Civil rights activist‚ Malcolm X‚ in his speech‚ “The Ballot or the Bullet‚” argues that to gain equality‚ African Americans must open their eyes and become politically mature. He supports this claim by using repetition‚ then anaphora‚ and finally the appeal to fear. Malcolm X’s purpose is to inform his audience of the urgency of ballot or the bullet in order to choose the correct politicians to vote for. He adopts a resentful tone about segregation for his followers. Malcolm X begins his speech
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several speeches to give‚ each written with a different purpose but the same goal. MLK’s Letter from Birmingham Jail was written in response to those that accused him of being an extremist. Throughout his letter MLK used various forms of allusion‚ anaphora‚ and pathos in order to get his point across to the people that accused him of being an extremist and to the clergymen that called him unwise and untimely. Being a pastor‚ MLK not only referenced the Bible and biblical figures but he also referenced
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How can the use of rhetorical devices enhance a speech? By Samantha Birch The strength and passion that are behind words are often formed through rhetorical devices‚ which have the ability to enhance a speech‚ and demand attention from the audience by persuading them. However‚ it is also through the use of speech elements that have assisted the creation of distinctive voices of significant individuals in today’s society and throughout history. The use of Ethos (credibility)‚ Pathos (emotional)‚
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of the thirteen colonies‚ and any other major audiences who are attentive to what circumstances have developed. The argument that is created by the newly sovereign people is supported by ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos‚ and is reinforced with the use of anaphora and parallelism together they all make a progressive structure that leads to their declaration of independence. Making this a strongly justifying Document The introduction to the Declaration of independence is the (ethos)‚ the representation
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then finally realises that the poem is in fact a recount of what actually happened to Roach. Anaphora is also successfully used in the poem. In the last stanza anaphora is powerfully used by roach‚ “Back to their mother; father‚ sister‚ brother‚ people‚ land” this anaphora is used in order to state all the things that had been left behind and taken away from indigenous children of the time. The anaphora connects with the responder’s emotions in an attempt to shock the responder therefore making them
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not bring victory; will not bring peace; will not stop the bloodshed...” The use of repetition and anaphora in this quote is used to stress the importance of the fact that RFK is concerned‚ just like America is concerned‚ about the Vietnam War. It is also used so that the audience will sympathize with RFK and‚ either‚ be concerned as he is or take a course of action to help. The repetition and anaphora are used to create Pathos‚ which allows the audience to be concerned just as the speaker is. Another
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use of literary tropes and syntactical schemes help make this formidable tone. King’s speech influences the whites and blacks to listen by using extensive anaphora‚ metaphor‚ and diction to create a tone of necessity in his “I Have a Dream” speech. King uses multiple anaphora to help set a persuasive tone of necessity. One example of an anaphora in this speech is the repetition of “One hundred years later...” to emphasize the injustice in this world. King states‚ “But one hundred years later‚ the
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responders on the 10th anniversary of 9/11 because there is not enough room to accommodate them. Burke is standing up for those heroes’ honor and memory. Burke utilizes many rhetorical techniques to convey his message including: narration‚ description‚ anaphora‚ and logos. Initially Burke illustrates his message by using a brief narration to remind the audience of the events on september 11th. From paragraph 1 to paragraph 10 he takes the reader through the attack and those who helped combat it. He begins
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elected president will have an Inaugural Address to use multiple techniques to win their audiences. There is no exception in John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address which invokes the use of many rhetorical devices such as consonance‚ parallelism and anaphora. First‚ let’s talk about consonance which refers to the repetition of the final and identical consonants whose preceding vowels are different. for example‚ -----Symbolizing an end as well as a beginning-----signifying renewal as well as a change
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British General is a coward who disregarded Tecumseh people in their time of need. To express his feeling about the British General Tecumseh uses different rhetorical devices such as anaphora‚ metaphors and pathos. In every paragraph Tecumseh starts off with Listen! or Father Listen! This is a rhetorical device called anaphora. He does this to grab our attention to show that he is serious and he wants to be herd. Also it shows his assertion in the case at hand. Tecumseh states this constantly to make
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