The issue of sexism and more specifically catcalling was the topic of our acrimonious satire. These issues were bitterly mocked through use of sarcasm‚ hyperbole‚ and understatement. We chose this topic to satirize because both my partner and I felt strongly about the problem that unfortunately still occurs. By mocking catcalling it shows how foolish men who do it can look‚ and encourages women who experience it to stand up for themselves. Addressing this issue through satire also helps to bring
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Twitter is an amazing social networking service; it can be used to share news reports‚ weather updates‚ emergency notifications‚ gossip‚ and even everyday thoughts—all within 140 characters or less. The “get to the point” rhetoric that it’s known for can be a nice break from tedious Facebook posts or lengthy articles on news station websites. With all of its attributes‚ it’s not surprising that it could also be a useful platform for many professions. From advertising a business event to promoting
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Them explaining how Hypatia was executed helps show the injustice of her death‚ Hypatia’s death was not an execution it was an unlawful death. From looking at the diction that Zielsinski uses you can tell that the Peter the Lector was a volatile man who attacked a woman that was no threat to his religion‚ and was also too scared to face her alone. The diction that Zielsinski uses makes Peter look very volatile. In the passage it says he is a “zealot” a zealot is a person who expounds religious views
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“Orthorexia: When eating healthy becomes an unhealthy obsession‚” really made me think of how this is actually a real problem that is happening today amongst many people who believe when eating only healthy diets nothing can go wrong. Lindsey Getz explains how orthorexia isn’t a term yet recognized as a disorder‚ but how she is trying to widespread her audience to explain the consequences of how only eating healthy foods becomes more of an obsession (Getz). The author did have some great points on
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The negative diction and details clearly display that Banneker is livid concerning the issue of slavery‚ while the positive diction and details reveal that Banneker is undeterred concerning the need to end slavery. Banneker employs notable numbers of negatively charged words in order to convey his great impatience and anger regarding this issue. In the beginning of Banneker’s letter‚ the author both uses words that dance around the issue of slavery‚ as well as explicitly naming the subject of his
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When Hirsi told Neelie she was running for a position in Holland’s Parliament‚ she was met with discourse and discouragement. Neelie described her dreams as a “sinkhole‚” leading to no actual progression in Muslim society. Despite the low hopes her friend had for her‚ Hirsi had a mission to speed the process of emancipation for Muslim women. The goals were laid out as such: for Holland to bear witness to the oppression of Muslim women and to punish those who oppress them‚ for Muslim women to realize
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RHETORIC Throughout the Crucible‚ Arthur Miller uses many forms of rhetoric to progress and shape the plot. Miller exercises three significant forms of rhetoric to shape the play; symbolism‚ irony‚ and suspense. Although only a few instances of deep symbolism occur during the story‚ there are many important symbols. The title itself has two different meanings; a crucible is a melting metal to be forged into something new and different‚ which parallels the story to how it is a new
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Fear makes people either attack or retreat – Within my expository essay I have chosen to focus on elements of Arthur Millers‚ ‘The Crucible’‚ which Illustrates the notion that fear creates various and diverse responses in people. My essay revolves around characters who exhibit signs of attack in the face of conflict‚ and conversly those who retreat. I have also drawn on the documentry about the Tank Man to explore further the way in which people will react when faced with conflict. Considering
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Anzaldua would not really agree with Tan’s goal for her writing. In a society where perfection is practically expected but impossible to achieve‚ language is one of the many ways that anyone around us can judge us. It is as Tan said‚ “…the fact that people in department stores‚ at banks‚ and at restaurants did not take her seriously‚ did not give her good service‚ pretended not to understand her‚ or even acted as if they did not hear her. “ Tan even said how her mother’s English ashamed her‚ that
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Unanswered Calls for Help The Military Times states “New VA study finds 20 veterans commit suicide each day.” An editorial from the Denver Post suggest that this is an alarming rate and actions need to be taken to greatly decrease this. They found that oftentimes veterans literal calls for help were left unanswered. Often calls to the veteran suicide hotline are met with the ring of a busy signal‚ or simply sent to a voicemail. The writer of this editorial uses logos‚ pathos and grim diction to
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