Elie’s life? Elie is emotionally scarred for life. Evaluate how Elie uses Roosevelt in the speech and how it affects it. 3. Provide clear, precise, and detailed evidence of the following rhetorical patterns: allusion, definition, rhetorical questions, biography, repetition, and parallel structure. Elie uses rhetorical questions by stating things like, “Does it mean that we have learned from the past? Does it mean that society has changed? Has the human being become less indifferent and more human? Have
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: When it rains cats and dogs. [rhetorical analogy] Mack : You mean when you actually take a shower? [rhetorical analogy] You know I won that bet fair and square. A bet is a bet, now give me my $20. Moe : You , I and everyone else who watched the fight knows he was drunk when he got in the ring. Or were you drunk when you watched it? [rhetorical question] Mack : Moe, pay me already. Why you making such a huge problem? It’s only $20. [rhetorical question] Moe : I don’t know about
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or provoke in order to gain the audience's attention, to make people want to listen, to feel relaxed and even to introduce the subject. A good technique is to try to get your audience involved in your presentation either by asking direct or rhetorical questions. Ask for a show of hands for example, in response to a question or, present information in such a way that the audience can identify with it. You can give an anecdote, unusual or surprising facts, or an illustration from real life.
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Figures of Speech (Stylistic Devices) What are stylistic devices? In literature and writing, a figure of speech (also called stylistic device or rhetorical device) is the use of any of a variety of techniques to give an auxiliary meaning, idea, or feeling. Sometimes a word diverges from its normal meaning, or a phrase has a specialized meaning not based on the literal meaning of the words in it. Examples are metaphor, simile, or personification. Stylistic devices often provide emphasis, freshness
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APPENDIX: REPORT Dear Professor Miller, What follows is the report you requested on a possible speaker for the event that EU Business School will be hosting. After viewing various speakers’ presentations I have decided to analyze Noreena Hertz’s talk, “How to use Experts” in more depth. The purpose of this report is to demonstrate why Noreena Hertz is the right candidate to talk at the event. In my opinion Noreena Hertz is a very good speaker. This can be shown by analyzing her Ted Talk in
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Figurative Language The novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, has quite a bit of figurative language, which contributes to its popularity. Examples include figures of speech, symbolism, allusions, imagery, similes, metaphors, personification and hyperboles. These elements are of my group’s interest. The first figurative language example I’d like to explain is the figure of speech. Lee uses many figures of speech throughout the book. One example which captured my interest was on when Atticus
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One rhetorical device Catt employs is syntax by using a compound sentence type. Furthermore, Catt creates a sentimental tone through detailing the hardships numerous women faced throughout generations. In addition, Catt employs parallelism in various sentences
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like to turn to… Now let’s look at/consider… I’ll now move on to my next point which is… Before I move on, does anyone have any questions/queries? © Oxford University Press 2012 No unauthorised photocopying 1 Describe the stages of a process Rhetorical questions (So) what can we learn from this? How should we interpret these figures/statistics? You’re probably asking yourselves what this all means. Setting guidelines for questions I’m happy to answer your questions at the end of my presentation
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puts the Americans on par with the other figures mentioned. Kennedy's use of short paragraphs, in some cases one-sentence paragraphs, allows him to not drag too long on one point. The appeal to a larger demographic can be made as he uses short rhetorical questions that can apply to anyone. This can be seen when discussing the call to unite against global enemies, he asks, "will you join us in this historic effort?" Long complex sentences are the norm in the speech. Contradictory statements like
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people to take care of children to offer training, professional support and generous financial package. It uses the heart to symbolise the love to take care of children and in the slogan beneath the heart, it uses second person narrative ‘you’ and Rhetorical question to make attention to audience to take care of children. It uses the layout of two columns to see the information clearly and easy to locate information and follow directions. Because of the language features and structures, the advertisement
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