Read Diego’s introduction to his rhetorical analysis essay.A man looks out at a million intense faces. They have traveled from far and wide to hear his words. They have come with family and friends and now unite with strangers converging on the green. The swelling crowd is silent as he begins to speak. As his words ring out across the National Mall, hearts swell and tears begin to fall. It is a new era in history. Martin Luther King Jr.’s "I Have a Dream” speech sends a mighty message that is particularly effective due to its use of analogy, anaphora, and parallelism.
Ian is writing a rhetorical analysis of Hillary Clinton’s address to the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women. He wants to make his last sentence more analytical. Clinton states, "I believe that now, on the eve of a new millennium, it is time to break the silence. It is time for us to say here in Beijing, and for the world to hear, that it is no longer acceptable to discuss women's rights as separate from human rights.” With these words, she rouses her listeners to speak out.
Read the excerpt from Shirley Chisholm’s presidential announcement speech. I have faith in the American people. I believe that we are smart enough to correct our mistakes. I believe we are intelligent enough to recognize the talent, energy, and dedication which all Americans, including women and minorities, have to offer.
Lars is writing a rhetorical analysis essay on Hillary Clinton’s address to the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women. He includes this topic sentence for the first body paragraph. Clinton powerfully supports her arguments by citing her extensive experience with organizations that support women.
Read the excerpt from Carla’s rhetorical analysis essay. Clinton uses pathos when she says, "No one should be forced to remain silent for fear of religious or political persecution, arrest, abuse, or torture.” I believe she uses this appeal successfully by incorporating provocative diction to create an emotional response in her audience.
Which excerpt from The War of the Worlds uses a sensory detail for aesthetic impact?
Speech directed toward someone who is absent or toward a thing that is personified is called
Which is an example of hypothetical evidence?
Read the excerpt from "Politics and the English Language" by George Orwell.Probably it is better to put off using words as long as possible and get one’s meaning as clear as one can through pictures or sensations. Afterwards one can choose—not simply accept—the phrases that will best cover the meaning, and then switch round and decide what impressions one’s words are likely to make on another person. This last effort of the mind cuts out all stale or mixed images, all prefabricated phrases, needless repetitions, and humbug and vagueness generally.
Sometimes hyphens are used to link words that work together to modify a single noun. These linked words are called
A writer should hyphenate a compound modifier that
Read the conclusion to Paola’s rhetorical analysis essay about Martin Luther King Jr.’s "I Have a Dream” speech. Martin Luther King Jr. successfully argues that the US must end its ongoing segregation and racial injustice by fulfilling the promises of the US Constitution. His artful use of rhetorical devices connects with his audience and rallies them around his ideas for a better future. King accomplishes this primarily through analogy, anaphora, and parallelism.
Which sentence contains a list that is punctuated correctly?
A metaphor makes a comparison
Which excerpt from The War of the Worlds uses a vivid visual description for aesthetic impact?
Read the excerpt from H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds.But, looking, I presently saw something stirring within the shadow: greyish billowy movements, one above another, and then two luminous disks—like eyes. Then something resembling a little grey snake, about the thickness of a walking stick, coiled up out of the writhing middle, and wriggled in the air towards me—and then another.
Read the passage from "To Autumn."Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;To bend with apples the moss’d cottage-trees, And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core
Read the passage from "To Autumn.”Where are the songs of Spring? Ay, where are they? Think not of them, thou hast thy music too,—
Read the passage from "To Autumn."Where are the songs of Spring? Ay, where are they? Think not of them, thou hast thy music too,—
Read the passage from The Importance of Being Earnest.Gwendolen. [To Jack.] Darling!Algernon. [To Cecily.] Darling! [They fall into each other's arms.][Enter Merriman. When he enters he coughs loudly, seeing the situation.]Merriman. Ahem! Ahem! Lady Bracknell!Jack. Good heavens![Enter Lady Bracknell. The couples separate in alarm. Exit Merriman.]Lady Bracknell. Gwendolen! What does this mean?
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