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    government made everyone equal. They were all made equal with a handicapped device that the citizens had to wear. Harrison was brought to jail by H-G men because he was more intelligent, better looking and stronger then everyone else. He escapes from jail and tries to overthrow the government. Harrison's plan fails and it resulted in his death by the handicapper general, Diana Moon Glampers. The authors use of literary devices helps the reader understand that everyone had the right to be…

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    In my opinion as a student, I do think that personal devices should be used in the high school classroom. There are many benefits that come along with the use of those devices, such as not having to carry those heavy books around with you. Another reason why they should use those devices is the fact that children are more motivated when it comes to technology. But with the devices being allowed, there must be rules that the children have to abide by. As a high school student one of my daily…

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    The three elements to compare and contrast “The Gettysburg Address,” and I Have a Dream Speech” is with the purpose, structure, and rhetorical devices of the speeches. The purpose of the speeches are similar and both different. “Now we are engaged in a great civil war.” “But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. He is saying that even after slavery was over the colored is still not free. “We cannot be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote.” The purpose…

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    Being raised in a family in which most members have chosen a life of service, either as a member of law enforcement or one of our country’s military branches, proves worrisome for loved ones. My family is no exception because my dad and brother both serve our country. I usually can bury the fear and worry for their safety deep within me, but many of our country’s major headline events just hit too close to home. Peace-keepers often face life-threatening dangers, which have shaped me into a more…

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    The simplistic and transparent writing of Ernest Hemingway is distinctly shown in his novel, A Farewell To Arms. In chapter one, Hemingway uses coherent and distinct rhetorical devices such as polysyndeton, imagery, syntax, and diction in order to inaugurate the mood and tone of the novel. Syntactical imitations such as polysyndeton and anaphora by Hemingway give the novel a monotonous feel for the reader. The imagery shown in the first chapter establishes a somber and dim feeling for the reader…

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    The Left Ventricular Assist Device Congestive heart failure is defined as a disease that develops when the heart is unable to pump enough blood through the body to sustain life. It is estimated that there are currently over five million people in the United States suffering from heart failure (Trivedi, Cheng, Singh, Williams, & Slaughter, 2014). For a patient with heart failure, the best hope of survival is a heart transplant (Dumitru, 2015). Unfortunately, heart transplants are not always…

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    at his entry into the continent to his audience, the readers. In order to capture his excitement into his writing, Bryson used some syntax, repetition, and epithet, which in turn deliver his excitement to us through his work. One of the rhetorical devices that Bryson uses to successfully express his experience in Europe is syntax. Syntax is simply the way words are arranged in a writing. In his writing, Bryson creates long, drawn out sentences to give detailed descriptions of Luxembourg. Bryson…

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    poet, and that he used rhetorical devices in his famous plays. The play, Othello, written by William Shakespeare, is a tragedy. Iago, the villain, is furious that Othello, a Moorish price, chose Cassio over him to be his lieutenant. Iago becomes jealous which makes him plots a revenge that involves Othello believing that Desdemona is cheating on him with Cassio. Eventually, the revenge kills Rodrigo, Othello, Amelia, and Desdemona. Shakespeare uses rhetorical devices to show the persuasive…

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    during sunset in that unfortunate country. It helped to ease the frustrations that came from the days of sadness, brutal heat, and fatigue that shook the proverbial hand living with the catastrophic reality of the dreaded IED (improvised explosive device). My platoon lived in a small, burnt-out schoolhouse south side of the village that we did patrols in and around our little piece of the pie. Although we encountered the almost daily harassment of small arms fire, the peppering of bullets…

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    stereotypes and misconceptions because he scares people based on his appearance. He gets his message to show by using an array of rhetorical devices throughout his essay to portray that prior knowledge of a group of people does not apply to every individual in said targeted group, or in simpler terms, to “not judge a book by its cover”. Staples uses the rhetorical devices ethos and pathos many places to amplify his persona. For example, on page 543, he recalls stories of experiencing thugs he…

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