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short stories which defy their readers’ expectations in order to reinforce an overarching idea or theme present in the story. These stories include “A Rose for Emily,” “The Jewelry,” and “A Good Man is Hard to Find.” William Faulkner’s short story, “A Rose for Emily,” is an enticing story of an affluent southern woman decaying both physically and socially, however, it has a surprise ending which no reader could easily predict. The story begins by informing the reader of Emily Grierson’s death…

Being able to be empathetic in an article plays such an important role; when you show empathy you know how the readers feels because you can experience it versus being sympathetic where you can only imagine how the readers feel. Many times in the article the author speaks about how many people are scared, and lists things that black people must do differently to survive. This is not a “Living Black: For Dummies” article…

“Delightful scenes, whether in nature, painting, or poetry, have a kindly influence on the body, as well as the mind, and not only serve to clear and brighten the imagination, but are able to disperse grief and melancholy, and to set the animal spirits in pleasing and agreeable motions”. The most important consideration when asking if this quote from Joseph Addison is invariably true is the definition of the word delightful. If ‘delightful’ is taken to mean ‘causing delight’, then the quote…

that people are allowing the Internet to think for them. Are the readers of the world losing the ability to think for themselves? Are they allowing others to do the long, tedious research just because they can? Carr’s writing is influential because he gives accurate cause and effects of his argument, shows his knowledge of the topic while presenting both sides of the issue, and makes his words exciting and interesting for the reader. Summary…

logos may offend the reader and destroy any argument present. The Flight From Conversation is…

contributor Jessie Hellmann, in her article about the Cedar Rapids Prairie bond issue, argues the necessity of the bond issue. Hellmann’s purpose is to inform the readers the issues that are present in the school district and exactly how the bond issue will be used to update those certain areas of need. She uses a serious tone to persuade her readers just how important this issue is. She effectively addresses her audience through her message using pathos, ethos, as well as logos to purvey her…

to add to the experience of the reader and various aspects of his argument . All of Laymon 's essays in this book are packed full of Allusion, but they all have different effects. Throughout this book, Laymon uses Allusions to connect with the reader, add a dark side to his essays, remind the reader of past greats, provide second opinions, and build his credibility. Overall Laymon choses to uses these allusions in his work not only because they connect the reader to the story through the…

this tendency, leading to a societally instilled assumption of what people of African descent are, and what they are not. In his novella Benito Cereno, Herman Melville utilizes the character Babo to grant the reader an opportunity to reflect on the perceptions of ‘blackness’ and…

tech field, Aoun then takes the reader through what she feels are the most important issues at hand regarding the gender gap: the misinformation she claims companies provide about diversity, and proposals for the destruction of this bias. She successfully establishes strong rhetorical appeals when…

fit in with an underlying theme whereby Fielding urges to the reader to vigorously question even the most basic of truths. When reading Tom Jones, the words of Voltaire came to mind: “Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.” () It is in the way Fielding asks his questions, however, by which he should be judged. Fielding employs self-deprecation, satire, and suggestive narrative order in order to demonstrate to the reader the truths which may not be known by book alone.…