The Power Of Repetition Rhetorical Devices

“An awful lot of people come to college with this strange idea that there's no longer segregation in America's schools, that our schools are basically equal; neither of these things is true.”- Jonathan Kozol. The author of the script “Eye of the Beholder”, Rod Serling, puts his point out there about how segregation is going on all around us and it will never stop. The audience he is trying to portray his message to is everyone. He wants to make them aware of the segregation that is still going on today. Through the use of diction and experience, the author uses pathos, logos, and ethos to show that segregation still goes on today and that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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 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.

1a. Know and understand- to perceive as the fact or the truth; to grasp the meaning of an idea

A close reading of Wilkerson, Cadogan, and Danticat in thematic conversation with one another reveals a set of rhetorical strategies that, either intentionally or unintentionally, closely resemble the action of displacement. The strategies I will explore here are anaphora, sentence fragmentation, and rhetorical questioning. As I argued previously, temporal displacement occurs because of the nature of history is recursive, in other words, repetitious. Thus, spatial displacement manifests itself through the rhetorical strategy of repetition. In their writing, both Wilkerson and Danticat utilize anaphora, the repetition of a particular word or phrase at the beginning of each sentence or clause in a sentence or series of sentences. Wilkerson begins her essay as follows:

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 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.

Barbara Ehrenreich’s “Bait and Switch” describes the experience of going undercover as a white collar job seeker in order to observe the culture of current corporate in America, particularly the “transitional” life of those white collar worker who has been laid off and is seeking for reemployment. Nevertheless, getting a job was much harder than Ehrenreich expected, so she subjected herself to endless networking events, job coaching, and even to an “image makeover,” all designed to make her more attractive to potential employers. Unfortunately, six months of schmoozing, hustling, and spending do not only fail to help Ehrenreich to get an expectant job, but also cost her several thousands of dollars. However, Barbara Ehrenreich’s failure points out the issues people may face in job marker and gives several suggestions to help them to overcome those issues.

Wild is the story of Cheryl Strayed and her solo hike on the Pacific Crest Trail. During this 1,100 mile journey from the Mojave Desert to the Bridge of the Gods in Washington, she comes to terms with her mother’s death, and becomes her own person. Much of the book is devoted to instances that occurred before she began to hike the trail, including the disintegration of her family, her affairs and eventual divorce, and her heroin addiction. She decides to hike the Pacific Crest Trail almost immediately after her husband discovers her infidelity and divorces her, despite the fact that they still love each other. She discovers early on that she is unprepared to hike the trail and almost quits, but she meets many people along the way who are willing to teach her and inspire her to keep going. She suffers many injuries, but she continues on, and along the way she makes her peace with her mother’s death and lets go of her anger and grief. Strayed relies heavily on several rhetorical strategies, but most specifically she focuses on chronology,

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

The first rhetorical strategy I used in my descriptive paragraphs was word choice. I bring this up first because without it, the reader has a vague perception of the story. Although if used accordingly, it revives the story and the reader can fully grasp what you want them to see. The best use of this in my positive paragraph was “spacious”. I wanted the reader to visualize a vast and roomy drive thru while reading my paragraph. Although I could’ve used other words like “large”, or “big” they wouldn’t have had the same effect because a place can be big and still be constricting. As for my negative paragraph my best word choice would have to be “snatched”. I used snatched in this context because I believe it gave readers the most negative visual about how the money is taken from the customer’s hand. Other words that I could have used like “taken” or “grab” would have failed to leave the same impression of negativity in the reader. Sentence structure is another rhetorical strategy that also leaves an impression on the reader.

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.

The use of rhetorical devices is to give a better idea as to what is being told but also we constantly suing them already to express ourselves. Within the essay I used a metaphor which was, “ I stuck to my belief of honesty and eventually I made it through the thick mud I seemed to be crawling through” which used to emphasize the situation and express a struggle. I expresses the difficult I conquered in a different view. The statement, “Memories are like the seeds left behind from a fruitful moment” is a simile which I used to provide a clearer idea as to the perspective on memories and why they hold value. In the middle of the essay I wrote, “to learn more about the focus of the experiment, to understand the purpose, to focus on the function

Mia, I do agree with your reasoning behind the incorporation and significance of different rhetorical appeals when it comes to a variety of technical communication forms. However, I do believe that "each appeal is as important as the others" despite the heavy use of a single one in a form of technical communication ("Reading: Rhetorical Triangle"). In your example focusing upon art, it is apparent that the rhetorical appeal of pathos is used to emotional grasp the viewer and "establish a 'relationship' with an audience' since art is often regarded by artists as a method to express themselves to the world. However, as viewers and appreciators of art there are often times that we do look upon the artist's appeal to ethos to determine the validity

Rhetoric is a course in which students are taught the values of persuasion. And yet, behind this course is the utmost power to corrupt the world, changing it into a world of our own policies. This power, even though seldom discussed, has lead to many intriguing discoveries. One such discovery is how people are able to shape the world they live in simply by choosing the right words. Therefore those who would want the world to be a better place must protect this power. If in the wrong hands this power could cause serious damage. Several authors have striven to protect rhetoric and its power. Few agree on the matter of defining rhetoric, but they know that they must protect rhetoric from dark souls. A single definition of rhetoric must maintain a simplistic nature while incorporating every aspect of rhetoric. However, I argue that rhetoric is a means of persuading audiences of a situation and a particular reality through language and personal appeal. In order to prove this definition I will discuss how rhetoric creates a situation, the shaping of a different reality, the audience, the use of language, and the personal appeal. Finally, I will demonstrate the absolute need for rhetoric.