Rhetorical Devices Used In Everyday Life

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The object that I chose to talk about that I use in everyday life is the mirror. I use the mirror everyday to see if my hair isn’t looking messy, to see if my teeth are white in the morning, and I also use it to see if there are any stains anywhere on my clothing. Its a very useful item in my life, that I couldn’t live without, since I’m always paranoid about how I look everyday, so I just always have to look in the mirror. I basically look at the mirror every time I leave my room.

As useful as the mirror might be in everyday life, and how interesting it may be, there’s so much more to know about mirrors that what they do. Have you ever though about the physics behind them? Probably not at all, since its something that

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