The excerpt from Mary Oliver’s “Building the House” serves as a way to describe what happens during the poetry writing process. Although Mary Oliver believes that writing poetry is hard work‚ she uses extended metaphor‚ juxtaposition‚ and point of view to describe the writing process in comparison of building a house‚ which shows that Oliver sees poetry as something that involves mental labor which is a different challenge than physical labor . Through the use of extended metaphor‚ Mary Oliver
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One device Obama uses more effectively in his speech is pathos‚ which appeals to a person’s emotion. During Obama’s speech‚ “We Can Do Better‚” he tries to persuade citizens to unite and agree that the United States needs stricter gun safety laws. Obama starts his speech by discussing each victim of the tragic shooting in Tucson‚ Arizona. He goes into detail about each of their lives and how it ended. By sharing these details‚ Obama allows the audience to see each victim as a real person by giving
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During canto 34‚ Dante uses an incisive tone. Dante uses words like risen from the ground‚ fear‚ blood ran cold to illustrate the feelings that Dante was going through during the last circle of Hell. He uses this tone to describe how scared Dante was and how much horror was in such a cold‚ icy place. The tone is created by using vivid imagery‚ to illustrate the scene‚ to give the readers an understanding of what it might feel or look like. He uses visual imagery by using words such as "white and
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I was strongly persuaded through the Bloomberg View for the endorsement of Hillary Clinton. Michael Bloomberg does a good job effectively evaluating these two candidates. Bloomberg questions Trump’s legitimacy‚ and credibility of not just his candidacy‚ but him as a person. Bloomberg states‚ “Trump is a risky‚ reckless and radical choice‚ and one we can’t afford to make.” Here‚ Trump’s ethos‚ more specifically credibility and morality are questioned. Bloomberg utilizes words such as “risky” to
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Dominic Daleo 12/7/16 Mrs. Gifford English 12H 1. An author’s word choice greatly affects the meaning of a passage. Depending on how it was formatted‚ them connotation can be understood or lost. Fyodor Dostoevsky chooses his words wisely; for if he had not‚ the truth wouldn’t be understood. “You know‚ I will tell you a secret: perhaps it was not a dream at all!! For then something happened so awful‚ something so horribly true‚ that it could not have been imagined in a dream…
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“If at least someone listens…” This is what Holden Caulfield from the novel “the Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger wants. It is about a sixteen year old boy‚ Holden Caulfield‚ isolated by society‚ as a result‚ he attempts to change others way of thinking to his own‚ acting as “the Catcher in the Rye”. Tone‚ symbolism and irony are used to demonstrate his separation from the outside world and himself. First of all‚ tone is used to express Holden Caulfield’s personality and character. His lack
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I would say that this ad uses some rhetorical appeals effectively‚ but lacks some as well. For example‚ it uses very strong pathos. Having the child looking into an empty fridge that looks very run down and not well kept. There is not a single food item in it. Also‚ the setting of the picture looks like it is not a well-kept area. The walls are very dirty and water stained‚ there is trash laying in front a dirty barrel‚ etc. The little boy in this picture also looks very malnourished. He has no shoes
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Tracey Kittoe EC 121 Rhetorical Analysis on Michael Moore’s documentary Sicko. Michael Moore’s documentary‚ Sicko is a very controversial yet entertaining and emotionally compelling film. The documentary draws attention to several flaws in the health care system in United States of America. It exposes how profit-based healthcare insurance companies in America exploit the people; and argues that for the people of America‚ socializing healthcare would be much better than the current
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In today’s society‚ public opinion polls are used to defend and argue against almost every imaginable issue. They are used to determine who is the leading candidate in elections‚ if the people support those they do elect‚ if movies‚ television and other media products are any good‚ or at least desirable and they determine what kind of products we as consumers want to purchase‚ also to determine the presidential approval rating. The only problem with these polls is that they don’t always express the
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Ethos‚ logos‚ and pathos are the three rhetorical appeals. In this commercial‚ ethos is used to establish credibility‚ logos is used to establish logic‚ and pathos is used to establish emotion. The commercial for Charmin toilet paper with the Charmin bears is an effective use of rhetoric because it makes you laugh‚ it gives examples of the toilet paper‚ and it creates trust. The Charmin commercial appeals to pathos effectively because it makes you laugh. The idea of a bear using toilet paper
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