Appreciation To Rosa Parks Rhetorical Analysis

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Appreciation to Rosa Parks
Icon, Oprah Winfrey, in her eulogy, Rosa Parks Eulogy, acknowledges Rosa Parks bravery. Winfrey purpose is to give gratitude towards Rosa Parks. She utilizes imagery, passionate tone, and repetition in order to tell the people mourning her death that she is a good person.
Winfrey began her tribute with imagery in her eulogy by acknowledge her bravery. She uses imagery to explain the bravery that she “must be a hundred feet tall,” is “strong,” and must “. . . [carry] a shield to hold back the white folks.” She explain how strong and daring to stand up to the “white folks.” This will emphasize to the reader that she had to be very brave to do that.
Winfrey establishes passionate tone in her eulogy by her actions changing

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