Analyzing “Kennedy’s Inaugural Speech‚ 1961” This text will be featured on the final exam What effect does Kennedy hope to have on his audience through his speech? What is a possible theme from the speech? What is Kennedy’s tone? Read Kennedy’s speech and break down the paragraphs: Example: …In your hands‚ my fellow citizens‚ more than in mine‚ will rest the final success or failure of our course. Since this country was founded‚ each generation of Americans has been summoned to give testimony
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In Weldon Kees’ poem‚ For My Daughter‚ the narrator speaks of the bleak‚ dismal‚ and pessimistic future they envision for their daughter Kees conveys the tone and message of the poem through the usage of rhyme‚ cacophony‚ alliteration and synecdoche. Kees uses end rhymes throughout their poem to compare ideas and place emphasis on those particular words. While all of the lines rhyme with at least one other‚ a specific example of end rhyme is found in lines nine and ten: “Death in certain war‚ the
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In How to Write the Great American Indian Novel‚ the author Sherman Alexie uses imagery‚ synecdoche‚ and repetition to develop the central idea that Native Americans are stereotyped. Society gives them a stereotype where all Indians live their life a same‚ specific way‚ otherwise they aren’t considered Indians. For example‚ Alexie uses imagery to show a stereotype of every Indian man that white women have a deep love interest in. “White women feign disgust at the savage in blue jeans and a t-shirt
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from a tree in Massachusetts‚ for being accused of witchcraft. She hung there the whole night and was later cut down to be found alive. Mary Webster wrote this to show that god is real and he sometimes work to save us. Mary Webster used Simile‚ Synecdoche‚ and Imagery to show that in the end God is all we have. Mary Webster used simile to convey her message. In the text she said “I didn’t feel the smashed flesh closing over it like water over a thrown stone.” This is a simile because Webster is
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minority races; even the word “minority” forces an ideological view that one race is better than another. In addition‚ Fanon describes how synecdoches are important to understanding predetermined identities even further. A synecdoche is a figure of speech in which a word‚ picture‚ or another part of an object that refers to the whole of something; a synecdoche is a reciprocal relationship‚ which means that the whole of something can also refer to an element or component of something. When the dominant
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"Leda and the Swan‚" a sonnet by William Butler Yeats‚ describes a rape. According to Perrine‚ "the first quatrain describes the fierce assault and the foreplay; the second quatrain‚ the act of intercourse; the third part of the sestet‚ the sexual climax" (147). The rape that Yeats describes is no ordinary rape: it is a rape by a god. Temporarily embodied in the majestic form of a swan‚ Zeus‚ king of the gods‚ consummated his passion for Leda‚ a mortal princess (Perrine 147). The union produced
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swayed to readily acquiesce with Keating’s opinions about building a united nation. Keating is successful in gaining such a reaction from his audience as a result of his effectual use of persuasive techniques. Devices such as inclusive language‚ synecdoche‚ and emotive language have been extensively employed in Paul Keating’s speech. This makes the speech worthy of analytic evaluation. Keating has utilized inclusive language to a great extent to develop a strong connection with his audience and make
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By using children as synecdoches (Ignorance‚ Want and Tiny Tim) he makes sure that the reader feels sympathetic and focus on the troubles a majority of people in London were suffering with. He is able to empathise the social injustice caused by the ignorant rich people (like Scrooge)
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effect; misuse.(Dictionary). Shakespeare builds on Iago’s outrageous character by writing‚ “After some time‚ to abuse Othello’s ear. That he is too familiar with his wife”(1.III 13-14). Shakespeare incorporates a synecdoche to shape Iago’s bitter character and devious plan. A synecdoche is a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa (Dictionary). This line also creates suspense for the audience because they want to know what Iago is going to do to Cassio and Othello
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sign its metaphorical representation of the intimate and hidden desire. The mango is transferred by Merceditas from the pocket‚ synecdoche of his body‚ to the desk drawer‚ and locked underground space. The second appearance of the sign of mango traces Merceditas anxious suspense‚ when she hopes the discovery of fruit‚ forbidden by the nun. The mango is announced by synecdoche for its evocative fragrance of roses Like every day when the work‚ Mother Artigas passed between the students in the study hall
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