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    Jefferson uses repetition in the opening lines in order to appeal to logos which contributes to the persuasiveness of the document. The document begins by using logos to appeal to the audience. It states, “We hold these truths to be self-evident:...” (line 8). This line elicited feelings of logic and reason among the audience. It used logic to appeal to the public that what was to be said throughout the rest of the Declaration of Independence would solely be out of reason and obviously stated,…

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    The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees.Is part of this amazeing poem. The Highwayman is a good poem it has metaphors, similes,repetition, and personification. Everything in this poem was lined up and very interesting. It has a lot of details and lots of repetition. It has a good variety of words that most people wouldn’t think of using .It was wrote by Alfred Noyes . When the highwayman comes riding he hits the shutters with his whip. He whistled a tune to the window ,and who…

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    address social issues, as well as using repetition to contribute to the overall message of the poem. One of the most obvious points of repetition in the poem is the final line of each stanza when Lewis something about parentheses. For example, in the 4th line, Lewis writes “Nothing I am bears those parentheses.” A stanza later, Lewis writes “No one I know deserves parentheses.” He uses the same format for the next two stanzas, creating a sense of repetition in the poem. I believe that Lewis…

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    depending on the medium. For example, advertisements on TV use catchy songs while magazines use flawless models. Authors, however, must only reply on words, not sound or sight, to convince their audience. They use rhetorical devices--metaphors, repetition, oxymorons, personification, hyperboles--to help their readers understand their message. A writer who accomplishes this task skillfully is Malcolm Gladwell, and the way he tells the audience his message is clearly visible in the introduction of…

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    The drop-set training system is a technique in which the participant performs a resistance training exercise to muscle failure, reduces the weight, and then continues with the exercise for an additional number of repetitions. Within one set, the participant “drops” weight several times (Clark, 2014). This method of training is considered an advanced technique done by many experienced bodybuilders (Id). The extent of weight drop does not appear to be agreed upon. The Clark text (Id) mentions…

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    " "A sound of thunder," and "The Veldt"). Bradbury used Characterization, personification, and in addition repetition. He used characterization to explain the plot of the story by explaining how everything looked thru the characters eyes. He used personification to give objects human like abilities, and that brought much interest into his short stories.Lastly,Bradbury also used repetition, by mentioning technology in all four short stories he wrote. Bradbury represented technology as a poor…

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    compulsive repetition. Despite the speaker’s sporadic assertions of self-worth and independence however, repeated phrases do not signify what the speaker possesses, but what she lacks; focusing on themes such as blindness and grief, the speaker constructs a rhetoric of absence that repetition highlights rather than subverts. This absence in turn aligns the speaker’s persona with the early 20th century female poet, whose artistic potential is suppressed by…

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    specifically his strong use of repetition and word choice, especially in the scene in which Candy’s dog is euthanized help to create an extremely tense tone. Steinbeck’s decisive use of repetition, particularly of keywords and ideas, helps influence the tone of this scene. In Of Mice and Men, following the exit of Carlson and Candy’s dog, the repetition of the word ‘silence’ is present, as to draw attention to the agitation felt by all in the bunkhouse. One paradigm of this repetition can be…

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    stages of the Civil War, in an attempt to sway fellow African Americans to serve in the fight against the South, though it is not yet allowed. Green uses repetition to accomplish his purpose of persuading his “brethren” to abolish slavery by enlisting in the forces. Green strengthens the intensity of his beliefs throughout his speech by using repetition. In paragraph 1, he describes that every patriotic man’s heart “burns the love of country, of freedom, and of civil and religious toleration.”…

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    Poe brings up the love that he and Annabel Lee share. Even after Annabel Lee is dead Poe continues to express his affection for her, in the end of the poem Poe climbs into Annabel Lee's sepulchre and lies down next to her. In Annabel Lee, Poe uses Repetition, Metaphor, and Juxtaposition to profess his powerful love for Annabel Lee. In Annabel Lee, Poe frequently…

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