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    Abraham Lincoln used rhetorical strategies to achieve his purpose. Rhetorical strategies are strategies in which something is stated and doesn’t expect a comment or response to it. Lincoln used rhetorical strategies in his second inaugural address to prove to his audience, that since this is the second time around, he knows what he needs to do, for himself as the President of the United States and for our nation itself. President Abraham Lincoln’s use of rhetorical strategies reveals that he is confident

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    article “Rhetorical Reading Strategies and the Construction of Meaning”, they present three different strategies readers use when reading a paper or an article, and the importance of each. An experiment was constructed to show those strategies in action, and what each type of reader does while using the strategies. Beginner readers used content strategies, where they tried to grasp the basics of the article, or were “concerned with content or topic information” (Hass and Flower 175). This strategy was

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    the crisis with Great Britain at the Virginia Convention in 1775. In his speech, he persuades the audience, who are delegates, to go to war with Great Britain. Henry does this by using many rhetorical strategies. The strategies he uses to defend his opinions are: imagery, repetition, and emotion. One rhetorical question Henry uses is imagery. Imagery used in the speech is more towards Great Britain in a negative way, but also towards the audience. In the quote “Is it that insidious smile with which

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    Elie Wiesel, addressing the President of the United States, the First Lady of the United States, and many other people who hold power within the country in his speech “The Perils of Indifference” uses rhetorical strategies such as asyndeton, imagery, and rhetorical questions to prove his point that indifference is a dangerous force that is unknowingly hurting the world. Elie Wiesel uses asyndeton to prove his point that indifference is dangerous and that it is changing the world with no one noticing

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    Bryant Staples uses many rhetorical appeals and strategies in his essay to develop the main point of his essay and his claim. He uses strategies such as Ethos and, Pathos which are strategies that can be used to not only make his claim stronger but also create a connection. Staples uses Ethos in his essay by referring to his awareness and other factors that help the audience trust what he is saying. Staples also uses Pathos but to help build a connection with the audience which also strengthens his

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    purpose of rhetorical strategies is to help organize evidence, turn facts into a series, and provide important information to make an argument. Have you ever thought about what Perry and Dick’s motives are? How did they feel about the Clutter’s personally? How did they feel after killing the Clutter’s throughout the book? Capote uses rhetorical strategies to create a specific portrayal of the murderers and their motives. In the book In Cold Blood Capote uses many rhetorical strategies including diction

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    In his passage from The Great Influenza, John Barry uses a variety of rhetorical strategies to characterize scientists and their research as pioneering and heroic. The first claim that Barry makes is that scientists need to be courageous in order to be heroic. To get this point across, he uses the rhetorical strategies of antithesis and diction. He says, “Certainty creates strength. Certainty gives one something upon which to lean. Uncertainty creates weakness. Uncertainty makes one tentative if

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    1. Communities King writes about are Clergyman, Negroes, creative extremists, Christian leaders and brothers, anti-segregationists, nonviolent direct activists, integrationists, and civil rights leaders. All of these communities are connected by moral and just activism for the equal rights of African-Americans in the United States, and in this letter, specifically Birmingham. King is a member of all of these communities, and defines this by speaking for all the communities. Additionally, King uses

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    In Cold Blood Essay In the intriguing novel, In cold Blood , written by Truman Capote one can see the different ways he uses rhetorical strategies. In the beginning of the novel Capote uses very detailed imagery to describe the village of Holcomb Kansas. He starts off by describing the area as "... Hard blue skies and desert clear air… The land is flat, and the views are awesomely extensive; horses, herds of cattle, a white cluster of grain…" (3) Capote wanted his readers to imagine what the

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    Bell Hooks' rhetorical strategy is one that is very emotional and aggressive. Hooks does not hesitate to express her emotions, no matter what they may be. This rhetorical strategy is one that could potentially be a very powerful one to get a message across a large group of people. Being so emotional and aggressive it could be so powerful that it runs the risk of people taking her words in to action or try and create an unhealthy form of retaliation. Hooks point for using an emotional and aggressive

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