Anaphora

should be banned in the United States. I used a combination of rhetorical techniques including; anaphora, hypophora, a mild chiasmus, alliteration, and sententia. Halfway through my speech, I used anaphora when I was describing the different reasons people have for owning guns. This particular method was helpful because I wanted to portray the reasons as ridiculous and repetitive, which paired well with anaphora, since it added to the redundancy with its own repeating sentence beginnings.…

Rights, and the Gettysburg Address all are unforgettable speeches from the past that stand up and successfully fight for a right. All the speeches project their views through literary devices such as, plain folk language, illiterate phrases, rhetoric, anaphora, and illusions. Many speeches can be just as successful as others without using the same techniques, and some speeches can be less successful than others while using the same literary devices. Ain't I a Woman speech was given by Sojourner…

Hawthorne displays how one sin can ruin the lives of many. His purpose is to show how holding in a sin and not being truthful can haunt you and lead to your end. Hawthorne uses several rhetorical device to convey this message, including: antithesis, anaphora, and metaphor. Throughout the text, antithesis is commonly used, especially comparing life and death. For example, Dimmesdale states “Many, many poor soul hath given its confidence to me, not only on the death-bed, but while strong in…

This all is understood and executed with use of anaphora, “He” in the twenty-seven grievances against Great Britain. The audience that Jefferson is trying to persuade are all colonists. Knowing that he makes a logical argument to single out “He” which is repeated 27 times through a list of grievances or a list of complaints in order to show how the colonists are being maltreated. Jefferson uses anaphora and other rhetorical strategies to achieve his purpose because of the use…

Brown uses anaphora when she says, “Here’s vulnerability, here’s grief, here’s shame, here’s fear, here’s disappointment.”The use of anaphora is affective in Browns talk because the flow of that sentence helps Brown emphasize her point, as well, have the audience hooked. The last literary device used in Browns talk is diction…

paints a dream of a society with no inferiority of African-Americans. King effectively shares his ideas and dreams of America with no segregation by employing anaphora and a strong and descriptive diction style. The famous “I Have a Dream” speech is well-known for King’s repetition of phrases in the beginning of each sentence, also known as anaphora. For example, he repeats the phrase “Now is the time” several times. By repeating…

the foundation of America has a great deal to do with the abuse of the mind, body, and spirit of Black people. Coates adopts a firm and passionate tone to address the social injustices that setbacks Black men in America. Coates uses pathos and anaphora to illustrate the survival of a Black person in America whose past in based on slavery and murder. In the passage, Coates is describing what the enslavement of Black people was and what it looked like to others: “Random manglings, gashing of…

George Orwell liked to use dystopian settings and a feeling of hopelessness in his eerie and haunting novels 1984 and Animal Farm. Many colorful literary devices were used, including irony, tone, and anaphora. In 1984 the protagonist Winston is midst the totalitarianistic regime of Big Brother. Big Brother is the complete and total dictator in 1984. Winston prefers the structure of society from a time long before, when people had human spirit. Winston may be the only human left that follows the…

“If you believe” and “join us” is echoed throughout this part of her speech, which makes it an anaphora rhetoric. The purpose for this rhetorical style is to reinforce her political message: hope and the American promise can fix the nation. Not only that, but it is comforting to hear that despite the problems and doubts, there is someone to turn to as the voice of reason. Overall she utilizes anaphora in a positive connotation, as a voice of support in time of need to support her political…

idea in her speech, “Women’s Rights are Human Rights.” She believes women, of all backgrounds, should be able to exercise their basic human and legal rights and participate in political situations. Clinton emphasizes this belief through the use of anaphoras, alliterations, and imagery. She also uses these rhetorical devices to build her credibility, believability, and relatability.…