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    witnessed the deliverance of this speech was greatly impacted by King’s rhetoric and method for delivering this speech. King was effective in delivering his speech by using rhetoric such as being persistent by using repetition, giving hope by using pathos, and trying to reason by using logos. The meaning of repetition is restating something that has already been said or written. This can be used as a tool for successful rhetoric because it can make one certain phrase stand out to audience, making

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    Visual Rhetoric Analysis

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    there are still many things to discover and experience, the world is full of interesting stuff, the universe full of unknowns and mysteries awaiting to be discovered for us to. Moreover, Mrs. Elizabeth Kirk and Mr. Jean Kiekel in their article Visual Rhetoric: Constructing

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    Jorge F. Perez ENC1101: English Composition Prof. Elliot Brandsma 18 December 2017 The Rhetoric used in “Gender Equality Is Your Issue Too” After a little more than a month that she was appointed a Goodwill Ambassador for U.N. Women, Emma Watson, who played the character of Hermione Granger in the 'Harry Potter' film franchise, gave a powerful and emotional speech at the U.N. Headquarters where she launched the HeForShe campaign. In this personal reflection on feminism, she talks about gender, equality

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    Matt Marini Mr. Landry Writing/Rhetoric in the Digital Age 6 April 2018 Society’s Blind Side According to Journalism.org, 74% of Americans claim to believe that news organizations are biased. Even though the vast majority of Americans feel aware of the biases of the media, however, society continues to be conditioned by the manipulative tactics of the media. The media plays a major role in American culture but, at the same time, most Americans are unable to differentiate biased from unbiased information

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    In Bruce W. Fergusons essay on “Exhibition Rhetorics” he uses the phrase "strategic system of representations" to describe exhibitions. This essay will discuss what he means by this phrase, why this is socially and politically significant, and provide an example of a historic exhibition where “strategic systems of representations” was evident. Exhibitions have motives which extend beyond the walls of art institutions. We know this because Ferguson characterises exhibitions as “strategic systems of

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    his use of well known rhetoric devices such as amplification. He uses amplification by repeating the word truth for emphasis during his speech“to speak the truth, the whole truth” (“American Rhetoric: Franklin Delano Roosevelt - First Inaugural Address”). Furthermore, he used pathos ,a quality that evokes pity or sadness, by asserting that he was going through the same difficulties as his people. The wording that was used was“ we face our common difficulties”(“American Rhetoric: Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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    “Indifference elicits no response. Indifference is not a response. Indifference is not a beginning; it is an end.” (American Rhetoric). This is a sentiment that Elie Wiesel pushes throughout his speech, The Perils of Indifference. Elie Wiesel was a Romanian born, Jewish writer, and was a survivor of the holocaust (Berger). In his speech, The Perils of Indifference, he discusses how indifference has hurt him, and everyone throughout the world. In this speech Wiesel uses appeals to pathos to make

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    specific view point. This is where logo, ethos, and pathos take center stage in a discussion, which essential evolves it into a term of rhetoric. The combinations of those three modes of persuasion really make or break any kind of protest or critique. Within the passages of the book of Amos and Plato’s Apology, both hold those main three concepts within their rhetoric. Regardless of the subject, time period, or religious view, having those three components is what makes and supports a good healthy discussion

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    harnessing rhetoric. Clark (2016) considers rhetoric as a tool meant for persuasion as well as for creating effective arguments. Rhetoric became extremely popular during the golden age of Greece, and most elite young men in Greek city-states such as Athens were trained to utilize rhetoric to their fullest abilities (Clark, 2016). Plato, an ancient Greek philosopher, believed that rhetoricians- those who used rhetoric to influence and sway opinions- used rhetoric irresponsibly (Clark, 2016). Rhetoric certainly

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    Rhetoric Of Malcolm X

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    character simply the voice of an oppressed and angry group of people in America with the Nation of Islam being a huge voice in the civil rights era. Martin luther King's approach of nonviolent protest was put into perspective by Malcolm X’s fiery rhetoric and perhaps even helped to give more power to Kings push for concrete racial policy change. Malcolm X is well known to be the outspoken alternative to Kings talk of peace and integration, however, despite this it is known that he had a real feeling

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