Anaphora

to be treated as such. Martin Luther King Jr’s “Letter From Birmingham Jail” and “I Have A Dream” speech have many important similarities and differences in their uses of rhetorical devices. They are similar in the uses of pathos, allusions, and anaphora while contrasting in the use of…

In the excerpt from The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien effectively develops his philosophy that a soldier carries pride, and that they also hold the burden to do terrible things to others for justice and most of all they have to experience terrible things. through his creative use of a variety of syntax techniques. One such technique is his use of polysyndeton. . He writes, “War is nasty; war is fun. War is thrilling, war is drudgery. War makes you a man; war makes you dead.” The effect of…

forces in preparation to resist the military aggression of Nazi Germany and its allies. This is achieved through the use of formal, strong tone; various stylistic features used for certain effects such as rhetorical questions, quotation marks, and anaphora; and the establishment of logic by providing historical records and a detailed account of the contemporary circumstances. The overall tone of the passage calls for action with strong determination; yet, his voice is full of politeness and…

or freedom, the effect of leading people or places and sovereignty as well to his audience. This speech of Senator Beveridge makes a strong appeal to logos, in that he uses inductive and deductive reasoning. He utilizes rhetorical devices such as anaphora, connotation, pathos, dialect and simile to clearly deliver the message that the…

Six months after the horrific massacre at a high school in Columbine, Colorado, writer Anna Quindlen chose to take a different view than most of the nation. Instead of blaming the mentally troubled kids, she blamed the system for failing to help these kids and give them the treatment they deserved. She argues that the ignorant mindset of adults in America is what holds back the system from being able to successfully help the ill students from receiving the help that they need. Anna Quindlen was…

Address, he is addressing the country, it’s people, and it’s soldiers that were fighting in the Civil War at the time. Within his speech, Lincoln has included some anaphoras, specifically towards the end when he states “...that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”. This is an anaphora as he is repeating the phrase “the people” three times in the same sentence. He is using this technique to persuade his audience the importance of this occasion…

soliloquy reveals an important secret to Hamlet and carries his rage and grief. He is shocked, stunned, and in great grief upon realizing that his father was murdered by his uncle. In Hamlet’s second soliloquy, Shakespeare uses metaphors, allusions, and anaphora to express Hamlet’s…

expression. Ex: In the teacher's speech there was an allusion to the Iliad. Analogy- comparing one thing to another. Ex: In James’s paper there was an analogy between men and animals. Anaphora- a word used to avoid using the same word twice Ex: To avoid sounding repetitive James used anaphoras in his paper. Anecdote- a narrative involving a true story about an incident or person.…

conveys strong personal thoughts and takes a strong position against human abuses (King 341). King has also used pathos particular when he uses the allegory of Negro freedom and banking. . Rhetoric techniques The speech has notable aspects of “anaphora” as he consistently repeats certain words succeeding in clauses. For instance, I have a dream has been repeated in eight successive…

continue. He adopts a civil and persistent tone in his letter to show how Blacks will stop at nothing to gain their basic freedoms and rights. In paragraphs thirteen and fourteen, King emphasizes the need for change in Birmingham by using diction, anaphora, and anecdotes to support his claims on the fight for justice.…