Full Name Instructor Course Name Date Fact? or Fiction? The story “I Just Wanna Be Average”‚ written by Mike Rose offers up a personal account of how a testing mistake early in his high school days could have changed the course of his life for the worse and how these events and those that followed solidified his perception of the educational system as an adult. The author tries to establish credibility by writing in a first-person narrative of his life as a teenager growing up in early 1960s
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A Rhetorical Analysis of “This is Water” If one were to try to imagine a world without air‚ then it would certainly be very different than the world as humans know it. Since air is essential to the livelihood of most life on Earth‚ it could be considered an “important reality.” In David Foster Wallace’s commencement speech‚ “This is Water” to the 2005 graduating class of Kenyon College‚ Wallace states that “the most obvious‚ ubiquitous‚ important realities are often the ones that are the hardest
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Body: analysis of key rhetorical themes Ethos Appeals: In typical Lange style‚ the address to the Oxford Union opened with the effective use of humour which built his credibility via ethos rhetorical appeal. This approach instantly set the tone of the speech‚ engaging the audience‚ and effectively highlighted the clear differences in opinion between New Zealand and both the US and UK‚ on the nuclear issue. Leading up to the debate both US and UK political circles had been vocal in the disapproval
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Step-by-step Rhetorical Analysis 1. Identify the three elements of the rhetorical triangle. a. Who is the speaker? (education‚ ethnicity‚ era‚ political persuasion‚ etc.) b. Who is the audience? c. What is the subject? 2. What is the author saying about the subject? What is his/her assertion? 3. What is the author’s attitude (tone) about the subject? a. What specific word choice (diction) clues the reader in? b. What figures of speech are used? Does the imagery/analogies/allusions conjure
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In The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail‚ a greatly emphasized theme is the idea of being unique from others by taking the initiative to undertake your own . The idea of individualism is an important quality of transcendentalism‚ and it is greatly implied in the play that people who strive to be their own self do better in life compared to a person who aims to be like another person. Individualism means to try new things that set you apart from the normal way of doing things. In my opinion‚ one of the
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AP Language Rhetorical Analysis of Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience” Directions: Read “Civil Disobedience.” As you read‚ underline examples of Thoreau using rhetorical devices and identify and explain the devices via annotation. Answer questions 1-4 to prepare for further work with a small group. The group will work together on questions 5 through 8. Be ready to explain your answers to the whole class. Even when you’re working as a group you should be writing the answers. 1. Based on your
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Texting and driving is one of the most debated topics in society. Whether it affects all people or whether or not you’re just good at multi tasking. Yet‚ all people would come to the agreement that it is one the most dangerous activities to participate in and ends millions of lives yearly. "Drivers and Legislators Dismiss Cellphone Risks” published in New York Times by Matt Richtel and "LOL? Texting While Driving Is No Laughing Matter: Proposing a Coordinated Response to Curb this Dangerous Activity"
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THE ELECTROLUX CLEANER The Electrolux Cleaner The use of beautiful women is not a new idea in advertising. Women are subjects of advertisements in areas such as cosmetics‚ weight loss‚ and specifically cleaning products‚ such as The Electrolux. The Electrolux is a bagless and automatic cleaner that provides deep cleaning and makes cleaning easier and convenient compared
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Logos is displayed when the author says “I calculate there may be about 200‚000 couple whose wives are breeders; from which number I subtract 30‚000 couple who are able to maintain their own children . . . there remain 170‚00 breeders. I again subtract 50‚000 for those women who miscarry.” By using numbers in calculating the number of children on the streets‚ he shows logic. He also shows logos when he says‚ “a child just dropped from its dam may be supported by [their mother’s] milk for a solar
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Thesis: Technology‚ such as texting‚ while driving is unsafe and can be a hazard to teen drivers and others. In the Knox News opinion column‚ there was an article found titled “Twits texting‚ tweeting behind the wheel.” The author of this article‚ Ina Hughs‚ is arguing that texting‚ MP3 players‚ and other electronic devices are unsafe to use when behind the wheel. She is writing to inform teenagers and other drivers about the dangers of driving while texting. Even though Hughes makes
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