Words And Images In Lincoln's Film Trailer

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Words and images have been used in multiple ways throughout history. They’ve been used to convey ideas, express emotions and produce opinions. Words can be used to get the point straight across whilst images can be interpreted in different ways. Though some images-- when used in certain contexts-- have a large effect on people, words have even more of an impact due to things such as tone, diction and literary devices. In the beginning of Lincoln movie trailer, the images showed war, people angry and yelling passionately while the camera was focused on Lincoln. The words said during this trailer is what gives these images life. Lincoln says, “Bloods been spilt to afford us this moment now, now, now!” He uses a metaphor and repetition to

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