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    towards the American press is disapproving. 1. How does the use of rhetorical questions help express this attitude? In other words‚ how do the rhetorical questions help set the tone? The rhetorical question expresses Luce’s disapproving tone by emphasizing the responsibility of the American press ‘to give the American people more tasteful and more illuminating reading matter.’ 2. Write an answer to the rhetorical questions in the passage. Adopt a tone of sneering derision as you express the

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    child labor‚ presented an assertive and powerful speech to the National American Woman Suffrage Association to preach her own thought and knowledge and to convey her message to “free the children from toil!” Her striking‚ informational‚ infuriating rhetorical strategies make the convention of women to ignore. Sorrowful and pitiful were words to describe how Florence Kelly felt towards the act of Child Labor in America. Children would be up during the hours of darkness – kitting stockings‚ stamping

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    miserable‚ and regrets the day he was born. Ultimately‚ triggered by the criticism of his friends‚ Job channels his emotional feelings of sadness‚ sorrow‚ and confusion into anger‚ bitterness‚ and rage. Overwhelmed by such rash feelings‚ he complains‚ questions‚ and disputes

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    he employs rhetorical strategies. However‚ not only are these rhetorical strategies being employed when he’s responding to the accusation‚ but they can be seen throughout the letter. At the start of

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    this narrative? Is this the most effective order for what she is trying to say? She organizes it by order of importance. Yes. 12. Although Cisneros’s essay is primarily narrative‚ what other rhetorical strategies does she use to make her point? Give examples of each. She asks herself rhetorical questions. She also uses compare and contrast. 13. In “ Only daughter‚” Sandra Cisneros describes the importance of her father’s support of and appreciation for her writing career. Compare and contrast

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    Rhetorical Analysis of “I Acknowledge Mine” by Jane Goodall In Jane Goodall’s piece “I Acknowledge Mine” she claims that chimpanzees are being treated unfairly in test laboratories. This is a valid and credible claim. Goodall’s caim is effective because by using different devices and techniques‚ Goodall was able to encourage the reader to take her side and to feel pity and sympathy for the chimpanzees. In Goodall’s piece a technique that is used the most is the appeal to pity. Goodall does

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    the semiautomatic assault rifle! As we listen to the ever so familiar story of a senseless killing or a massacre unfold‚ we often wonder to ourselves‚ discuss amongst friends‚ or question the news reporter. “ What happened? Where did it happen? How many were killed this time? Who could do such a thing?” The final question is always‚ “What made them do it?” I chose this article because it speaks to the never ending debate regarding the need (or not) for stricter gun control laws. Erich Pratt’s

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    Questions for Discussion 7.) As a reader‚ who is a female‚ his gender bias does not affect how receptive I am to Emerson’s ideas. I believe that all of the ideas he states using masculine pronouns‚ are too applicable to women and girls. I can relate to and understand his ideas. I believe that men are no more intelligent than girls‚ or girls are no more intelligent than boys. We are equally intelligent and capable of most of the same things. In the third paragraph‚ Emerson states a variety of skills

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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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    Sarah Shilleh Sister Zainab AP English 14 October 2014 Rhetorical Devices: The Scarlet Letter 1. Anaphora: repetition of the same word or groups of words at the beginnings of successive clauses. “…with the hot‚ midday sun burning down upon her face‚ and lighting up its shame; with the scarlet token of infamy on her breast; with the sin-born infant in her arms; with a whole people‚ drawn forth as to a festival…” (Pgs. 54-55) This is an example of the device anaphora because Hawthorne begins four

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