Rhetorical Devices

Rhetorical Analysis of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle The Jungle, being a persuasive novel in nature, is filled with different rhetorical devices or tools used by Sinclair to effectively convey his message. Sinclair’s goal of encouraging change in America’s economic structure is not an easy feat and Sinclair uses a number of different rhetorical devices to aid him. Through his intense tone, use of periodic sentencing, descriptive diction and other tools of rhetoric, Upton Sinclair constructs a moving novel that makes his message, and the reasoning behind it, clear.Sinclair’s use of periodic sentences allows him to cram details and supporting evidence into his sentence before revealing his interpretation of the evidence. Take for example, “Here

Rhetorical devices are elements embedded in a piece of work that allow the viewer to fully interpret and engage with the content presented. Rhetorical elements can be used universally through various mediums. In this essay I will be analyzing a photograph, specifically addressing the images logos, pathos, and Telos. The photograph frames your not so typical geriatric couple complete with skateboards and their flying birds. The caption of the photo is “This couple sticking it to the man”. This ironic photo packs a strong central message of living young wild and free. The unknown photographer develops the central message through the use of rhetorical deceives.

Margaret Wente essay, celebrate boys' boyness develops the theme that discrimination towards young boys in public schools is having negative outcomes on the productivity of boys in schools; ultimately causes negative effects toward their future.

The game I saw was the Boston Celtics on TNT. I saw the game for ten minutes, and in those ten minutes the Gatorade logo was shown a total of five times. First, it was shown two minutes into the game, there were two big containers with the Gatorade logo. The next time I saw it was a person with a Gatorade bottle. Then I saw a person with a Gatorade shirt. Then the cameras pointed at another big set of containers on the other side from the other two containers I saw in the beginning. The last time I saw it was on the backboard of the

Has it ever occurred to you that this generation tries to search for the next best thing? Is it like a business man try to look for the next best thing that everyone is buying? I mean if other people do it and there perfectly fine doing it we assume that we could do it and we think we will be just fine as well. Take those examples and try to use it with music. Do you think that what we listen to can affect us in any way or not? Maybe and maybe not, but some of us tend to get influenced by what they put into their heads. Not everything that we see or do can import negative thought or feelings, but listening is a part of that category as well. Therefore, what these artists are trying to do is trying to use a rhetorical device to tell us that

Throughout this semester I’ve been able to grow as a writer, I’ve come to understand how rhetorical strategies come into contribution when it comes to expressing yourself as a writer. One thing that has come perfectly clear to me is that there is different forms of writing and each form can express and show different meanings.

Throughout the year I have not only come to have a further understanding of literature and writing, but I have also gained the skill of analyzing works of literature and my own Essays while considering devices. Later in the year we focused on a short story by Mark Twain called The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County; after reading it, we were challenged to analyze the text through our understanding of literary and rhetorical devices.

Technology has really changed the lives of people both physically and mentally. It brings us the new experiences. Along with technology, communication has never become so easy. But the technology has certain downsides. It soon makes us change the meaning of the word "communication" to "connection". Sherry Turkle claims, "We live in a technological universe in which we are always communicating. And yet we have sacrificed conversation for mere connection.". And I agree. Sherry uses of logos isn't effective enough, but by using numerous other modes of persuasion, she makes me agree with her argument.

Throughout my project I used multiple different rhetorical strategies to argue my claims. My audience is my peers in AP language and composition, and my purpose is to convince them that the name that was given by our parents influences our life. One rhetorical choice I made was to include a lot of different evidence to back up my claim. I included various experiments that were done and analyzed the results. This is an effective strategy because my audience would know that I have proof to show that names influence how people act toward you and how it determines our futures. Including a lot of evidence and proof boosts my credibility high so my audience will believe me and my argument more easily. Another rhetorical strategy that I made to develop

Authors can convey abstract ideas or non-existent characters to life with the assistance of rhetorical devices by communicating the nature of emotions to the intended audience. Allowing the audience to connect and relate with the abstract ideas. The usage of apostrophe can be found in literature and even in media. The usage of apostrophe is most evident within the Old Spice commercials. Isaiah Mustafa plays the role as the “man your man could smell like” in the commercial, who narrates and performs a simple monolog throughout. Mustafa can directly connect with the audience with the assistance of “breaking the fourth wall,” to guide their directions and appeal to their emotions. As a marketing technique, the motives of these Old Spice commercial is an attempt to appeal to the female audience whereas typically it is geared towards men.

As Toni Morrison has made clear, language can be used to oppress and subjugate other people. However, it can also be used for more honorable purposes. The four different public speeches in the United States — Patrick Henry’s “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death,” Abraham Lincoln’s “The Gettysburg Address,” John F. Kennedy’s “Inaugural Address,” and Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream.” — were used to uplift and ennoble an audience. The authors of these four speeches utilized strong rhetorical devices like logos, ethos, and pathos in order to successfully convey their message to their audience. These speeches were given in order to protect the freedom, liberty, and equality of all people.

Dan Ariely, A psychology and behavioral economics professor at Duke University, explains the inequality gap behind social classes in America through his ted talk “How equal do we want the world to be.” Ariely argues that it is important for society to step away from their expectations of reality to have a more educated understanding of the truth behind certain topics such as the inequality of wealth. Ariely persuades his listeners through his use of rhetorical devices such as visual aids, appeals, and his interaction with the audience. In this paper, I plan to focus each paragraph on how each element is a useful contribution to his argument.

In the Blitzkrieg bombing of Britain, the country needed support more than ever as their patience was growing thin. It was at this very crucial moment in history when the British were about fall to the Germans overwhelming military when Winston Church gave his famous speech, “Their Finest Hour.” This would be the speech that changes the tide of the war, and inspired the British people to rally together against the German forces. In his famous speech, he focuses on the patriotism of the British people and letting them know that this war was far from over, and they weren’t going to go down without one heck of a fight. The reason this speech was so successful and uplifting was because Churchill was able to present it in a way to make all the British

Question 7: A few of the rhetorical tactics that were used within the apologies to express sincerity was how they discussed that this is not what the military believes in or how they want to be represented. Not to mention they held press conferences and NATO even held an investigation into the burning incident. All of these tactics combined shows the U.S. understood the seriousness of the situation and did everything in their power to try and mend the situation.

In the Toastmasters International Speech Championship 2014, Dananjaya Hettiarachchi’s speech called “I see something” is an inspiring speech that contributes of how everyone is special in their own way. Dananjaya creates a message where everyone has potential in them to realize their speciality even if they are at their worst times. He uses many different elements such as one of the rhetorical device which is ethos and pathos. His personal story of himself enhances the topic and naturally becomes effective in his public speaking. Overall, his speech has effectively motivated people to find their own uniqueness.