Rhetorical Devices In Black Boy

Fredrick Douglas wrote and presented his What the Black Man Wants speech during the post civil war time period to demonstrate his straightforward views on the fact that even though the black race had just acquired freedom, they remained without equality and civil rights which gave their current freedom no meaning. Throughout his entire speech, Douglas rules over his audience with his parallel and emotional diction choice along with his assertive tone shifting towards anger and the answering of his own questions multiple times to emphasize his seriousness.

2) Although in this day and age, racial segregation is not considered an 'official' problem, and there is no longer seperate lunch rooms and drinking fountains for black and white people. There is an seemingly increasing amount of outrage being expressed by the black community in America. The #BlackLivesMatter is a black empowerment movement, breaking down the walls of insitutaionalised racism and defying the heirachy that dictates white supremacy.

Everyone has different thoughts or ideas on how to undertake and accomplish a mission. The crew of Apollo 13 and Ernesto Galarza had very different missions and goals. Ernesto had to learn English to fit in, while Apollo 13’s crew had to survive in space with little time. Both Ernesto and the Apollo 13 team had to accomplish their goals through trust and determination.

The recent uprising against Planned Parenthood has sparked a backlash against them in the media, on the floor of congress, and in satire venues. Gary McCoy, a cartoonist, has also voiced his opinion as depicted in this cartoon of Cecile Richards. Richards, the president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, is shown saying, “Black Lives Matter!.. They make up a good part of my car payment.”

Jarriett----How does Asante describe the future of African American Rhetoric? What kinds of approaches or topics does he advocate scholars use or pursue in the future?

In Brent Staples’ article, “Black Men in Public Spaces”, provoked by racism against him, and other black men on the streets, he gives many personal examples in high hopes people will understand how he, and many other black men, face prejudice from regular encounters simply because of their race. With a Ph.D in psychology, Staples’ writes to his strongly feminist audience in the Ms. Magazine and Harper's publication in 1986. Although staples’ addresses the fact that women have reasonable cause to fear black men on the streets, he comes back to the idea that racial profiling is a serious issue. Throughout his article, Staples’ uses personal anecdotes, an accepting tone, and strong diction in order to further develop his argument.

Since the institution of slavery was introduced in America in 1619, African American and Caucasian cultures have interacted with each other in various ways. The interaction between the two cultures has progressed from slavery, to the civil rights movement, and our current state of the social era. It would be impertinent to pretend that black and white cultures are the only ones that are important to American history; however, these cultures are emphasized in "White Like She." This black and white comic is the third in a series of four comics telling the story of a mutant: a white girl's body with a black man's mind. Throughout the comic, the mutant is stereotyped by others in several different ways. These stereotypes include those toward sexuality,

An African American writer for the New York Times, Brent Staples, in his article in Harper’s Magazine, “Black Men and Public Spaces”, elucidates the stereotypes and racism that he endures out in the public. Staples’ purpose is to inform his audience of events that he has encountered regarding his race in public areas, In his essay, he uses juxtaposition and imagery to address the uncomfortable situations he had to face.

In addition to using words and phrases relating to nature, Barry utilizes diction that includes many different scientific terms that strengthen his point by showing him as directly connected to the scientific community. Throughout this passage, Barry uses words such as “theory”, “inquiry”, and “analyze” to increase his credibility on the subject with his audience. Had he not used scientific words such as these he would sound less official and his audience would be less inclined to listen and believe his point. In addition to scientific words, he uses different phrases that represent the scientific process. This includes mentioning crystals and how they “create form, structure, and direction”, as this phrase is scientific in nature and acts

Despite hundreds of years of denial and attempted justification of the institution of slavery in America, 12 Years A Slave depicts the harsh reality of conditions of many African slaves faced, and aids to the portrayal that slavery robbed its victims of their humanity. Whilst following the story of Solomon Northup, the audience is shown multiple practices of degradation that strips these people from their own identity; often beginning with the renaming of them. Slaves, whether from foreign slave trade or kidnappings, were branded with new names in attempts to detach them from whatever prior life they came from, just as Solomon is given the name ‘Platt’ in the film. Along with the renaming, the auctioning of slaves was a derogatory and demeaning

In the selection, “A War Against Boys,” by Michael Kimmel, I agree on the imbalance in gender equality. This has been known for years, where men are payed higher than women for the same level of education. Though in some places like in a school the imbalance isn’t as much. According to the essay, some schools, for example Stanford, have it pretty balanced. But this has started since elementary school, because “schools routinely discriminate against males” and also, they are “anti-boy.” Is it women’s fault that we want other girls to succeed? We didn’t start getting rights until the eighteenth century. Women are blamed for “pathologizing boyhood” for emphasizing women to pursue their dreams. Though in some places it might to feminine for boys

Throughout the passage, there is no definite style the way the author chooses to write. Alice Walker utilizes writing with slang and a colloquial style of diction. More towards the end of the story she chooses to write with formal diction. This change is due to the different character writing the story as Nettie has a better educational background than Celie and also an increase in Celie’s knowledge. Everyone that lives around Celie share that colloquialism as they all share a local dialect.

This is the story of a girl who is kidnapped and the scenarios that happen can either keep her alive or kill her.

On the Rhetorical Essay, I choose to write about Blackbird by the Beatles. This essay was pretty essay compared to the other two essays. When deciding what song to write about I looked on the internet for songs that had multiple interpretations. I came across the song “Blackbird” and I knew this was the song. When writing this essay, I struggled with adding the musical element portion to my essay because there wasn’t a music video; it was Paul McCartney singing it live on stage. On the Intro/Main point I did pretty well an effective hook that catches the reader's attention. On the other hand, I also was average on my thesis , making a general interpretation about the song. So when writing this revision I can improve the clarity and specificity of either aspects. On the body paragraphs, I clearly address a specific element of the song and I connect my main

Do you know what the dead cannot do? See. Hear. Choose anything. The dead cannot comprehend the light. Because they are in darkness. Utter darkness. Jesus said to the educated lawyers and doctors you will die in your sins. Why? Because they did not believe or recognize Him. He said, you are not of my sheep. Who the Father draws, will come to Him, and those who come to Him, He will in no wise cast out. How are they drawn? Through belief in The Son, the work of God. To whom He hardens, He blinds, lest they should believe and He should heal them. But if they don't believe they are condemned of Him already being made vessels of wrath. But those who believe, He has had mercy on, that they have been given the power to become the sons of God. Only