Rhetoric Analysis Of Hannah Baker

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 .

In 1847 Eliza Stacey writes a letter to her father in law, Edward Stacey, to persuade him to help the family get out of this debt they have unexpectedly fallen into. Through her letter Eliza Stacey uses pathos to display the suffering the debt has brought her and ethos to establish a reason to ask for his help. She also uses personification and anecdotes to make Edward recall the series of events in the past that have led to debt hoping that Edward will feel sympathy and recognize Eliza’s helpless feeling and cry for help.

Gail Collins, an American writer known for writing under the opinion pages for the The New York Times, has turned the recent presidential debate, into something comical. In Gail’s most recent articles, “How Could Anyone Vote for Trump”, “The Dark Days of Donald Trump”, “Don’t Take Donald Trump to Dinner”, and “The Debate in One Scary Answer”, her purpose is to show that Donald Trump is not qualified to become the next president of the United States. In these four articles, her audience is the general educated reader that will be voting in the 2016 presidential election. Gail Collins has a recurring pattern of using the rhetorical modes; illustration and description. In addition, she uses the rhetorical strategies; metaphor, dialogue, and contrast

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.

Queen Elizabeth I is considered to be one of the most powerful women in history. In 1588, as ruler of England, she was faced with an invasion against Spain for control over trade in the new world. Her “Against the Spanish Armada” speech was addressed to the English Army at Tilbury Fort to help motivate and boost assurance, as well as showing support to her troops over the battle they were about to face. With her passionate words and courageous way, Queen Elizabeth establishes a connection with her soldiers; appealing to their patriotism and emotions through logos, pathos, and ethos. Although she was uncertain of a “famous victory”, Elizabeth instills the reassurance they need to fight against Spain and leading them to victory in the end.

In an essay described about Ellen Terry, the author depicts this widely talented individual by using metaphors, juxtaposition, and rhetorical questions. This author portrays Ellen Terry in a positive light as a writer, author, and actress. Ellen is not only praised for her natural talent, she is also most widely recognized as one of the first to be completely original in her endeavors. The author compares her to famous actors and writers, such as Shakespeare, to help sway her intended audience to grasp the vast range of talent that Ellen embodies. She mentions that Ellen’s talent is so great that she often surpasses the works of these well-known writers due to her ability to set herself apart from all others.

Improving undesirable working conditions for women and eliminating child labor was an impassioned issue for female reformers during the time of industrialization in the United States. Florence Kelley, a united states social worker and reformer, opposes the appalling work environment children as young as six would toil through and relays her speech to the National Woman Suffrage Association to propel her audience to demand changes that are necessary to stop countless hours of hard-work the youth struggle to complete. Kelley adopts a fervid tone in order to convince the audience that political action is needed to adjust the laws that allows child labor to continue in many states with her use of pathos and rhetorical questions meant to stir action

In her essay responding to handling of mental issues in America Anna Quindlen employers parents, educators, and politicians to recognize mental issues in teens as a legitimate medical condition rather than a character flaw. Qunidlen’s use of rhetorical strategies such as tone, bias, understatement, and concerned diction allows her to demonstrate to her audience that teens such as Kip Kinkle and Sam Manzie are teens who need support from the array of people surrounding them. Quindlen utilizes a worried and aggravated tone by showing fury towards those adults who believe that teenagers have nothing to be depressed about. She mentions that these beliefs are getting in the way of those troubled teens who actually do need help.

In the essay about Ellen Terry the author uses a variety of rhetorical devices to create an image of Ellen Terry. The focus of the essay is her ability to excel at whatever she attempts, whether it was acting, writing, painting, cooking, or even parenting. The use of anaphora, personification, and rhetorical questions assist the reader in understanding how truly incredible her work was in the various crafts.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton's rhetoric was very effective in advancing her point of view. She iterates that women deserve the right to vote, and be treated as equals. She is asking the audience to join her in advocating women's rights, because it is simply the logical thing to do. Stanton is a woman, so she knows first hand what it is like to be an American woman in the 1800s. She uses this knowledge to choose how to further her argument.

Barbara Lazear Ascher, born 1946, Full time writer; argues why a person would show compassion and learn empathy.The man in the story is walking across the street past a mother. The mother sees him and shows compassion to give him money. The author explains the reason why she gave him money. “Was it fear or compassion that motivated the gift?” The poverty rate in new york was growing while the rich start to feel compassion and want to help the growing needy.The author states in order to improve yourself you must help someone else. That people want to feel better by giving. The author quotes”we cannot deny the existence of the helpless as their presence grows.” If you have enough and someone needs something you have more than

The Chicago Tribune’s editorial “Ms. Ives, here is what’s wrong with your ad” goes over the backlash that followed Ms. Ives campaign television ad and her response to the offended viewers. Ms. Ives is a conservative Republican running for Governor of Illinois against Gov. Bruce Rauner. Her orthodox views on abortion and transgender rights gained her popularity with the GOP voters of the area (Ms. Ives, here is what’s wrong with your ad). She delivered the controversial ad stirring the opinions of Illinois residents a few days ago and has then been massive news around the area. The particular ad stars a cast of individuals “thanking” Rauner for his progressive actions. The ad features a mocking version of a teacher, a rich man, a feminist, an illegal “criminal” and a man wearing a dress who is, allegedly, representing the transgender community. The ad mocks the most marginalized areas of the Illinois community, however, during her press conference at the Chicago City Club Ives said: “The commercial does not attack people, it tackles issues”. The author views the issue as more than just a political propaganda and criticizes Ives’ view as well as how they will negatively impact on her

June 11th, 2004, Margaret Thatcher, Great Britain’s former prime minister, gave a eulogy for Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher had worked together often during his presidency from 1981-1989. In the respectful and reminiscent eulogy, Margaret Thatcher utilizes rhetorical appeals, anaphora, and counterpoints in order to honor Ronald Reagan as a great American leader.

Ann Handley delivered an intriguing keynote at CMC 2017. The crux of her speech was an invitation to brands to put themselves out there with a “BIGGER. BOLDER. BRAVER.” approach. As I listened to her talk about companies that she believes exemplify this attitude, I wondered about the role writers should take when it comes to encouraging business owners to embrace this trifecta.

1800 by logic i chose this song because i feel that one of the important characters, Josie, would relate to this song a lot since in the song it’s about suicide and finding yourself. in the book Josie really struggles with finding herself and she has thoughts of suicide. it states “That some mornings, it was hard to get out of bed and put on someone else's smile; that she was standing on air, a fake who lasted all the right jokes and Whisper that all the right gossip and attracted the right guy, a fake one nearly forgotten what it felt like to be real... And who, when you got right down to it didn't want to remember, because it hurts even more than this.” (Picoult 8) in the song 1 800 by Logic it portrays the feeling of being left out yet not finding yourself.