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In Bruce Cockburn’s Hoop Dancer, a song written in 1979 from the album The Trouble with Normal, he makes the case that the old cultures of Japan are extinct using these vivid rhetorical devices anaphora, juxtaposition, hyperbole, and allusion. In the song Cockburn repeats the phrases “cutting through…” and “through…” in lines 17 through 19 to further gain the reader's attention to the word cutting and how the idea of the culture that is disappearing over time is cutting its way through the guilty sentimental warmth of the audience, and the survival pride of the dancers. The next device, juxtaposition, is used in the quote “now transparent feet touch down on anaconda.” This quote is discussing the dancer concluding the dance and as the music

In Bruce Cockburn’s Hoop Dancer, a song written in 1979 from the album The Trouble with Normal, he he makes the case that we are losing ancient native’s cultural rituals using these vivid rhetorical devices imagery, juxtaposition, personification, and allusion. His first device, imagery, is used in the middle of the song. In lines 25 and 26 he gives us a visual of what the dance looks like. This helps show what the native’s ancestors are trying to do to try to keep their culture alive, it helps us picture what the dance is like. The next device he uses is juxtaposition. In lines 32 and 33 he has an eagle that represents the native’s culture. The eagle is always circling the ways of the past and he calls that the center. The eagle can’t

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.

Many people say that war is worse than Hell because innocent people die in it. In Beah’s life, this is most definitely true. Throughout the war, Beah goes through many hardships and witnesses the deaths of innocent loved ones, and Beah’s writing reflects how he felt during these times. Beah uses rhetorical strategies like diction, imagery, and detail choice to convey the emotional process he had to undergo in order to survive.

The scream rips through the night, but is silenced very quickly. Frantic neighbors get police, when police arrive they notice that the screen door is ripped. They walk in and see that the couple has not only had their throats slashed, but head bashed with an axe. Police know the Axeman has struck again. This podcast explores the Axeman murders using rhetorical devices and narration.

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.

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.

Rhetorical strategies are techniques writers use for a particular effect. In previous classes, you might have been introduced to them as “literary devices” – others will be completely new to you. When thinking of language choices that we make when writing or speaking, think of it like this -- everyone draws from a “toolbox” of rhetorical strategies as they express ideas and evoke responses in their readers. The more “tricks” of language that you know, the more effectively you can say what you want in the most effective way.

Staying calm is very important. Aggressive drivers tend to make rude gestures and yell obscenities, but do not let this bother you. Paying attention to them will only divert your attention away from the road. Also, do not become frantic if something unexpected happens. Remaining calm will help you think more clearly and

One rhetorical device used in the poem is pathos. The whole poem is written in the first person to emphasize the speaker’s feelings and help the reader understand the moving effect of the poem. Another rhetorical device used in the poem is word choice. This can be seen in stanza one of the poem when the speaker uses the word “salvage” to describe how “they” took her wedding ring. The use of the word “salvage” has a negative connotation and is meant to indicate how “they” cared more about the value of a wedding ring than the value of her life.

An easy example of repetition is “Psychosocial” which refers to how society is making people more greedy. As the rest of the song is about greed and despair the tone of the chorus changes throughout the song. The repetition is mainly used to emphasise the ends of all other lines it comes after, although it seems like a catchy chorus the meaning is how having rich and greedy people to look up to causes normal people to strive to reach the same financial status as their idols.  An example of a metaphor is the singer saying “Go drill your deserts, go dig your graves” likening oil barons drilling oil to them digging their own graves as they are consumed by the greed they portray in their business practices. This furthers his other point of

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

Unfaithfulness can cause a heart to break. It’s sad to think even those you trust the most can also hurt you the most.

In Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space”, Swift makes use of a prominent poetic device, paradox. The rhetorical device that Taylor Swift has used again and again in the song is ‘paradox’ and it is considered as her weapon of choice in writing the entire song. For example in the first line “Nice to meet you/ Where you’ve been.” (Swift), it is contradictory. You do not care for where a person has been if you do not met him/her before, unless you knew all along that you will be meeting him or waiting for him even though you did not know who he was. The ‘nice to meet you’ line implies that she has just met him. That is just a first example of a number of paradoxes used in the entire song.

All drivers know the feeling of driving down the road, more than likely jamming to their favorite song, when suddenly they are cut off by a fellow motorist. Now that they have been cut off they have been forced to slam on their brakes to keep from rear ending the driver directly in front of them. Fully enraged at how someone could be so careless in their driving habits and that they would perform such a risky maneuver, they scream, possible profanity, they honk their horn, they do whatever they feel is necessary to make themselves feel better. “There have been suggestions that road rage is a common occurrence on our roads, and that it is increasing as a result of the increasing pressures of modern society. (Taylor & Francis Group)” Road rage is something that needs to be addressed as a serious issue in today’s society, humans were not made to sit in traffic and that is possibly why some go a little crazy after doing so, they need to acknowledge and understand that it is a disorder that many suffer from, also it needs to be understood that children see this act of aggression and can learn that it is appropriate behavior towards driving, which is something they will do one day, and society must learn that their actions could cost people the lives of their loved ones and rip the lives of many others away from their families as well.