Repetition

In “Speech in the Virginia Convention,” Patrick Henry utilizes the persuasive devices of repetition and rhetorical question for the purpose of impressing the necessity of going to war against Britain. First, Henry’s use of rhetorical questions enforces the lack of freedom offered to the colonists and lack of change from the British government. He states, “Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the prices of chains and slavery?” (page 206). In this rhetorical question, Henry is…

three words that makes people look at life so differently, “Shake the Dust.” This poem enlightens people to love themselves and to cherish their life. As he conveys his poem with passion, his audience is given hope and happiness. Through the use of repetition and symbolism, Mojgani demonstrates that life is too short to let our thoughts and struggles manipulate our lives.…

his voice in the climax, and it successfully makes his army feel what he want to them feel. Additionally, William repeats “one chance” in high voice for two times in the short sentences. Repetition is a simple device, but it is powerful in impact. According to the explanation in Literary Devices (n.d), repetition not only promotes idea clear, but makes audience accept the idea. This rhetorical device efficiently helps to deliver message that the fight for freedom is important because it may…

When I found out that our assignment this module was relaxation techniques I was excited because I have never before been able to commit to practicing the techniques for more than a day or two. I decided to try meditation and PMR since I have never tried them before. There are two different types to of meditation: exclusive/restrictive and inclusive/opening-up. I chose to focus on exclusive meditation for the assignment, this consists of all of your concentration is centered one thought and all…

the credibility of Bob and Mayella side of the story. Even though the facts show that Tom Robinson is innocent the jury still found him guilty. Anaphora was the most used in the closing statement in the trial of Tom Robinson. An anaphora is the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines.…

The rhyme scheme is the same throughout the whole poem.There are three stanzas with five lines each, with an AABBA rhyme scheme. He uses repetition by using the line, “The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls” after each stanza. The repetition plays an image in my head that the waves are reoccuring, and that Longfellow's message is that nature is reoccuring even after death. This poem uses alliteration in almost every verse of the poem. A few…

former president, Ronald Reagan, whom she worked closely with. Thatcher uses repetition, ethical lenses, analogy, and emotions to comfort his family and recognize his accomplishments. Using repetition, Thatcher describes the type of person Reagan is by repeating the word ‘great’. She claims, “We have lost a great president, a great American, and a great man, and I have lost a dear friend.’’ Thatcher uses this repetition in order to stick that idea into the audience's mind and to express to his…

Jesse Williams, the recipient of the Humanitarian award at the BET awards uses his acceptance speech to combat the discrimination the African-American community faces daily. Being in such position he’s easily able to shine light on such atrocities. Jesse Williams applies rhetorical devices in his speech which further develop the purpose surrounding these atrocities that are faced so heavily by the Black population in America. Jesse specifies discrimination the community faced continuously for…

Sometimes too much repetition, especially same sentences, can be monotonous but not in this case. The author paraphrases sentences in other way and it does not look monotonous. He uses the repetition "enumeration" to show that the amount of destruction was immeasurable. He wants to emphasize that San Francisco was completely destroyed by earthquake. He uses an immense amount of details, so we can imagine the whole picture. London wrote the story from the first person. London’s eyewitness…

door for the ethos he gave us all along. Tim O’Brien uses his stories to effectively communicate with his audience about Vietnam by effectively using the approach of figurative language and achieving what he wants to communicate by using metaphors, repetition, and giving a message or…