credibility with her audience. Quindlen makes a point to mention her time working at New York Times and as a full-time novelist and how she, herself, faced the judgement of society when she decided to quit to be a mother.

Rhetorical strategies are ways in which authors craft language so as to have an effect on readers. Charles Murray, in his essay “Are Too Many People Going to College?” uses various forms of persuasion to convince readers that attending college is not and should not be a stereotypical norm for all millennials capable of obtaining a degree. The synopsis of his claims essentially lies in these three statements: college should not be a place where core knowledge is learned, college does not benefit everyone’s career path, college should not be required to achieve a higher educational understanding of a vast variety of interests. Murray peeks readers curiosity to his claims by making critical, emotional, and logical appeals. By appealing to all forms of persuasion, Murray’s opinions on this topic might just change the way reader’s view college.

In Margaret Talbot’s Best In Class, she creates an overall a message that the fight to become valedictorian has unfavorable effects throughout the article. She conveys this message through the use of diction and public interviews. Margaret Talbot often uses diction throughout her writing to create a negative connotation the audience can relate to and invoke emotions within her audience to portray her message that the fight for valedictorian is useless. For instance, she uses diction such as, “clawing and scratching” and “miniscule” to create a point about the valedictorian title and how disadvantageous it is. This type of negative connotation shows the audience the difficulty of becoming valedictorian, and valedictorian opportunities are unrewarding.

In this speech, addressing the 1951 graduating class at University high school, William Faulkner played with the emotions of his audience with his strategic uses of repetition and long, run-on-sentences in his syntax as well as historical anecdotes that are relevant to the era.

In the year 1990, a war between Iraq and Kuwait created numerous problems and hardships for many individuals including those who were not even affiliated with the region. An example of one of these problems is between an American mother, Mary Ewald, and her son Hart Ewald, who had been taken hostage by military forces under the leadership of the Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. Mrs. Ewald uses several rhetorical strategies and devices scattered throughout her letter in order to achieve a convincing and thought provoking plead. These strategies include effective and elaborate usage of logos pathos and ethos, and a very professional and intelligent tone.

The rhetorical situation helps the audience understand all aspects of which the rhetor writes. When an audience understands the rhetorical situation, they are able to make a judgment on whether they believe the author to be credible or not, or their writing to be effective or not. Mary Crow Dog and Maya Angelou are both effective rhetors because their rhetorical situations work together to make their essays compelling. “Civilize Them with a Stick” by Mary Crow Dog and “Graduation” by Maya Angelou each introduce effective rhetorical situations as they establish their individual identity through their educational experiences.

A steady rap drum beat undergirds a repeating melody line of no consequence. A bit catchy, but not significantly musical, the treble piano riff repeats over and over. The lighthearted sense of dancing along the high notes contrasts with the male voice chiming in with rhymes ranging from current day issues to historical happenings. Angry, despairing, and hurting lyrics initially immerse the listener into a long lived conflict of domination and oppressed, while the almost lazy airy back-melody creates a sense of cognitive dissonance. Perhaps Anne Hutchinson felt the same heaviness and conflict as she contemplated both her conversations with women and her excommunication from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Was she truly being oppressed by Winthrop and his efforts to maintain community? She chose to secretively spread her story of the possibility of an individual relationship with God; did she see herself in the “lineage of proletariat and peasant” with the vocalist?

Both of these rhetorical elements help the reader to truly understand Barbara Jordan’s particular struggle to acquire reasoning skills as a law student at Boston University. “… I did not want my colleagues to know what a tough time I was having understanding

In A. Van Jordan’s Macnolia, John exercises four rhetorical devices (diction, details, imagery, and syntax) to display his loathe towards verbally expressing his feelings. This best illustrates John’s use of rhetorical elements. Thesis: In A. Van Jordan’s Macnolia, John exercises four rhetorical devices (diction, details, imagery, and syntax) to display his loathe towards verbally expressing

Five time New York Times bestselling author and Canadian journalist Malcolm Gladwell, is no stranger to brilliant rhetorical writing. English teacher Tom Bissell of Portland State University, is not either. Both Gladwell and Bissell have selective and dynamic use of rhetorical strategies in their writing. Although Gladwell is clearly the more accredited wordsmith, this does not translate to the fact that Bissell’s writing is not as persuasive. The rhetorical strategies used by each author are not similar, but are both equally as effective in persuading their audience.

In Betsy Chitwood’s, “Higher Education through Dicombobulation”, she intricately argues her stance on why confusion is essential for learning growth. Her argument encourages for confusion to be used throughout the learning process with a sufficient amount of support to help students gain better a better comprehension of the material. Chitwood’s viewpoint on confusion is distinctly congenial and logical for the audience, but what many may discount is her competence to persuade readers to accept her argument. Contradictory to her point on confusion as an essential learning ability, she most certainly does not confuse her readers with her argument, but rather uses rhetorical tools that aid in the reader’s agreeability

The rhetorical devices he chose to use through his letter play a role in the quality of his letter and why it makes such a strong point. Johnson uses metaphors and comparisons to raise questions about the conditions of the gaols. His narrative voice and diction in the letter creates a sense of sarcasm that lightens the serious topic of the letter. The amount of prisoners in gaols for debt is unreal and Johnson uses rhetorical strategies

The use of Rhetorical Strategies often strengthen writing. In John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath” he did exactly this. The way he used rhetorical strategies throughout the novel not only helped it to become stronger but it also assisted it in becoming more effective. Steinbeck used rhetorical devices such as Imagery, Symbolism , and Allegories

After completing the rhetorical analysis of Sherman Alexie’s essay Superman and Me, I have gained a new understanding about rhetorical devices and their application in essay writing. Prior to taking apart Alexie’s text, I had the assumption that the purpose of rhetorical devices were to engage the reader. However, the function of rhetorical devices is beyond enhancing the text: It strengthens the message for the reader. If I read the text without analyzing it I would not have been able notice the effect of rhetorical devices on the essay’s message. He wanted to show young individuals the possibility of success despite the lack of resources. Alexie’s repetition of using the phrase “I’m trying to save my life” (last paragraph) helps to emphasize

Klein discusses the structuring and literature devices in “Letter from Birmingham Jail”. Klein dives into the “Letter” and how the vocabulary has multiple syllables in the paragraphs, and how King’s tone is engaging and lacks affection and how his structural devices are rhythmic