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    the shape of the text and uses imagery to display his use of physicality. In A. Van Jordan’s Macnolia, John exercises four rhetorical devices (diction, details, imagery, and syntax) to display his loathe towards verbally expressing his feelings. This best illustrates John’s use of rhetorical elements. Thesis: In A. Van Jordan’s Macnolia, John exercises four rhetorical devices (diction, details, imagery, and syntax) to display his loathe towards verbally expressing

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    Malala Rhetorical Devices

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    Rhetorical Essay Malala Yousafzai has inspired many people, which why she is recognized as a symbol of peace and a warrior for fighting for what she believed in. Malala touches on topics throughout her novel include the range of political to moral information grasping her audience attention.The main point that Malala uses is rhetorical techniques as well as diction to get her point across and make the audience understand what it was like going through the undefying experiences.Although not everyone

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    new invention, a service, etc., employ rhetorical devices and strategies in order to effectively win-over the customer, making them interested in their product. The strategies that advertisements use are pretty shady and sneaky, and, although may seem illegal, are actually perfectly fine – it’s up to the consumer to ensure that the product they are purchasing is what they are looking for, and advertisers and the manufacturers know this. The rhetorical devices advertisements use are pretty similar

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    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. Throughout his entire speech, almost every other minute, Ariely

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    Independence”) that inspired the colonists of America to become patriots and join the fight against the British. It was writers and speakers of the revolutionary era who persuaded colonists to abandon loyalty to the King. Revolutionary writers used rhetorical devices in order to persuade the colonists to fight against the British. One source of inspiration toward the Revolution was Thomas Paine’s, “Common Sense,” which used pathos to urge the colonists to fight the haughty British. “Common Sense” was written

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    Throughout my essay, I make use of a few rhetorical and literary devices to make my arguments more profound and interesting to the readers. On the second paragraph I state, “with enough persistence and dedication, those harsh obstacles will fly by like a breeze” which is an example of an analogy. This analogy is present as a simile in which it explains that after working hard to overcome an obstacle, when another comes along, I will be able to get over it as if I were walking through a breeze. This

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    Axeman Rhetorical Devices

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    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. Throughout the podcast the speakers give several facts about the case. These facts include the dates of multiple cases and a few of the Axeman’s signatures. Each of these facts play a different role in how it affects the listeners

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    Bilbo had gone inside of Smaug’s home which he thought he wanted to steal from caused a vivid argument. In an excerpt from, The Hobbit, J.R.R Tolkien uses a wide array of rhetorical devices to convey the tone of the discussion. At the beginning of the excerpt, Tolkien uses imagery, personification, and alliteration to describe the moment when Smaug discovered Bilbo inside of his house. At first, we could imagine Smaug “…fast asleep, almost dead and dark…” with the use of visual imagery which

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    The town of Holcomb, Kansas is very stale and damaged throughout the book Capote characterizes his view of Holcomb by using rhetorical devices such as imagery, diction, repetition, foreshadowing, and selection of detail to give us a glimpse of his perspective of Holcomb from the beginning of the book until the end. On page four when Holcomb is introduced Capote uses imagery to give us a image in our mind of what Holcomb looks like. Throughout part one he gives us an image that sticks on his view

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    Roman Republic”). However, despite this perceived empowerment of the common citizen, there was the constant question of whether or not the tribunes were truly representative of the people’s interests. In the play Coriolanus, the tribunes’ use rhetorical devices to express their contempt of Coriolanus as well as to manipulate the Roman citizens for their selfish desires, despite their supposed role as the ‘voice’ of the people. First, Brutus uses alliteration in the scenes between the tribunes to

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