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    Robert Neville followed a man‚ who was turning‚ into an ocean of unlike humans. In an excerpt from‚ I Am Legend Richard Matheson uses a wide array of rhetorical devices in order to convey the strong action he uses. Matheson uses different types of imagery and similes to describe the man who was leading him in the beginning of the excerpt. Neville hears the man’s voice as "a grating rasp" that is labeled as sonic imagery that the reader can connect to someone/thing in their own life. Furthermore

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    Brutus and Antony each gave their own speeches at Julius Caesar’s funeral to persuade the people of Rome to make them their new leader by using many rhetorical devices. Brutus came off as a traitor of Caesar‚ claiming that they killed Julius Caesar for the sake of Rome. He tried to overthrow what had occurred by striking fear into the people’s eyes‚ stating “Had you rather Caesar were living and die all slaves‚ than that Caesar were dead‚ to live all free men?” By letting the people of Rome envision

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    HIV‚ Aids; telling people positive of HIV to step forth. Basically in a nutshell she states‚ we need to react before the virus has spread‚ before it’s too late. Mary Fisher’s speech use rhetorical strategies to emphasize her argument‚ persuading listeners to join her cause; with the utilization of appealing rhetorical strategies and anaphora. In the speech Mary fisher uses pathos‚ logos‚ and ethos to appeal to her audience. In paragraph 14 “If it is true that HIV inevitably turns to AIDS‚ then my children

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    of July‚ which was the Independence Day in the U.S. In his speech‚ Douglass’s main audience is the white citizens of Rochester. He uses rhetorical questions‚ parallelism‚ and metaphor to criticize the hypocritical situation that slavery still existed in the United States and to call upon more people to support the abolitionism. First‚ through the use of rhetorical

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    In the documentary that was been produced and shown in the National Geographic. Lions and crocodiles are the highlight of the video. They are known being the predators in the wild. Also lions are entitled as the King of the Jungle. Because they are known to be the hunters. And also the scariest animal that lives in the jungle. As the document starts‚ the wildebeests are the first prey that the lions are going to attack. It was shown (0:34) of the video. It shows that the wildebeests are forming

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    Rhetorical Terms and Techniques of Persuasion Fill in at least 1example for each from Kennedy’s Inaugural Address Alliteration: repetition of the same sound beginning several words in a sequence: Little Larry likes lemons. Examples: faithful friends. whom we welcome.  same high standards of strength and sacrifice Anaphora: repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases‚clauses or lines: I have a dream…I have a dream…I have a dream Examples: Let both sides... Let

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    King used many rhetorical devices in his speech at the Lincoln memorial one of which was repetition most notably seen in the most famous part of the speech paragraphs 13-18 where he repeats "I had a dream" by repeating it in a way he empowers the phrase making it more meaningful another rhetorical device he used was allusion the way he used this is less direct‚ but just as meaningful by saying "But one hundred years later" in the context of Lincolns emancipation proclamation and how black people

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    dream”. It is about not being segregated or discriminated against and to have equal rights between white and black people. It is now recognised as one of the greatest speeches in history. Martin Luther King used a number of rhetorical devices in his speech. The main rhetorical device used throughout the speech is repetition and parallelism. In each paragraph he repeats different sentences to emphasise what he is saying. He repeats phrases such as ‘one hundred years later’‚ ‘we can never be satisfied’

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    over and American citizens were exhausted. He used rhetorical devices such as religion‚ biblical references‚ and pathos to explain high hopes for the future of their country and express to his thoughts. The Civil War was the most vicious war the United States had to go through. The war made friends turn against each other and tore the country apart. The issues of slavery had divided the north and south. That is how Lincoln incorporated the rhetorical strategy of pathos. The North did not want to continue

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    speech that is famously known around the world. King was a civil rights leader who was assassinated for protecting the rights and stolen opportunity of the black people. King uses a series of rhetorical devices and speech conventions to give meaning and impact towards the audience. Some of these conventions and devices extended metaphor‚ alliteration and anaphora. In King’s speech‚ extended metaphors were used many times to create imagery of racial injustice. He compares the unkept promises of freedom

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