Rhetorical Devices In One Thousand Paper Cranes

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

The narrative point of view used in the novel is the third person omniscient, like most of the stories we were told as children. Our narrator, the author, knows everything. She can zoom in and out on all the characters, jump from place to place, and even read the thoughts of the main characters. The Prologue tells us all:

In the essay Ground Zero by Suzanne Berne writes about her very personal experience visiting Ground Zero the place where the twin towers stood prior to the tragedy of 9/11. She uses rhetorical devices throughout her essay to make the piece feel incredibly intimate and emotional to the reader. She specifically uses imagery, tone, simile, and metaphor to explain her experience to Ground Zero in a deeper and meaningful way to her readers. Berne uses rhetorical devices in her essay Ground Zero to let her readers feel the same emotions and imagine the same things she saw on her visit to make the essay very intimate and realistic.

Lamott’s piece Bird By Bird quickly grabbed my attention by connecting with a younger audience, she immediately addresses the idea of “short assignments,” by using this statement, it grabs the attention of anyone who enjoys having short assignments. This pulled me into the story because I suddenly felt that this article was going to be humorous.

Nor it flew not straight, but sometime crooked this way, sometime that way, and sometime it ran round about in a compass.

Introduction: John’s domination over the Narrator is evident from the beginning of the short story. The Narrator remains unknown and takes the identity of John’s wife not an individual human being. This identity, further explored, becomes her personality because she obeys John’s every command.

Martina McBride's song titled “Concrete Angel” is a powerful and emotional ballet that projects a powerful message about child abuse to the viewers through many rhetorical strategies. The music video along with the song itself includes a lot of pathos rhetorical strategies as well as logos and ethos in an odd and faintly manner. The content presented in the video correlates with the lyrics of the song and combined create a powerful piece of art. Logos, ethos, and pathos are incorporated in this heavenly compelling artwork in a odd manner in order to convey a story dealing with child abuse and its effect.

William Golding’s book Lord of the Flies focuses mainly on a group of boys’ who have been stranded on an uninhabited island where they face many problems with themselves and others. One of the many dilemma’s within this story was the division of power between Ralph and Jack. They both had qualities of a leader, but they had different intentions with where they wanted to go; Jack was primarily the villain in this story showing savagery, while Ralph was civilized. So, why do the boys’ join someone who is cruel? Jack knows that he can manipulate their fears and use activities that are relatable to them because they are still little kids. Although it might seem devious, Jack is intelligent by using these tactics because they prove to be

6. The point-of-view in the novel is third-person omniscient. Pat Frank uses this point-of-view so we understand how all the characters feel during this very difficult time. All

Firstly, it can be argued that the prevalence of socially accepted patriarchal credo in the novella ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ attributes to the manifestation of the narrator’s mental breakdown. This is particularly evident through the narrator’s intimate stream of consciousness in which she aligns the reader to her sense of resignation towards patriarchal rule; ‘John laughs at me, of course, but one expects that in marriage’. The narrator’s use of the phrase ‘of course’ reinforces her sense of expectation in that she is an object of ridicule and aptly illustrates the relative powerlessness of women as a result of intransigent, patriarchal dogma. Perkins Gilman creates a subtle ironic tone within the novella through the female voice’s inability to challenge the ideology of the men who are closest to her, significantly her

The passage is also filled with subtle imagery. The scripture has light detail that helps the reader understand the situation as it paints a picture for them to see how things would have happened in that time. Luke makes a point to use the description of the lepers “who stood at a distance.” This is significant description because it gives insight on background of the text. The disease of leprosy that these people had was taken so seriously, as it was highly contagious, being the reasoning behind why the men stood so far away.

For the primary audience- which may include the person struggling with obesity, the fitness trainer that works to help the client stay healthy and in shape, and the dietitian who regulates and monitors the patient’s food intake- a booklet would suffice. The booklet should be engaging for all groups no matter their educational level. It should go into depth, so that the dietitian can accurately access the problem’s that the patient might be facing. It should also be something that the person who may have obesity can comprehend because they might need something extra to push them towards the right direction of a healthy lifestyle. The booklet might include some diet and exercise tips that the patient can use in order to be healthy, if they don’t have access to a dietitian or trainer.

When a story is written in the omniscient point of view, the reader will have a variety of reactions to different characters because he/she knows a lot of information about all of them.

Point of View: Who is telling the story? 1st person....I saw the car....I did. 2nd person.....he/she/it....most novels. 3rd person: Omniscient-know feelings of the character...god like narrator...italic parts of the novel.

The narrative point of view in Pride and Prejudice is an omniscient third person point of view, the events