Aristotle's Rhetorical Devices Essay

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    expects of a young girl (and older women as well). It is an unrealistic standard and an unachievable goal, which becomes obvious when the young girl in the poem cannot live to the standard and takes her own life. Finally, the imagery (another literary device) of the poem is that which appeals to the senses. Describing the cutting, for example, is a visual, physical (touch), and olfactory (smell) image. There are plenty of others to be found, including the visual image of "fat nose and thick…

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    perverseness, leading to a great deal of guilt and fear. He also conflicts against the old man with an “eye of a vulture” that causes the climax. In “The Tell-Tale Heart,” Edgar Allen Poe uses three literary devices to mainly express the narrator’s conflict throughout the story. The three literary devices are symbolism, simile, and conflict. One can see that because all are perverse, allowing fear and guilt to control your choices will lead you to the wrong path. Poe uses symbolism to express…

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    25 percent of on duty fatalities for fire fighters every year are caused by emergency vehicle accidents. In 2009 according to the National Fire Protection Association, there where approximately 1,000 fire fighters that were injured in vehicle accidents. The vehicles involved where either fire department apparatus or personal vehicles while responding to or returning to the station from an emergency incident. This shows that there is a need for drivers to be properly trained in how to operate an…

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    monologue encompasses various literary elements that have varying significance to the monologue itself and the readers as well. The extent of this significance is dependent on the extent of the meaning that the literary devices add to the monologue. Therefore, the literary devices and elements employed in the monologue add meaning to it, make it more interesting, provide an understanding of how various elements can be analyzed in society and particularly literature and pose a challenge to the…

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    creatures. Sanders uses this theme like a thesis throughout the passage, connecting staying in the same place with respect for the earth, and constant resettlement with abuse of the earth. Through rhetorical questions, description and theme, Sanders is able to convey his message to the audience with those rhetorical…

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    the government and how citizens should respond to governmental issues. Thoreau’s primary method of persuasion employs the use of rhetorical strategies to make readers want to make a change by creating a sense of self-realization of the ideas in the reader. Readers realize that there is a problem that exists, and will want to fix them. Thoreau uses parallelism, rhetorical questions, and paradoxes in order to persuade people to make a change in government. In Thoreau’s essay, “On the Duty of…

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    metaphorically sleeping and waking. Roethke focuses on the life cycle itself, and how we come to a more aware and sophisticated state as we progress through life. This poem contains many figures of speech, including; paradox, assonance, internal rhyme, rhetorical questions, and refrains. He…

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    speeches use rhetorical devices in order to persuade their audience. M.L.K’s speech discusses his own perception of how different the whole movement of African American discrimination would have been if he would have “sneezed” and been injured in the incident he was in. Similarly, Clinton’s speech expounds his considerable opinion on what M.L.K would have to say on the actions society has been choosing to take. Clinton expresses…

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    the students, changed, but also every person that heard or read the speech felt inspired. George Saunders’ commencement speech was rhetorically effective in proving that kindness can get you far in life by using repetition, parallelism, ethos, and rhetorical questions. When people repeat a certain phrase or a sentence it is more memorable…

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    All hail Caesar! Julius Caesar is a historical figure who is famous for defeating the sons of the Roman General Pompey during 44 BC. He was assassinated by his friend Brutus and a group of conspirators due to their fear of Caesar gaining too much power and turning Rome into a dictatorship . In 1599, William Shakespeare wrote the play “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar” about Caesar’s assassination. In the Act 3 of the play, Brutus addresses a crowd of people at Caesar’s funeral. He explains that he…

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