unnecessary and cruel institutions. 2. A Question. Many writers open their essays with a question that is meant to attract the interest of the reader. Sometimes writers use a rhetorical question; that is, a question for which no answer is expected because the intended answer is obvious. An example of a rhetorical question: “Should we allow child abuse to continue?” A writer might open an essay with a question that requires an answer; the need to hear the answer keeps the reader reading.
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English for many years, he used many interesting comments to writes “English Is a Crazy Language,” the opening chapter of his book. In the sixth paragraph of the essay “English Is a Crazy Language,” the author, Richard Lederer uses many kinds of rhetorical techniques. The use of these techniques makes the entire paragraph more entertaining and easy to read and let the readers know how important the English language is. At the beginning of paragraph 6, the first sentence, “Language is like the air
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Describe at least one important technique used in EACH test. Explain why this technique was important in each text. In the poem Anthem for Doomed Youth, by Wilfred Owen, various language techniques are used, these are important because they help portray the writers key themes. The poem is in the form of a sonnet, it is split between two parts. In both stanzas, Owen focuses on two key themes. The first theme is the horror of war and the terrible conditions facing the soldiers, in contrast, the
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To Autumn The poem To Autumn by John Keats is a simple poem that describes the stages of fall. The poem is personification of autumn. The poem is a personification of autumn to better display what autumn is. In the first stanza of the poem autumn is personified as the force that ripening and maturing the crop allowing them to grow and mature. For example the 4th to the 7th verse is With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eaves run; To bend with apples the moss'd cottage-trees
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Robert Hayden 1913-1980 Those winter Sundays Sundays too my father got up early And put his clothes on in the blueblack cold, Then with cracked hands that ached From labor in the weekday weather made Banked fires blaze. No one ever thanked him. I’d wake and hear the cold splintering, breaking. When the rooms were warm, he’d call, And slowly I would rise and dress, Fearing the chronic angers of that house, Speaking indifferently to him, Who had driven out the cold And polished my good
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The physical structure of this poem has been altered from the original layout in the text. You think I like this 5.stupidness! - 6.gallivanting all night without skin, 1.burning myself out like cane-fire 2.to frighten the foolish? 2.And for what? A few drops of baby blood? 2.You think I wouldn't rather take my blood seasoned in fat black-pudding, like everyone else? And don't even talk 'bout the pain of salt and having to bend these old bones down to count a thousand grains of rice
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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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: 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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Anthem for Doomed Youth THEMES: • Sonnet – ironic • Betrayal of these people • Loss of lives • Funeral ceremonies being denied of these people • There is not glory at war – these people die at war • Lies are being told to them TECHNIQUES: • Rhetorical question at the start of the stanzas which engage the readers to take into account what is denied of these solders • Onomatopoeia – “stuttering riffles rapid rattle”: staccato rhyme mimics the sounds in a battle field, “shrill demented choirs of
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Picariello writes as if he is trying to talk and convince the reader. He is trying to provoke the reader by using a form of argumentation that usually would be presented in a conversational debate. Throughout the text Picariello is asking some rhetorical questions such as “so what’s the deal with “living apart together”?” and “whatever happened to getting married and living happily ever after?” He asks an obvious question and responds with an obvious answer making his point more important. He uses
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